Final Christmas post and then on to 2009!

We spent Christmas day and a few days after in Dallas with Sutton's mom, stepdad, and family. We had a great time, but I don't have a lot of pictures to show for it. I think I just enjoyed being in the moment for once and that was really nice. We had an awesome Christmas dinner complete with steaks cooked by Russ, a red wine and mushroom sauce, Chelsea's famous mashed potatoes, and Nancy's amazing rolls. We watched lots of movies, the boys played Wii, and the girls shopped. It was nice to just relax and enjoy time with the family knowing that the hustle and bustle of December was finally slowing down. Sutton got sick on Friday night and had to spend Saturday in bed. We both were in bed at 7:30 on Saturday night- very unlike us. We drove home on Sunday and had our little Christmas here. Here are the final pics from Christmas 2008...
Christmas day afternoon while opening presents
Russ and Davy
Another important member of the family, Colby, sporting his cute Christmas collar
Rick and Caroline
Ricky with his Christmas/ graduation gift. It was so fun to see his face!

Our new stockings
Hanging my ornament from Sutton. Every year we get each other an ornament. This is another one of my favorite traditions that began while we were dating. Also, notice my new Pandora charm bracelet that my sweet Sutton gave me. He got a heavy duty cutting torch and welding helmet from me.
I took this pic as we enjoyed the coziness of our living room with a fire and some egg nog. It was a great Christmas and as always we feel so blessed to have been able to spend time with our family. We are looking forward to another good year in 2009!

By the way, poor Puffin is a very sick bunny. When we got back from Christmas he had a tilted head and was in a lot of pain. He went to the vet yesterday and was diagnosed with an ear infection. We are treating him with antibiotics but the prognosis was not good. We are hoping that we will see some improvement in a week...