QE2 Has Christmas, and R&H Celebrate 3

Happy Christmas to all! Here's a belated, brief report on Ellie's first Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve at Aunt Nan's, and then came back to Bus and Jan's to read Christmas stories. Then we came home and put ourselves to bed. Ellie woke us up at 8:30 a.m. and we got started on the presents. She loves the exersaucer that Santa magically put by the tree. Rob wondered why Santa hadn't put coins and chocolates on the stairs. Maybe he forgot. Perhaps next year. We went over to Bus and Jan's for brunch about 11:30 and then got started on the presents under that tree. It was quite a Christmas - a circular saw for Rob, a big food processor for me, and a swing for Ellie to keep at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

We spent a quiet week enjoying the lovely Arizona-ish weather, playing with the Jensen clan, and generally savoring Christmas. We spent New Year's Eve at Bus and Jan's, and stayed to ring in the New Year. I tried to watch the fireside, but lds.org was only providing audio feed, so I listened to the fireside while Windows Media Player spun weird colored lines over and over. It was excellent despite the lack of picture. We spent New Year's Day first at the Strikes for brunch, and then at the Jensens for games and visiting. We were pretty exhausted! I woke up early to Ellie's cries on our anniversary and discovered Rob still in bed at 6:30. Turns out, a stomach bug of some kind attacked him during the night. So he spent all day on the sofa in his robe munching saltine crackers and drinking Coca Cola, hoping for his stomach to settle. We had to cancel our dinner plans, but at least we got to be together all day! I went to Costco and bought each of us a new pair of pants - quite a treat. We purchased our real anniversary present months ago, we decided, when we went in to Costco for chicken tenderloins and came out with a photo printer, copier, fax machine. It's wireless, so we can print from anywhere in the house, and can finally put photos in all those empty frames we have. So Happy 3rd - true to Rob's nature, it's a geek gift. Enjoy the pics!