And my personal favorite...trying to fight the effects of rigor mortis while attempting to move in a humiliating quilted, puffy, pink coat. Pooooor Gizzzzmo.

Xmas With the Kids

Because we have no real children of our own, we take great pride in fawning over, and yes...even occasionally dressing our dogs in humiliating outfits. This year's new low...making them open Christmas presents. Not only do we look completely insane documenting their every move on Christmas, but we get to dress them in silly outfits as well. This year I bought them new coats, because the myriad of sweaters and little pink t-shirts wasn't preventing the harsh bite of the winter cold. They hate them. As you will see below. And P.S. after 6 years of begging and pleading, I finally got my stand mixer and the best part is, it's pink! Stay tuned for this week's nail biting adventure in the new year, where two old fogies try to stay up past 10:30 to hopefully await the dawning of a new era. Excitement around every corner. :)

A Gathering of the Minds

Had our annual pre-Christmas get together with the friends last night. Ate a lot of Mexican and played a lot of Guitar Hero.

Ayda trying very hard to pretend that she's not tired.

Merry Christmas to Us (a tad early)

Last week we had a very pleasant early Christmas delivery. We bought a new 50 inch plasma tv online the day after Thanksgiving and it finally arrived. We also bought a new Playstation 3, surround sound, and my personal favorite, Guitar Hero World Tour. Comes with the drums and vocals, the whole nine yards. Pretty much we have been playing with our new toys nonstop for a week. We are obviously quite finished with Christmas.

Here is Kelly trying to sort through all of our new devices. Amazingly enough, he was able to get it all set up with time to spare to watch Wall-E. Gooood Huuuusband. :)

The lighting of a tree

After all is said and done, this is the final product.

The Cutting of a Tree

Yesterday, as tradition would have it, we cut down our Christmas tree. Kelly and I, Kathy and Dennis, Shauna and John, Jay and Joy, Sheryl and Jeff, Alaina, Taylee, Matthew and Parker, all drove up to Heber to cut down our trees this year. It was pretty snowy up there and the freezing rain didn't help driving conditions very much either. We enjoyed a very interesting and at times frightening ride home. Also, as tradition would have it, Kelly found the tallest tree in the forest and we decided that had to be the one...minus 20 or so feet. The tree started out looking pretty big, but we had to cut a bunch off the bottom to keep the top from dragging on the ground all the way home. Also, one side of the tree broke to peices when it landed so it ended up looking smaller in the end. Still, a nice looking tree and as always, a fun filled Grizwold Christmas experience!