Christmas Day 2010

We do hope you had a wonderful Christmas! We had a load of fun. I can not believe I forgot my camera for the Jarvis Family Gathering.

I was able to take a few pictures on Christmas Day. We had our little family gathering, then my parents & siblings came over. Mom J & Amy, Mike, Steven, Spencer & Stacy were able to join us a little later.
Brylee had 9 gifts under the tree from us. Let's see, she received a Tunnel & Tent, Elmo Videos, 4 outfits, Interactive pot with spoon & veggies and a Radio Riding Turtle. We could not get the tunnel unwrapped fast enough for Brylee! We were having some trouble & Brylee was already crawling inside it as we were working on setting it up! The Riding turtle is nice as well. Most of the sounds it has are very familiar. How many of you remember the Flintstones? Yabba, dabba do!!!! Let's not forget her stocking, she receive a new sippy cup, spoons, Veggie Tale CD, Butterfly car & of course a fire truck. Let me tell you I think we did a really good job.

Brylee wearing her her mother's Christmas dress from 1978




























Mom J gave Brylee a Cat House that we joined up with the tent. So now Brylee has her very own Mini Jarvis FunHouse!
We all had fun with it. Yes Bryan & I did play in it with Ms Brylee. To be honest I think almost everyone had to try it out. Bryan told me a story about him & Brylee playing in the tunnel. The story is, that he was looking into the tunnel while Brylee was crawling through it & he said Boo! Brylee crawled away down the tunnel then stopped, took her bo out of her mouth (her pacifier) and said, Boo! back. That is now in the memory box.

We had what seems to be our traditional Christmas lunches, BBQ Brisket with all the fixings. I also introduced a few to Jalapeno Jelly. I first tried it about 8 years ago & a friend from work gave us some for Christmas & it was perfect with our meal.

Yes, we did get gifts to. This year we did not do as much as we have in the past. I would have loved to shower Bryan, Jennifer & Cary with all their wishes, maybe next year. One we will treasure is a book from Jenn & Cary's "Life As a McFadden" blog. Brylee's First Year. It is most of anything that they blogged about Brylee in her first year. We did get a chance to go through it last night & oh the memories & the thought of all the new ones. Perfect gift!

After everyone left we played a couple of new games we received for Christmas. We will have to be sure to bring them out at a game night.

So as you can see we had a wonderful Christmas & are looking forward to next year.

We hope you had a wonderful & memorable Christmas too!!!