Bickford’s Breakfast…

Bickford’s Breakfast, originally uploaded by abennett96.

We met up with Jeff and Jenna for breakfast at Bickfords. They got the Baby Apple and I got some crepes. I love crepes. Allison got a southwestern omlet.

Apple Pie…

Apple Pie, originally uploaded by abennett96.

Allison makes fantastic Apple Pie. This one has homemade crust with Eva’s recipe and three kinds of apples that Allison put in it. Macs, Cortlands and Granny Smiths. Delicious

Transformers Bag…

Transformers Bag…, originally uploaded by abennett96.

Okay so there were no actual transformers gifts this year but getting my gifts in this bag was pretty awesome.

Baby Fix…

Baby Fix, originally uploaded by abennett96.

Allison got her baby fix on Christmas Day, Lindsay’s niece Ashley. Marcia told us what she wants next year for Christmas. Subtle.

Marcia’s Tree

Marcia’s Tree, originally uploaded by abennett96.

This is Marcia’s tree. It is covered with some fantastic ornaments. Even the cub scout one of Nate.

Annual Photo by the tree.

Annual Photo by the tree., originally uploaded by abennett96.

We didn’t do one on Christmas Eve so we got one taken on Christmas Day. Isn’t Allison’s Hair awesome?

Christmas Recap

Merry Christmas. I’m writing this blog post with the Treo while we are on our ride up to New Hampshire. Christmas 2005 has been very good to us. We are married. We have a great family. We have wonderful friends. Can’t complain at all.

Last night we gave Shelby a digital camera and photo printer. A sweet little setup because she doesn’t need a computer to print her pictures.

We gave my dad a Harley Davidson ornament, a Harley Santa hat, a Sturgis long sleeve T-shirt and a children’s book “Why Grandpa Rides A Harley“, and a DVD copy of Bullit. I’m looking forward to watching that one.

We gave Tara a book called Trail of Thread that goes with a pattern for a quilt that is described in the book. I got that in Kansas at the Bison Farm. We also gave Tara & Erik a gift card for Target. Erik was given Dodgeball the unrated edition and a black golfball from Three Rivers Whitewater.

We gave Mom the Christopher Williams Unbroken Song Christmas CD. And when I was in Kansas I picked up the Frank Baum 70th anniversary edition Wizard of Oz for her too.

We got Dan the Live at Fenway CD/DVD set from Jimmy Buffett. For Marcia we got her some gloves. Nate and Sarah got some towels and some shirts for Nate and a scarf and gloves for Sarah.

For both sets of parents we made a certificate for a wedding album (to be created later through Kodak Gallery).

And we were very fortunate in the gifts that we received.

We had Christmas dinner with Dan & Marcia and T.R. & her mom Allison. Lindsay and her sister Sara and her baby came over for a visit. Allison got her baby fix and Marcia figured what she wants for Christmas next year.

24 hours of a Christmas Story is on. I’ve been trying to watch it all the way through but I keep missing certain parts. Now the major award is being delivered. I love the voiceover by Jean Shepard. This is such a classic movie. The tongue on the flagpole, the weird kid in the department store, the duck is ’smiling’ at me. Fa, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, “Ohhhh… Fuuuuudddddge! Only I didn’t say Fudge”.

so, I wrote this on the Treo over the past day and then tried to send it to the blog, only to find out I had well exceeded the limits of a post via e-mail with the Treo. So I beamed the memo to Dan’s Palm device, hot synched it with his pc and then cut and paste it into a blog post. If there is a technical work around out there I tend to find it. Merry Christmas.

Photo-A-Day #261 12/25/05

Photo-A-Day #261 12/25/05
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Marcia has many beautiful decorations around the house at Christmas Time. Here are some stockings hung along the railing with care.

Chocolate Cake for Christmas 2005

Christmas 2005, originally uploaded by abennett96.

There was so much chocolate on this cake that I had to play around with Photoshop to show the distinction. The original picture looks like a black hubcap. That was an awesomely delicious cake.

New Photo Printer.

Christmas 2005, originally uploaded by abennett96.

Shelby opens her second gift from Tara, Erik, Allison and I. This is an HP photosmart printer that takes all memory cards and usb connections and is even useable with BlueTooth. This is to go with her new digital camera.