Pictures... Part 1

Hello all!
Can you all believe that it is already 2009!!!

It's RIDICULOUS!

I'm sorry I haven't been posting much lately,

But now that Christmas and New Years is over I'll be getting back into the routine of posting!!

This is only part 1 of these Christmas pictures!

There will be like a part 2 and 3 coming up soon!

Anyway here are some pictures!

Enjoy!

Making sculpy people!

It is a tradition that every Christmas we sculpt a Nativity person to add to our homemade nativity set!

All of us have our own that we add to, it is fun!

Tori painting Joseph .

Me molding my Shepherd, (right)

while trying to copy the Shepherd to the left!!

Deanna holding her Shepherd proudly!

They are all about ready for the oven, then when there done we paint them!

Me with my gingerbread house that mom and me made together!

Making fudge 2 days before Christmas, that night my dads family was coming up! It was a lot of fun!

The finished product of the fudge!

Tori having a little lick!

Or a big lick! LOL.

Cooking!

yummy!

This picture was to prove that while mom, Deanna, and me were cooking that Tori sat around and did Nothing!

NOTHING! ZIP! NADDA!

Mom holding up her peanut butter balls proudly!

yummmmmm..............

.......mmmmyyy!

Wrapping up our gift cards for some family members!

Are CUTE little cousin SOPHIE!!

-Brother-to-Brother- Convo!

CHEERS!

(with pop)! LOL.

Mom, Rachel, and Deanna!

G'pa & G'ma Rittgers!

Brian & Lindsay's 1st Christmas married!

Heidi & Chris!

Uncle Bob going for seconds!

Cousin Nikole and Me!

Rachel ready for anything that comes her way!

LOL.

Opening up our Gift cards and some gifts!

LOL. This is very unique!

"What do you think?"

Me and Nikole showing off our gifts!

Sophie opening her big "bunbob" A.K.A. Spongebob pillow!

She absolutely adores spongebob!!

This tree is has a very neat background!!

This tree is my G'ma's, She made it and it was destroyed in the flood. That night, my uncle came over and took it out of the junk pile without them knowing and fixed it up and gave it back to them for Christmas!!

Playing pictionary!!

Finishing up Christmas letters!

Playing pool Christmas eve with my uncle Kenny!!

Then that night we went to bed... anxiously awaiting the next moring!

There you have it!

Have a great 2009!

What are some New Years Resoloutions that you have planned to do in 2009??

I will have more pictures up in a few days!

Be praying for Dad & Mom who are in Fort Dodge IA.

Pray that all goes well, and that they'll have a safe journey home!

~Nikki