I love to wrap presents and they look so pretty under the tree. The days before Christmas are my favorite. The kids love to count and sort the presents and everything looks so pretty when it is wrapped in a neat package. I have way too much wrapping paper and ribbons and bows. But hey - when it is $1.00 at Target what can I do? The first part of December I set up a wrapping station in my bedroom. It helps to have all the paper and tape and tags in one place. We all wrap our gifts as we buy them so the pile under the tree grows all month long. (Melissa was the best this year - she wrapped her gifts as soon as she came home from the store!) Tammy was the first to put presents under because she was here for Thanksgiving and she wrapped hers before she left. 
Santa gave us all Steelers scarves in our stockings- we need them in this weather!
Andrew is happy with anything to do with his new favorite sport - longboarding. But alas - if only we could see some pavement. Nothing but snow, snow, snow!
Thanks to e-bay, we got a lot of things to make Dad smile. You can find everything on e-bay. But can it be delivered in time...? Fed Ex and UPS were delayed but actually everything we ordered came in time for Christmas. Lucky!
And a staple in her diet - CANDY! She'll have to share with everyone!
American Girl dolls, monkeys and the Wii. Megan was thrilled. She has been asking for a Wii for a long time. She even did a sales pitch using a power point presentation that she made about it to educate Mom and Dad. Santa left her a letter asking her to teach her family how to play our new Wii.
Everyone's favorite little elf!
We were soooooooooo lucky to have Tammy and Toby and Dallas here to spend Christmas. They mangaged to fly in to Spokane just in between big snow storms.
Melissa had a Merry Christmas with all her pigs, American Girl doll stuff and the Wii. She is the best at Wii bowling!
Christmas dinner - since all we've eaten all day is candy! Well not really - our kids always complain that we interrupt opening presents to eat a big Christmas morning breakfast.
Merry Christmas to all! Another year of blessings and fun. The snow made it so magical and I really didn't mind being stranded at home. It made it fun to stay in and cut out alot of activities and just be with family. We really can't complain - we never lost power or internet or heat. Just had to deal with lots of snow on the roads. We really are so blessed.
What would we do without Chet and Mike? Every year these guys pull the leftover turkey off the bones and we have yummy turkey soup, sandwiches and leftovers for 3 days at least. (No cooking - I love it...)
We had a mini family reunion and celebrated a temple marriage with Julie and Ryan. They had a beautiful November wedding and it was so wonderful to see all the Walkers together. Justin and Tiffany and Avery came from Colorado and Jessie and Clinton came with the superstars that we all look forward to seeing - Calvin and Addy! (How can Diane have 3 grandkids?)
Linda and Chris came too and Mom and Dad. Tammy was here with Dallas as well. And with the resident Gradys and Mullins we had 3 houses full! Family galore and we loved it.
Julie was absolutely beautiful and they both looked very happy -and silly. I don't think anyone had more fun all day than those two. Diane and Chet threw a great party. All of the hard work paid off - it was a fun and beautiful celebration!
All the "Clark" aunts were there for support!
Mom looked so pretty! I think Mom and Dad enjoy a good party!
Carol spent hours, days, weeks even.... altering this dress! It was beautiful!
