K so I know that I have alot of catching up to do. So here we go. Christmas 2008 was a great one for us. We went to Cookie Grandpa and Grandma's house the week before Christmas and spent some time with all of my family which was Definately one of my top 3 favorites things to get to do for the holidays. My second favorite thing was that Brian got the kids a puppy. When they opened her we didn't quite get the reaction that we expected at first. I think that they were not really sure what to say. Once they realized that she was their dog they totally freaked! The decided to name her Christmas a.k.a Crissy which I thought was a great idea. We had to eventually put the puppy downstairs to get the kids to open their other presents. We then went over to Brian's parents and spent the afternoon there with his family just relaxing. It was a perfect day! My 3rd favorite thing was the we got to be the "pit stop" for traveling family. I LOVE having family stay with us so of course I was incredibly excited to have my Aunt and Uncle stay with us on their was to Washington and then to also get to have Mandy, Tyler, and their crew ( which now includes my awesome little bro Jake) stay with us! The only down side was that they could all only stay for one night. Needless to say I was happy to get exactly what I wanted for Christmas time with all of the people that I love. . . Well that and a Cricuit!!