Thanksgiving and Christmas tree pics

View of the rec room at Aunt Kelly's house, most of the men-folk.  L to R: David, Ryan (Kelly's friend Ania's son), Fred (Wade's mother's boyfriend), Johnny, and Uncle Wade.

Holiday and Johnny in matching jams.  I'm back in the kitchen (view from standing in the rec room).

More jam action.

They look like 'whos' from 'whoville'.

Hey it's Cindy Lou Who.

Awww...

Just too much cuteness.

Stop the cuteness already.

Cuteness plus Johnny's cheese face = off the Richter scale of cuteness.

Johnny, Holiday and Hally (Uncle Travis's daughter).  Johnny is actually saying 'cheese' by the way.

Snow!

Presents from Aunt Kelly.

Back to cuteness.

Strike a pose...

vogue...

Camera distraction over...back to presents.

There's the elephun for Johnny and notice how Holiday is keeping 'Backpack' as far away from Johnny as possible.

Johnny and Uncle Wade.

Setting up the Christmas tree.

Johnny's helping with the ornaments.

And so is Miss Holiday.

All of Daddy's hard work on outdoor lighting.

We went downtown on Friday for the Figgy Pudding contest.  Holiday liked it but Johnny didn't like being always harnessed in something or other when he'd rather be running through it all himself.  He didn't like being on the merry-go-round either.  That's okay, we can wait on rides.  Yesterday I took Holiday to the Nutcracker at McCaw Hall while Daddy and Johnny hung out.  Holiday was more and more excited with the whole process of walking across the grounds, seeing the lights, then the building, going inside, getting a special cushion, getting a ballerina cupcake, and then seeing the stage.  She kept asking, "Where are they going?  What happens next?  When is it my turn?"  Yep, she just couldn't get it out of her head that she was going to perform as well on that beautifully large dance floor.  I told her they just don't let the public dance on their stage.  "Why not?  Don't they like us?"  "They like us just fine.  There's just too many people to manage that."  "Ohhhhh...they don't like us." (Sounding very sad).  She wouldn't let it go.  She told her daddy all about them not liking us.  But she still had a good time even though she was denied the dance floor.