Rideout X-mas

And now for the many pictures of the Rideout X-mas! Sorry about the crazy order of pictures. I didnt mean to put me and Mom first, but here we are! :-) Meet the one who wrapped all the huge presents and took the majority of the pictures you are about to see. (Oh, she did mention that next year there was a weight limit on our X-mas wish list..hehe)

And the real star of the show...Branson! He is just getting cuter and cuter!! Here he is with some of his fun presents and his beautiful smile.

Branson with his new stocking. My grandmother started a tradition many years ago of hand-making everyone's stocking. Mom picked up the tradition (with some help from my grandma) and made Scott and JoDee's last year and made Branson's this year. It is adorable!

Branson had the most fun playing with the paper. He loves that noise. You might notice that he has his pacifier in throughout all the paper pictures. This is done on purpose because if the doesnt have it in, then he tries to eat the paper. Yuck!

All the presents just wear the boy out!

Craig and JoDee

Me and Scott

The beautiful tree surrounded by really big presents this year!

Mom, JoDee, and I made lots of candy this year instead of decorating cookies. We made so many cookies last year that it was enough to tide us over for two years! :-) There was a theme to our candy this year....White Chocolate! Yummy. We made Oreo Ball, Ritz with Peanut Butter, and Peppermint Bark. So so good!

Oh yeah, Craig helped unwrap the peppermints for the peppermint candy. Thanks, Craig!

Cute Family Pictures

JoDee is trying to show her belly bump. You cant really see it in the picture, but it is there, I promise! So cute!

It was so nice for everyone to be home and get to do family things. We watched "The Grinch" on X-mas Eve which is a family favorite. We only watch it once a year, but quote it the other 364 days! :-) We went to Grandmall's house for lunch and Chinese gift exchange with Mom's side of the family and that is always an interesting time. HA! I ended up getting a game package with "Battle of the Sexes", "Catch Phrase," and "Phase 10". We played all three of them after opening gifts and had a great time. I LOVE to play games, cards, whatever, so I had a lot of fun. Thanks guys for a wonderful X-mas!!