Christmas 2009

Top picture is Becky & Brians house on Christmas Eve. Aaron waves as Drew and Papa Flinn relax. Guy, Me and Holly are ready to dig in! Bridgette gets attention from her Grandma and Holly dresses up for her- LOL. Mitch gets a new calendar at Paw & Nanny's. Bullet wants a bone for Christmas (Santa brought one for him :) and Bogey sports a bracelet.

Christmas with all of the families was fun and more relaxing this year. Last year Holly and I spent Christmas at six different homes, not even including our own home! Christmas last year seemed like more work than fun. Christmas Day is supposed to be a time we relax with family and enjoy each other's company, but now it seems all we do is spend a couple of hours here and a few hours there dashing from one side of the city to the other. This year was a little different. I had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We still dashed about after I got off of work, but it wasn't an all day dash like last year.

It is fun to give and receive. I get a thrill out of watching someone open their gift from me and the intrigue of trying to figure out what a gift may be before opening it captures my imagination. Spending time at Becky & Brians (Bridgette & Brady too :), Guy's grandparents (Paw & Nanny:), and at my parents was as special as every other year. But the most precious time I had was exchanging gifts with Holly and Guy at our home. This was my first Christmas with my own family and being married - and that really meant a lot to me. 2009 was a very tight year financially for Holly & I, but 2010 is looking to be better. In my times of need, my family was there for me. There is no better entity on earth than God and family. Thank you all for being there and have a Happy 2010...