Merry Christmas!

What a holiday! From celebrating Christopher's 12th birthday to the passing of my Grandpa Ed, it was a very emotional weekend.

The Gargano's went all out this year - a new camera for Jamie & I and Ariya's first real art-supplies were the highlights of the Christmas Eve celebrations. Grandma & Grandpa Rasmussen renewed our zoo memberships and the Hickey's decked out our surfer girl in some hip California threads.

Christmas morning came later than normal (8:00 am!!!) and with it, brought a whole bunch of fun for Ariya! By far, Super Grover, the Sit & Spin and (sigh) the Mt Dew were the big hits. Mommy scored with new aqua-marine earrings and Daddy raked in some iPad toys.

After spending the day together, the 3 of us rolled over to Grandma & Papa Sweeney's for Christmas dinner. The place was hopping! Chris & Kristina brought Ian and Adam over; Patrick, Helen & Max were there along with the Sweeney gals: Suzie, Erin and Shannon.