Christmas time

Here's the countdown of highlights from holidays 2010.

#5 Reuniting with friends
I was able to visit with my college and high school friends. I love all those gals. 
Here's a picture from the BYU reunion. Our offspring are working in their kitchen to finish our brunch quiche. Good work, kids. Oh, Megan's Jack is missing from the photo. I'm sure he was chopping some chives.

#4 Our new shiny TV
No picture of this, but Santa Grandpa Baird gave us a brand new TV :)



#3 Lots of good food and family
We were able to spend time with both families.

In this picture there are 4 people playing Nintendo DS. Not in the screen are 3 more people playing on either a DS or their iPad.  Don't we love handheld technology?! Not when it interferes with conversation and family bonding! Whatever. Bronson is trying to fit in by playing on his Leapfrog laptop.

#2 A visit from Santa Claus
On Christmas Eve we had a special visitor come to Grandma and Grandpa Baird's.

#1 Seeing Campbell's face Christmas morning
He was in shock when he saw the train set Santa left him in the living room. "Wow," he whispered.

I am including this picture, 'cause lately when we say "smile" for the camera, Campbell gives a cheesy smile with his head tilted up, eyes practically closed except for a small slit of eyes.

And apparently he taught Bronson the same thing.



Here's our attempt at getting a family picture on Christmas with a stool and a camera timer.

Whoops. That didn't work.  It looks like I am assaulting Campbell, but I don't think I was...

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Baby I love your hair

I love Bronson's little curls. I love how they flip out by his ears. Don't worry, I do not want to have a girl-boy, so I will soon have to trim them just a bit. I've always been envious of people that have naturally curly hair. Now my little guy has some curls. For now it is a blessing.  If his curly hair remains as he grows older, it might be a curse. Curly-headed boys can be not-so-attractive. (Disclaimer: no offense is intended with this remark. There are exceptions.  E.g. Justin Timberlake circa 1999)

Turkey holiday

Thanksgiving this year was great because my parents are home from their mission and we had all of our family home - even my sister's family from Virginia.


Bronson was a big help to me making pies.

Here's the guests starting with the cutest table. There is an inverse relationship between size of table and cuteness of persons. As table size increases, cuteness of persons at table decreases.




Teeny tiny table




Small table



Medium table



Big table




Here's our cute little place cards


Saturday was a busy fun day. In the morning the kids went sledding behind the 4-wheelers at the farm. I'll have to post pictures later - on a different camera.
The BYU v. Utah game was the event of the afternoon. I think 98% of my family had BYU shirts on. My dad is a neutral observer. He played for the U of U football team so he has allegiance for them but all his daughters went to BYU. He wears a red shirt with a BYU hat.

Here's the cute fan section:

As usual these games come down to the LAST SECOND. Blast!! My heart can't take this!!!!  Even though it did not go our way we still had a good time and it only slightly ruined Adam's weekend.

I didn't get any pictures of this, but the girls in the family went to the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Show Saturday night. Good times. It was very entertaining - Got me in the Christmas cheer. Bring on the Holidays!