THE STEPHENSON'S

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Christmas 2010

~MERRY CHRISTMAS~

Christmas came so fast this year. It always does, but this year it seemed much faster. We had Christmas Eve dinner at Jack and Carrie's house. We tried prime rib this year. It was okay, but it wasn't my absolute fave! We also had potatoes, two salads, homemade rolls, Blueberry cheesecake and pican pie. It was so yummy and so much fun to be with my whole family. On Christmas day, we opened presents at everyone's house Christmas morning, then everyone came to our house for Christmas breakfast. I made PUMPKIN PANCAKES! They were delish. After that we let the kids play with their toys and take a nap, then we all met up and Grandpa and Grandma Hawkes' house. We ate lunch/dinner and then opened up our gifts to each other. We had an enjoyable day. I absolutely love this time of year and so miss it when it's over!!!
Here's to another year!!!

Shayley, Chloee, Rykker, Corbin, Danzi, and Lexie

Grandma and Grandpa Hawkes
w/ their sprayer!!!

Shayley

Corbin

Mike

Heidi w/ the runner

Grandma made...

John w/ the runner

Grandma made...

Jack w/ the runner

Grandma made...

Lexie

Chloee

Shayley and Grandpa Hawkes

Chloee

Corbin

Shayley

Corbin

Chloee

Lexie

Grandma Done

GRANDMA DONE'S

We went to See Grandma Done (Mike's Grandma) the first weekend in December. This is always so much fun, and we all look so forward to it. She made a nice roast dinner and a delicious cake. Grandma Done has always been the best cook...and we all absolutely love her CAKE!!! It was so good to see her. She's going to be 91 this month, and she's still going strong. What a wonderful person she is. We are so blessed to have her in our lives.

WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA DONE!!!

Chloee and Corbin taking a walk!

Corbin...can't hardly wait

to take a bite of that cake!

Grandma Done telling Corbin one of
her "great" stories!!!

Corbin found one of his Dad's
Army hats...it's a bit BIG!!!

Corbin, Grandma Done, Chloee, Lexie
Shayley, Heidi and Mike
(Our Annual Group Picture)

Trixy

"TRIXY"

(Our Golden Retriever)

YES, I gave in...It was against my better judgment, but I decided that it would be good for Lexie to have this puppy! We picked her up the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The kids had no idea. They were soooo excited when they saw her. She was already BIG (8 weeks old and 14 pounds). They could hardly wait to get her home. She cried the whole way home, and as soon as we got her home, she POOPED on the floor. We immediately had to figure out some way to keep her somewhat gated in. The only place that we could keep her that doesn't have carpet was in the dinning room/kitchen area. So, Mike made a wall out of wood and we used a baby gate in the entryway for the last 3 months. Since it's finally getting warmer outside, she's spending more and more time outside. We took out the baricade in our kitchen yesterday, and it feels like we have a huge amount of space in there now! Lexie has been faithful to take her for a walk daily, which I think has been really good for both of them. She's a loveable dog, and fits right in. Well at least with all of us...but Sadie, that's a different story. She wishes Trixy didn't exist. I don't know that she'll ever change her mind on that one :O)