We managed to make it through another holiday season relatively unscathed, though our credit cards are still smoking. More than ever, we found the best times we had weren't unwrapping gifts, but hanging out with family and friends. The photos in this post represent some of the highlights of the season:
We officially kicked off the 2008 holidays with Thanksgiving at our place. It was great to have everyone over, especially Cathy, Matt and April joining us the food was great but I think the music was better.
While Ben and I muddled through lyrics of partial songs that I'm sure we know, Bud managed to keep it together with his consistent voice and memory. Ryan ripped on the harmonica. I don't know how many times we have played, but each time there's always a moment or two where we collectively know that we've pulled off some really great music. 
Another highlight of the season is hunting down the perfect Christmas tree. This year we went up near Christmas Meadows on the Evanston Ranger District. The weather was perfect but it did take some time this year to find the right tree. Once we found it, we loaded it on the rig and headed out.
Christmas morning was great. Our annual photo in front of the tree with the boys in the PJ's that grandma made mostly turned out, sorry Hunts. This was Sophie's 14th Christmas with us.Another great evening was when we had Tom and Angie up for dinner along with Angie's mom and dad (Mimi and Bibi). Additionally, We had Tom's aunt Marianne. We had a wonderful time visiting and after the meal, Bud came over and we played some music for them. Tom and Bibi pitched in on a couple of the more complicated musical pieces.
Finally, on New Years Day, we hosted the first annual Stevens sledding party. The living room transformed into a locker room for the kids getting ready to go out on the sleds. This was a great time and it was fun to spend time with Jen, Greg and the kids.
2 comments:
Nice summary of your holidays. Glad to hear eveything turned out well. While in Lava lst week end we went to a locals jam at one of the bars. It was great. I played a few songs with everyone and then they wanted to hear one of mine. After I palyed a song all they wanted to do was sit and drik and listen. I played for about 3 hours. Talk about sore fingers. It was great fun.
We missed you guys when everyone went up to go sledding! No I think mostly I missed the dinner you cooked that night! :) Sorry we weren't able to make it. Love you guys.
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