We had a wonderful relaxed morning filled with the opening of gifts, cross-country conversing with family, and consumption of our traditional Christmas morning breakfast...Cap'n Crunch (of the crunch berries variety.) In all fairness and reality, our Christmas celebration began the Eve beforehand with a celebratory feast, the reading of the Christmas story in Luke, and the viewing of Home Alone. We were joined in the festivities of the evening by our favorite Mesa peeps and had a wonderful time. No wonder Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year!
Thanks to all for the wonderful gifts and for making our Christmas such a memorable and enjoyable one!
With Christmas in the books, we moved on to celebrate Matt's birthday, the culmination of 2009, the opening of 2010, and last but certainly not least...Bowl Season. The fact of the matter is, we got to celebrate all of the afore mentioned events in a 24 hour period. Whew!
The Hokies' bowl game fell on New Year's Eve this year, which also happens to be the day that we celebrate the birth of my mister. And so, with a bit of fanfare and not a little excitement, the celebration began. There was cheering and moaning and a fair amount of yelling at the television, who took it all in stride. A dinner break at half-time was deemed necessary and so we tantalized our tastebuds with cheese soup and garlic bread, which is the yearly Matt birthday regalement that we've all come to appreciate and enjoy. Matt cheered his Hokies on to victory and declared it a "perfect" birthday. We managed to stay awake until 10:30 in the pm and then gave in to the sleepiness that hit without warning. Don't worry, I cashed in my raincheck for a New Year's kiss!
New Year's Day brought the much anticipated Rose Bowl game. Alas, no amount of cheering on our part could sway defeat from being handed to the Ducks. Have to say bummer! Oh well, we had a great time watching them this season and are looking forward to next year.
We've had a wonderful celebratory week and are looking forward to accepting with open arms all that 2010 has to offer!
Christmas Eve with my loving and in love grandparents.
Christmas Day in our pjs at the Mesa digs...that's how we roll.
Day after Christmas lunch with my cousin, Ben, his wife Jenica, and our favorite Mesa peeps.
Happy Birthday to my love! He was trying to figure out if there is a way to read the Hokie book, dream of fishing, watch the game, and do a puzzle all at the same time. Funny story: Matt is a lover of all things maps. For his birthday his sister, Aly, got him a map puzzle that she had made for him with his parent's home in Virginia as the center piece. He opened it the night before his birthday with Aly on the webcam, and was the definition of excited. He told my grandparents all about this nifty gift that his sister had given him, and they about fell over. They had gotten him the same thing...only they had a map puzzle made with our house as the center piece. The reaction at opening was classic! And now, you know what will be keeping Matt occupied for the next few weeks!
Cheese soup time! Can you tell that he'd been running his hands through his hair in an expression of Hokie anxiety?
Birthday night=victory night for the Hokies=closing nght of 2009
Opening day of 2010=an afternoon of delicious ice cream eating=sad afternoon for Duck fansHappy New Year to all and to all a good night!
2 comments:
You guys have been busy. I am glad you had a great Christmas and new year. Can't wait to see what this year brings for you.
was matt wearing a cards shirt?! awesome!!!!!! ;)
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