Oh the fun!!!!!!!!

Santa left a huge pile of gifts for the boys.

Christmas was a complete success. On Christmas Eve we went over to my parents house in Meeteetse and had our traditional chili and oyster stew. There were so many gifts and even more wonderful food. Jason and Jake had a great time. It was so much fun that on the drive home, they both fell asleep, but not before we saw what resembled Rudolf's nose in the sky above Thermopolis. I am sure it was Santa and so is Jason.

The next morning Colin and I prepared for our first day of hosting Christmas dinner. Colins brothers and grandma couldn't make it but we still had a house full. Colin started frying the turkey while I started the prime rib. The turkey finished on time but when I went to put the meat thermometer in the prime rib, it went backwards. My first thought was, Colin broke it. It turns out that if something is cold enough a meat thermometer runs backwards. A lesson learned. But after some quick thinking, the prime rib was back in the oven and turned out to be one of our best beef final products ever. There isn't any left as of today and almost no turkey. YUMMY!!!! As Colin said earlier, leftovers are the BEST!!! We are all about good food.

Moe likes all food though. Some of the peanut oil spilled on the concrete and saturated some dirt. So she had the grand idea of eating as much oil rich dirt as she could.....It wasn't the boys that kept us up that night, but a very sick Moe. Dang dogs.

Yesterday we woke up to find snow and a lot of it. Roads were horrible, but it was very pretty. Today the sun is shining as we continue to clean up from our big holiday. Tomorrow it is official that Colin and I have been married for 6 years. I can't believe the time has flown by like it has. Then on Tuesday our little guy will be 3 years old. That is even more difficult to take than our anniversary. But to break things up we are taking a family vacation to South Dakota. It should be a blast. The is nothing like New Years with the Donners, Pollyhahas, Scotts, Franks and us Moodys. It should be quite the bash.

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas. Have a great New Years and be safe.............

Jake loved his new tractor... it is good to chase.

Jacob was ready for a nap after eating a lot of paper.

Jason couldn't open enough presents.... but at least he shares with Jake most of the time.

Jake getting his ride on. He didn't even end up in a heap when he got off of his new car.

Jason loves the new camera that he got from Grandma Denise and Grandpa Shane, so much that the batteries are already dead and the memory is full.

The boys were so excited about everything they opened that it was difficult to move on to the next package.

Jake eating more paper.

Jason has been working on everything since he got his toolbox. We even found out that the hammer retains water when he worked on the bath tub.

A kid and an adult can never have too many cars.... Santa hit a home run with the play mat.