Chjristmas 2009

This year for Christmas for the first time we actually did Christmas with just our little family, the 3 of us on Christmas Day. At first I was a little bit sad but then as Brookie's excitment grew, so did mine. She actually understood the whole Santa thing this year so it was fun. When she woke up on Christmas morning we went out and opened presents while I had sticky buns cooking in the dutch oven.



We didn't have to be anywhere till noon so we spent the morning playing with her new gifts and just relaxing. Here she is in this princess tent thing.

She sure got spoiled this year which I didn't purposely do. The Sleeping Beauty vanity set that she's sitting out was my big purchase on Black Friday. That is what I went out for at midnight and was at Toy's R us for for 3 hours. It was an awesome sale and she absoultely loves it! So it was worth it!

This was definately the princess year. Most everything she got was princess related.
At noon we headed over to Lane's parents home where I cooked majority of the meal. This was my first time cooking for Christmas and so not everything turned out just like my mom's. The rolls burned a little on the bottom, the cheesy vegetables were a little bit overcooked and my bannana cream pie was runny. It was still very good and now I learned a little bit for next year!