Mogensen Christmas

Wow, has it been a busy few weeks!!!!! It started off with Girlfriend's Christmas, in which all of us Boise gals went a little crazy with Christmas Cheer. Then we had a cocktail party at the Mogensen, Blackfin's Christmas Party, Mogensen Christmas and Friend's Christmas Party. No wonder I have another cold. Super fun, but oh so exhausting!!! Here are some photos from our day of Mogy Christmas.


Mr Kyle taking a bath getting ready Christmas at the Mogensens.


Kir and Santa

Lots and lots of presents

If Kyle could talk, he would have said 'Hey Uncle Mark, pull my finger!'

Tweed jacket for Professor Shane

A cordless screwdriver for Papa

Miss Erin and Kir with mini Santa

Bon Appetite...the new Miss Julia Child!

Spatulas...Lots of Them!

Emeril?

I like to Move It Move It

Andrew and Alice shaking their bums

Santa's Here

We had brunch at CCCC today and got some time with the Big Man. Thanks to Nanny and Papa for inviting us, we were thrilled to get a sneak peak of Santa this season.

All Smiles.

You are Real?!?!?!?

Alice wouldn't get in his lap, but gave him a hug. She won't even tell him what she wants for Christmas. When she tells us, she wants "Spatulas. Lots of them." Really????

The Cousins...Kyle is pretty smitten with Santa

The crew with the Jolly Man

Nanny and her Little Man

Burrrr

The past week has brought very cold weather, I don't think we've gotten to into the 30's. Buurrrr. We also had our first significant snow storm this weekend, so everyone around here is ecstatic for the ski hills to open.

The 'charm' of original windows in a 1930's house...they are frozen on the INSIDE!!!!

Alice getting her first taste of shoveling snow this year

Dad showing her the ropes

Help!


I guess Kyle has been stealing 'finger food' from his buddies at school, so we have graduated to table food. This was his first taste of Kraft Mac 'n Cheese. If anyone has good table food ideas for a babe that only has 2 teeth, I'm all ears!

Kyle loves to gt dipped

Watch Out Charlie Brown

Mr. Kyle is closing in on the perfect round head! Good news, Kyle is making excellent progress with his helmet therapy. We re-scanned his noggin today, and Amy (our therapist) was surprised at how much progress he has made. Hooray! She said if his progress continues at this rate, we can be done in 2 months.

She told us that his head has not grown as much as normal so she was surprised that his head re-shaped as much as it did. Not only was I thrilled to hear that the helmet was working, I was happy to hear his head isn't growing as quickly as it has been - ha! Amy looked at me and told me not worry about his recent slow head growth b/c it was already large - had to laugh at that!

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas

Here is our lovely Christmas tree at the lot...It's soooo pretty according to Alice.

Here is what it looked like after we got home...ummm, we apparently had zero quality control choosing this lemon. There was a major bend in the trunk! This photo is super funny, although Tom and I were not amused by what was going down. Alice let us know that our tree was 'broken' about 20 times.

Here are Santa's Helpers decorating the tree after we got the 'lean' fixed

(Tom took it back & had them put in on the stand)....although it still totally leans. Luckily Tom had a poker game with friends that evening and won just enough money to cover our bad investment.

Santa Homer is back...Alice still loves him and is starting to share the love with Kyle. Oh joy!

Trying to get the Santa's hat on over the helmet.

Thanksgiving Puke Fest

Unfortunately our Thanksgiving was plagued with sickness. The week before, we all came down with the 12 hours flu and then proceeded to give it to 14 of our friends and then our entire family for Thanksgiving. This was the most contagious thing I've ever seen. Thanksgiving went on without Kathy and Dennis, but we were able to put on a good spread despite our Captians being down for the count. Luckily the family will be all together in 2 weeks to celebrate Christmas...although we're expecting coal in our stockings due to the 'sickness' we passed on.

Mark and Tom pealing apples for the pie

Tom is our pie maker (and they are DELICIOUS)...he got a little heavy handed with the pie crust this year.

We busted out the fryer again for our turkey. Quite honestly, it's the best turkey I've ever eaten. Please notice Mark's job of 'holding the fryer lid' in the background.

Shane comes to the rescue pouring out excess hot oil b/c the pot was about to overflow. I guess the 1 hour calculating how much oil to put in the pot didn't work. Please notice Mark is still 'holding the fryer lid' in the background.

Woo Hoo! Tom and Shane are safe after dropping the turkey in the boiling oil. Please notice that Mark successfully completed his job of 'holding the fryer lid' AND placing it on the pot. Go Mark!

We Are The Champions

Last night our bowling team took the high honor of the Beer Frame Bowling League Champions! Woo hoo! It was a very close match against the Three Hole Enthusiasts and I haven't been that nervous for a sporting event since my days running track (good lord, I'm a nerd). Thanks to Tom for organizing the league again and thank you to my teammates for another super fun year!

Here is the sweet championship trophy...a toilet seat that each winning team signs. Thankfully, it stays in the closet, although Tom threatens to hang it over our fireplace. But I think he knows I have final say on that, after all, his pinball machine is still in the garage (which he is still ticked about). :)