CHRISTMAS MORNING

Here's my cute guy all decked out.
Cool new workbench

Preston and Kevin had a great time playing with tools and cars on Christmas morning.
Kevin got me the Willowtree nativity set that I've wanted for years. It is so beautiful.

The huge camel is my favorite.

Shamwow!!!!!!!!!!!! Anything for cars suits Kevin well.

Checking out the goods in the stocking.

Merry Christmas Preston!

Santa enjoyed the milk and cookies.

Santa came!

CHRISTMAS EVE

Preston was disturbed that we were leaving a plate of cookies and milk out on the table. He kept wanting to run back and take care of them!

Cheese!
Just being cute in his Christmas pj's.

I love the hat when he would keep it on!

Yummy Christmas cookies!

Helwo?

Preston got to open 1 present on Christmas Eve to hold him over. It was an Elmo answering machine.

COOKIE BAKING DAY

On Christmas Eve we gather together to bake cookies. By noon we are always sick from eating too many cookies, but that's half the fun!

Here's the gang taking a break for a little Charlie Brown Christmas.

Stack'em up... knock'em down

The Kist Krew

My big bro Jason. Every year we fight over who makes the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I believe I had the best cookies last year, but this year he was up for the challenge.

Our cookie decorator

Beardsley & Kevin usually take the sugar cookies.

Mommy's little helper

SANTA?

Santa (our neighbor) stopped by for a visit Monday night. Preston was not sure what to think. He doesn't really react to Santa at all.

Giving Santa a hug

Playing shy!

See ya Santa

MCAFEE CHRISTMAS PARTY

Sunday night we went to Daniel & Alicia's Christmas Party. We always have such a great time! Thanks for inviting us McAfees!

Here's Kevin taking one for the team during the drinking game.

Dinner was so good! I hear that Daniel helped!

KIST CHRISTMAS

We did an adult gift exhange. The guys seemed to like the car cleaning supplies.

The Annual Kist Bowling Outing. Looks like Kevin did pretty good!

Uncle Rob helping Preston open his gift.

Grandma Welsh & Grandma Kist

My nephews John & Jacob

Here's trouble! Hunter, Preston & Cameron

Visiting with Santa

Preston went to visit Santa last week at the mall. He was very serious about Santa and would not crack a smile for anything. At least it was better than last year's tears.

CAKES

I was making a mini-cake for my assistant's birthday tomorrow and I had some scraps left and decided to make another cake for Kevin's coworkers. Here's my cake from my leftovers. Pansies are my favorite flower to make.

The top view
My assistant's mini-birthday cake.

ASH WEDNESDAY?

Preston is already practicing for Ash Wednesday! He got a hold of a permanent marker at my mom's today. He got it on his clothes and body. Guess we'll see how long it takes permanent marker to fade.

GINGERBREAD HOUSE

We had a good time assembling our Gingerbread house tonight. Preston tried to help, but he just wanted to eat all the candy.

Here's Kevin assembling the house. We had a few minor construction problems.