Our wine glass shelf that Daniel put up shortly after Christmas:
Rose blowing out the candles on her strawberry birthday cake on December 31st:
After honing our skills on the Wii, we decided it was time to actually go bowling:
"The Captain" with his beautiful granddaughter, Ellie, on her first Christmas:
Erin decorating Gracie on Christmas morning:
One of my Christmas traditions is the "Stair Picture" - my siblings and I would sit on the stairs with as many pets as we could gather and my mom would take a picture of us before we opened presents. Dan and I don't have stairs, so we took a family portrait in front of the tree. Mama Smith took a Stair Picture for us on Christmas Eve sans Phoebe:
Mama Smith opening her Dyson from all the Smith/White siblings and significant others (unfortunately, she wasn't very surprised, but she was still excited!):
Our nieces, Jamie (right) and Ashley (left) at Mama and Papa Smith's house on Christmas Eve; seconds later, chaos ensued as all those presents behind them were opened:
Gingies made by myself and Mama Smith and then decorated by Daniel and I (these are some of the cuter ones):
Christmas Eve! Dan and I exchanged Christmas Eve presents (i.e. pajamas):
Daniel was excited because it was his turn to move the mouse on the last advent calendar day- definitely a moment that needed to be documented:
A feta cheese snowman that I made for the Ugly Holiday Sweater Party hosted by our good friends Genevieve and Kara:
Papa Smith was a councilman in Woodbury Heights for 10 years. He retired this year, and we were invited to his last council meeting as a surprise to watch him receive a "proclomation" and a few other parting gifts. Here he is with the mayor, Harry, and his running mate, Jake:
Dan had nothing to do with this, but I felt that these truffles, made by our good friend Amy for our friend Vickie's wedding shower, needed to be shown off. They were a little taste of heaven! And I was priveledged to assist in their creation:
