Saturday, January 19, 2008

2007 christmas break

Utah for Christmas, with all 22 members of the Joel Peterson clan. Quite the gathering. Though that was the highlight, the skiing was a close second, with the Wii not far behind. Good times.
 The view on Christmas morning. Not bad.
 Dumping snow, here on the driveway
 Family picture time, here the grandparents with the grandkids
 And here are the siblings (no mudbloods)
 Sunday lunch
 Sugar cookies
 Dressing up for the obligatory nativity enactment (I'm the innkeeper)
 Angels
 Away in a manger
 Playing lightning on Christmas morning
 Some great surprises on Christmas morning
 Including for papa Joel
 The best Christmas gift of all - new mommy Leah and new baby Lorraine
 Why do we love puzzles so much?
 The Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
 Totally engrossing (love the open mouths)
 Even the wife got into it, tho sometimes she'd multitask, like here
 Poor pops drove OFF the driveway at the cabin, and had to escape via the sunroof. Here he is on the other side of the ordeal, smiling

5 comments:

Jen said...

we miss you guys like crazy! I am dying to hear about the car off the driveway. Did you ever manage to get it back ON the driveway??

love you tons!

Chelsea said...

Blast! I wish I had known you were in Utah for Christmas. Chris, Kip and I were there, too! I would have loved to see you, but oh well. I can't believe Leah is a mom. Tell her congrats for me =)

Rachel Clare said...

Diana,
I found your blog link on the new Jerusalem website. Hope you dont mind- I'm in the middle of reading about your epic journey! What an amazing trip.
I've thought of you often and have always wondered where you were and what you were doing. I'm glad to have a way to see what you're up to! Hope you're well.
-Clare

Gloria said...

Oh my gosh!! Tell Leah congrats. I had no idea she was having a baby.

Lauren said...

inkeeper clint? more like a spitting image of mr potter's chum hagrid. wow! that is scary!!
i love papa joel's excitement. so cute. is he making good use of that color printer?