Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to one and all! The Shrum Family gathered together for Christmas this year and it was a white one! We sure did have a lot of snow!
Ron, Leah and Rowan celebrated their Christmas in London. We sure missed having them here, but we chatted with them on the phone...international good times for sure! Enjoy the pics from our Holiday fun!
Mom and I took a walk to Haggen to pick up some Holiday goodies. It sure was a cold one!
Bill loved having Kevin home! This is a rare moment of Bill actually cuddling!
Mom and Dad opening gifts on Christmas Eve from Ron, Leah and Rowan! They're going to be stylin' in their new duds!
Mom, Dad, Kevin and I drove down to Lynnwood on the 26th to celebrate Christmas with Rick, Machen, Payton and Bailey. Grandma and two of her girls...Payton and Bailey! What a great shot of these 3 gals!
Ron sent Rick a cool shirt from his travels to South Carolina. The shirt matched Rick's cool Christmas shorts perfectly!
Machen and Kevin were battling it out in Wii Tennis. As you can tell from the body language, Kevin was victorious and Machen suffered a defeat!
WiiGMa and BaiWii were driving like pros on MarioKart. Look at that concentration! Wii sure did have a great time playing games!
One of the coolest moments came when Mom and Dad opened a once in a lifetime gift. All the kids gave them 2 round trip tickets to Italy to visit Ron, Leah and Rowan! Here's Dad with their Lonely Planet travel book and their boarding passes. Happy travels!!
I know that both Amy and Angela asked Santa for a sweater vest just like mine!
Angela, Amy and Emily are anxiously awaiting the arrivals of their bundles of joy! This is the first official picture their kids will have taken with Santa!
Santa has checked his list...Chris and Susan have been very good this year!
Nick was the recipient of the worst White Elephant gift in the history of White Elephant gifts! Can you tell what he got?
Let it snow! We all took a break from the gift giving to play in the snow!
A great shot of the guys...Dad and Dave.
And a great shot of the gals...Mom and Karen!
A trip to Taco Treat is an absolute must whenever we are in Great Falls! Who needs a Thanksgiving feast, when you can have a Cheese Crisp with Beef?
Before...check out the really cool light orange paint.
More really cool light orange paint, fully equipped with lovely blue tape!
Karen hard at work. This was the trickiest corner of the entire kitchen and she handled it like a painting pro!
After...The final product! Spicy Hue adds spice to any kitchen! 
A second look at the finished product...the floor, the countertops and the new color. Next up: new hardware for the cabinets!
Yes...that is Mom running across the street to get to the Capitol! I guess she was really excited to get there! What great form!
Kevin and Mom...what a great shot!
A classic self-portrait in the smallest elevator in all of Denver!
Here we are in Boulder. We drove there for the day...great shopping was had by all! GO BUFFS!
Lewis and Clark even made an appearance during this trip! HARK!
Yet another self-portrait! I love this one!
Watching the game at 
"Before the Floor": Notice the great, new dishwasher! This is also your last look at the carpet.
We were to fortunate to have Lionel join us for Machen's birthday dinner. Dave especially like him. They will probably hang out all the time now. Any guesses as to what he is? A bear? A Smurf? A dinosaur? You make the call! 
Payton is really enjoying her smoothie! Brain freeze anyone?
Tricia and Rick were enjoying our time at Starbucks after dinner. They are thinking about just how cool it is to be 40!
Bailey proudly displays the Happy B-day message from Machen's volleyball team. They decorated the car the night before her big day. 
Pompeii