Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Shrum Family Holiday Fun!

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!!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Good Times...Holiday Style

A Christmas Gift Exchange...
A gift for a friend...$10. A White Elephant Gift...free. A cheesecake from Costco...$10. A cheesy Holiday vest...$10 (on sale, of course). A memorable and snowy night with friends...PRICELESS. All of these things add up to good times! Santa even found time to make an appearance and pose for a few pictures! 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?
Annie and Lynda were the recipients of the 2nd worst White Elephant gifts ever. I bet they both wore their new sweaters to school on Monday!
Let it snow! We all took a break from the gift giving to play in the snow!
The Peach Pit...a snowy, winter wonderland!