Dec. the 25th my Dear......

Patrick, Pippi and Zoey

Donna's parents
(G.pa & G.ma Wampler)

Andrea loves her new blanket

Time to wake up Boys!

'Bearing of the Gifts'

Audrey & Dan
(pajamas made by Janet- Dan's mom)

We Gather Together....

Our Tradition of Caroling... First to Mary Martin!

A stop to Margaret Rice...

visiting with Kara & Brad Hardt (new dog)

Our Christmas Eve Feast!

Acting out the Christmas Story..

We are grateful to have family traditions. Events we

know we can always count on and invite others to

join in with us. It brings a unity to our family and

hopefully to those around us! We also do Secret

Santas but of course it's secret so NO PICTURES!

Breakfast Delights.....

The week before Christmas... Donna - Ebelskivers (Danish)

Dan & Audrey- German pancakes

Steve & Andrea- Quiche

G.pa & G.ma Wampler- Biscuits & Gravy

Pippi & Patrick- Steamed Buns/Chinese

Dumplings with noodles

We started this last year and enjoyed

it so much that we repeated it again.

It's like going on a cruise- but we're

at home... :)

Out and About...

Celebrating Bonny Lee's Birthday- 85 years young-

we love you!
An Outing to the 'Naples Zoo'

Patrick & Pippi

Donna & G.ma's favorite place to hang out- the Giraffes

Perfect weather.....

Taking in an Ice Hockey Game-

nothing like alittle blood & gore for the holidays ;)

Let the Festivities Begin.....

Dec. 15, 2010 Patrick and his girlfriend Ping (we call her Pippi)

his first dinner home in a long time- all his favorites!

Steve & Patrick on the jogging rountine!
It was 40 degrees this morning..

Pippi, Patrick, Audrey & Dan

we took a walk on 5th in Naples-
very beautifully decorated....


Having fun....


not complete without a stop for Kilwin's ice cream!

We are enjoying having Patrick home (it's been almost 2 yrs.)

and meeting his girlfriend and getting to know her. We are

also looking forward to having Andrea come in on Sat.

The real fun begins next week... until then.....

Christmas at our House...

Acting out the Christmas story ( we try)
Ashley & Andrea always have to see who is
taller... Dan was checking!

Audrey, Dan, Andrea, Steve, Ashley, Clint, Donna

Is seven really Heaven? We had 7 cats during

the holidays- our two, my parents two, Audrey

and Dan have two and Ashley brought hers!

Beautiful sisters- Ashley, Audrey & Andrea

Thanks Amber for fixing my blog :)

Breakfast of champions...

During the Christmas holidays we took turns making a special breakfast!

Grandma and Grandpa made biscuits and gravy.

Donna tried Ebelskivers for the first time.

Audrey and Dan made German pancakes!

Steve and Andrea whipped up a mean Quiche!

Ashley & Clint created vanilla & strawberry blintzs..