Christmas Day 2009 in Pictures

Christmas Eve at Keith and Wendy's

And what a Merry Christmas Eve it was. We gathered at the Anderson home base with parents, siblings, and kin to celebrate Christmas Eve! The night that Santa Claws visits out homes to remind us that nothing says "Let's celebrate the birth of our Lord" like a giant pink bunny rabbit costume or a nice pair of warm socks. We had a very pleasant evening with the whole family together for the winter holiday for the first time since I can't remember when (2006? I dunno). We listened to the musical proficiencies of Wendy and Jacob, sang carols, read the nativity story and blissfully mixed the feel-good holiday classics with lovely songs of Christ.

We got the girls all dolled up for the occasion

Earlier in the day, we went up to Mount Charleston with our friends, Jesse and Sarah Owen, to do some sledding. We found a great hill with some fun bumps.
Shelly had Ashley all bundled up, and except for a minor crash on the big hill, the little one had a great time!I performed my fatherly duty and taught Rachel the proper method of making and throwing a snowball which, as you can see below, she quickly mastered. She also took right to the concept of "Throw snow at Mommy" and embraced it fully.
Later we taught her to make snow angels

Girls just wanna have fun

After taking the family Christmas photo I decided it was time to teach Rachel how to make faces.

O Christmas Tree

Wedding Weekend

Congratulations to Lindsey and Brad!

We were able to attend Lindsey's wedding this last weekend in California. She looked amazing and the wedding and reception were beautiful. Here are a few pictures from the day.

"Where's Aunt Lindsey?"

The newlyweds

"The rest of the girls"

Lindsey and all her nephews and neices

The Anderson family

This is the second family wedding that this little girl keeps stealing all the dances with my man.

Busy in the kitchen

I've been having fun making all kinds of things...

Chocolate dipped pretzel rods, candy corn candy mix, cake, and

homemade applesauce. I've forgotten how much fun it is to make sweets.

Temple Morning

Thanks Natalie for wanting to go to the Temple, it was a gorgeous morning to be on the grounds.