Sorry, I can’t write right now…Cooper and I are doing a “my mom’s meatloaf is better than yours” cook off so we are busy making our meat. The cook off would be best if we had an outsider around to blindly taste test but we don’t so I guess we will have to settle for Finney. Maybe we’ll give him a taste of each then see which one he goes back to for seconds.
Ok, gotta go. Cooper just finished his loaf. My turn!
Since I have been amiss in keeping up my personal blog I thought I would do a monster photo post from our holiday in Colorado. This was Cooper’s first x-mas with the Beckords…and I think we quite possibly scared him away from joining in on future Beckord holidays. With everyone home to celebrate my parent’s 40th anniversary, my dad’s b-day, my dad’s obsession with martinis and x-mas….let me tell ya, it was an intense time. The pictures will give you a glimpse of all the characters involved (primarily focused around a 3 year old)…
The first of 10 days at home: survive a walk in the winter weather:
Then the dry Colorado air will do crazy things to your hair:
So you have to try and curl it (first time ever!):
Then it is time to celebrate the mystery of how my parents have survived 40 years together. They were surprised by the homecoming of their two boys who originally were not scheduled to be home to celebrate:
Two days later it is time to continue to drink my dad’s martinis (his new hobby…perfecting the art of the martini) and decorate the tree:
Then eat a tub of ice cream:
Even the impala over the fireplace was intense:
Christmas day we didn’t do your average Christmas meal. This year we were treated to my bro’s extra special brats and sauerkraut:
At this point Cooper is feeling overwhelmed…
Christmas morning we got a little crazy…
Even little baby Nora got crazy…
So we had to go sledding…
And frolic in the snow…
Now it is time to hibernate.