uncle jeffry lee

ledger loves having an extra guy around to play with!

run, ledger, run!

jeffry lee looks a bit nervous, huh?

ledger's gifts

one of the gifts ledger got was a couple of shakers to play with... or at least to suck on!

he finally got the hang of it and started shaking it back and forth, loving the sounds it made!

2nd christmas

diana, with a little help from ledger, opens her gift.

liam, katie and jared open up to see the new pajamas that liam got from aunt gail and uncle denny.

everyone enjoying the afternoon together!

tavish delivers one of the gifts to his grandpa- what fun!

hello, cousin

'now who is this fellow?' ledger wonders...

for the first couple minutes ledger just kind of hangs back and watches to see what liam is going to do...

but eventually realizes that liam is a buddy to play with- out come the toys!

hanging at the cabin

dusty, brains, and aaron warming up in the cabin.

aaron, rex, keith, and adam chillin out.  it may look like everyone is pissed, but i promise they arent.  at least i hope they arent...

every year adam brings up his camera to catch some of the cabin fun.  here he is interviewing jeffry lee about the nights events.  one of these days he will have to edit together all the material from the past ten plus years so we can have a good laugh!

sporties spectacles

ok, this was the greatest:  when we first sat down there was a couple in the booth next to us that the waitress was helping.  the woman gave a pair of glasses back to the waitress and thanked her, apparently she had forgotten her own glasses and asked to borrow them to read the menu.  without missing a beat, aaron asked if he could use them too since he forgot his pair in the vehicle.  he then proceeded to scan the menu and eventually return them to the waitress, thanking her profusely for the help.  it wasnt until the waitress walked away that i realized how weird this was- aaron doesnt wear glasses, he was just messing with all of us!  awesome, dude!  well played...

aaron and i tried to see who could make the most baskets.  turned out my hoop counter didnt work, so i'm pretty sure he won...

pompeii pizza

the place had a mechanical motorcycle ride for the kids.  needless to say, that meant the brains was hopping on!  it was very funny to watch him try and get his leg up over it so he could ride.  he claimed that it was because his pants were tight...

tada!  he made it on after all.  i'm pretty sure that this was the highlight of his night...

it looked like fun, so i thought i'd give it a try too...

other christmas pictures

ledge, in his high chair, chowing down on a pretzel stick!

our little guy was pretty pleased with his christmas haul!

big hugs for papa- thanks for all the great gifts, papa and mema!

fun with uncle chad

ledge just wanted to spend some time with his uncle!  our boy is so used to having a camera around that when miyuki pulled out her camera, ledger turns to look and smile like an old pro.

miyuki got a turn with ledger as well- he decided to use this as an opportunity to practice his bouncing skills!

uncle chad shows off one of his prizes to ledger.  please note how ledger has his feet crossed- so cute!

wrapping and unwrapping

chad opening one of his gifts- a leaf blower for doing yard work at his house!

mema and papa unwrapping a new specialty coffee maker- which they immediately fell in love with!

goofy game

our little tomato!  the best part, which you can see in the background, was that even after he guessed his card, papa kept wearing his headband!

sure we looked silly, thats part of the fun!

chad must have felt that he was too cool to play, but it was great that miyuki was willing to join us in the silliness!

random ledge 9

miyuki, chad, papa, ledger, and ivy just chillin out!

big smiles from ledger and mema!

random ledge 8

just look at that second chin!  ha!

even though its a little bit colder, on one of the nicer days ledger and i still got a chance for one of our special father and son walks!

our little guy playing amidst the fake food, taking a minute to wave to the camera!

turtle power!

diana's friend julie gave ledger this cute counting lion for christmas- as you can tell he loves it!

ledger's first christmas gift

he doesnt know whats happening, but he loves every minute of it!

now what is this, little one?

after taking a minute staring at it trying to figure out what this strange looking thing is, he started to touch it and push the little wooden beads and blocks around on the spinny wires- he instantly loved it!

he kept checking it out and playing with it for the next hour!  thank you so much, tim and jill!

mema's toys

this little guy was about as content as could be!

mema getting ledger nice and clean for the big party!

christmas church

i think ledger really liked the fact that both mama and dada were sitting in the back with him instead of up front!

the brink family dressed in our sunday best!

papa's nose

here he is, innocently playing around with a cup at the table...

then he goes in for the kill!  as you can see, papa wasnt quite sure how to react!

thus began a five minute long laughing fit by everyone there!