Christmas 2009

This is a bit late, but I've been busy!

We had a wonderful Christmas

celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus

It wouldn't be a Widney experience without drama...

Baby Jesus the crip.

Winter Tree

J plans to keep it up all 'winter'

(like we ever take a tree down before Easter)

Kids' Christmas Tree

We give the children a new ornament each year

The full collection of homemade snowflakes!

Santa said MooMoo can stay until New Year's Eve!!

Spoiled or blessed - you decide

Gifts from 4 sets of grandparents, Santa, godparents, us

And this didn't include all of the Tulsa presents!

New PJs, new robes, happy smiles

The kids asked for robes!

I fixed a traditional Trinidad breakfast

"Playing" with a learning toy

Our 3-yr old 'reading'

We wore our PJs ALL day!!

I spent the day cooking dinner

The BEST turkey recipe ever is HERE

J made this dish that will become a new tradition

It's a cranberry relish on a pineapple bread pudding

(tastes WAYYYYY better than it sounds)

And the reason I spent all day cooking...?

I made my mother-in-law's recipe for dressing.

I didn't realize I had to fricasse chicken AND make cornbread

BEFORE I could make the dressing.

It turned out GREAT. J said it tasted just like his mom's!

Next year, I am going to try my mother's recipe

- it's not as many steps...

It was a good day. A good day indeed!