Christmas Day

We started the day with my siblings, my cousin George, and Lisa's friend Paula. We had a GREAT Christmas dinner of authentic Iowa pork cutlets, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, broccoli rice casserole and rolls. The first time that Brian had pork cutlets with my family, he says that he almost lost a hand while trying to get one of the cutlets. It really wasn't that bad, but he loves to exaggerate the story to make it funny. We were just a bit hungry is all. :-)


Watch your hand Brian!


Lisa, Paula, Tina and George playing Outburst(again)

After lunch we played Outburst and then Brian and I left to have Christmas with his family. We pitched in along with many other family members to buy Tom his very first computer, a laptop. Brian set it up for him ahead of time, created an email account, and also made a cool picture collage of all the family members and set it as the desktop image. When Tom opened the lid, the collage was the first thing that he saw and it so sweet to see how moved he was. I think he was a bit overwhelmed at first, but he'll be addicted in no time!


Tom and his new laptop


Gracie with Brittany in a headlock


Naughty (Brian and JD)


Nice