our great day with family and friends

Here we are after we spoke in Sacrament meeting, and had a reception at the house. We all spent Christmas together.

Here is our growing family.

Pretty Kennedy. I was taking pictures of her to show her dress, but she never keeps still or poses.

Here we are with Ricky's sister Kelly and her husband Scott, and their children Skyler, Morgan and Makenzie. They live around the point of the mountain, in Alpine.

More Christmas

Sean got all the Vikings paraphernalia from Brinkley. He loves it. I bought a white one for him....

Vanessa got an Ipod classic.
Addison got a car which we helped him with a little....

Kennedy likes Uncle Addison a lot.

Merry Christmas to all!

This is a picture of Mom and my brother Paul who lives in Montreal. On Mom's trip from Prince Edward Island to Salt Lake City, she was snowed in in Montreal first, and then snowed in Chicago second. So she spent the night at Paul's which was already planned and they had their pictures taken together.

Sorry, but these pictures are out of order, and I didn't get shots of everyone.

This is Dave and Rebecca and Vanessa. It is the newlywed's first Christmas together, and they spent it with us! I made the quilt for Rebecca. My goal is to make one for each of my children. I have never made anything bigger than a throw so far.

This is Bridger's gift from Santa Claus. Santa does surely love Bridger!

This was Kennedy's gift from Santa, a Cabbage Patch doll, who looks a lot like Sarah Leigh, Lindsay's Cabbage Patch doll when she was a little girl. Two to be exact. She still has her.

Dave did a great job in selecting a gift for Rebecca. He gave her a eukelele.

This is Christmas Eve, with everyone's presents to each other.

Christmas Eve, Lindsay helping Bridger write a note to Santa.

Christmas eve, spreading reindeer glitter for the reindeers to find their way to the house. It glitters in the moonlight. Also, there are oats in the mixture which the reindeers can eat if they are hungry. It is a Nielson tradition.

Night night Bridger, you will feel safe next to Uncle Addison. He was sound asleep before I could say, "Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night."

Oh, I love my Cabbage Patch. I caught Kennedy giving Garnet a sip of her drink. Look, her mouth is open to help the process!

I wonder if she has a belly button? Only true Cabbage Patch lovers know the answer to that.

Mommy made Kennedy a beautiful quilt. She loves it. Mommy made one for Bridger too. There are pictures on Lindsay's blog of the quilts.

Kennedy tried to take her necklaces off and they were all stuck in her bows.

The Christmas table, we had Prime Rib, mashed potatoes, green beans with almonds, and rolls. Ricky did a great job cooking the Prime Rib.

Addison's Homecoming

These are the long awaited photos.....sorry for the delay, but I have been very busy and didn't want to spend time on the computer. We have been getting to know Addison again. Here we are, making a big banner for the front of the house. Good coloring, Jordan, Kim and Bridger!

Now Grandpa is getting into the act. Anything to kill time until the plane lands.

We decorated the outside of the house, but the wind was howling and it was hard to make it pretty. The smiley face plates were supposed to go into the ground in front of the house, but the ground was frozen and there was too much snow. Since that day, it has snowed every day.

Sean took this group photo of us at the airport. Unbeknownst to us, we had to wait 2 hours, almost in this very position. Except for Bridger.....he was constantly running circles around us!

Kennedy's sign.

We were watching for long legs in dark suit pants. Every set we saw, ended up being a TSA agent coming down the escalator. False alarm! Addison made up the word "Evious" when he was in the missionary training center. It means "to work hard".

Lindsay is checking for the long dark legs, she wants to be the first one to see him.

This is such a cute picture of Kim and Kennedy.

By the look on my face, you can tell that I spotted those long, dark legs!!!!!! Finally, after two years....

Addison has never seen Kennedy in person before, just in pictures. She is the same age Bridger was when Addison left for South Africa.

OOOh, she LIKES him!

Kim, Kennedy and Dave weren't in our family when Addison left. Kim and Jordan were married February 20, 2007, Kennedy was born July 19, 2007, and Dave and Rebecca were married on May 3, 2008. Our family is growing.... I thought this was a neat picture.

It was a very good day!