ending 2009; picture style

saturday morning snuggle time

chairs for the boys at the extended riddle family christmas party

excited to have 4 stockings to hang this year

santa and the reindeers couldn't do all that work without a little snack

Christmas morning: all through the house not a creature was stirring (because shep slept until 8:30...love it)

finally awake and opening his loot

wooden train set

i couldn't believe how gentle he was with it (that has since changed, wish I had another pic)

and santa brought this one....props to santa for thinking of this awesome basketball hoop

christmas day walk to make room for dinner

love this stroller and the boys who sit in it

farming it up for new years, asheville style

there was sledding

and lots of toys to play with

and horses to feed

and babies to feed

and grown ups to feed

yummy collards, bacon wrapped pork, black eyed peas and cornbread

we had hand bells to play

and walks to take

dancing till dawn (or at least midnight)

we even had time for a little of this...

happy 2010