TSO

While I was at home I went down to the Rosemont Horizon (it will never be the allstate to me) with Kate and Danielle to catch TransSiberian Orchestra. There will always be a place for rockers with hair of a certain length as they move into a slightly more responsible phase of their life.

A couple of days late...

...but never a dollar short, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas was fun times at the Jersey Household. Stockings will filled with fun and the 80's classic Real Genius. Gifts were given and much food was consumed! Kate and I played chef de cuisine and sous chef, bringing our style to the traditional dinner. Dad cooked a fab prime rib... Plus there was a brunch to die for -- carbohydrate fabulousness that kate, dad and i put together. Us kids were the superstars of 2009, bringing dad into 2005 with a new flatscreen monitor!

Christmas eve

Christmas eve was a fabulous affair! Traditions were held in so many ways, and I was reminded of how I do love Fox Lake in so many ways!

We picked dad up from the train station and hit the Domminicks -- because it just wouldn't make sense to have completed our shopping any earlier.

Much baking was done! Dad introduced us to potato chip cookies. K made Matthew some peanut butter cookies.

We prettied ourselves up for Midnight Mass. I forgot how much I love St. Bede's. Where else but here is it acceptable for an usher to wear a hawks jersey to Midnight Mass?!?!? Love it!!! I also enjoyed going to Midnight Mass at MIDNIGHT instead of the traditional Mississippi 8 PM Midnight Mass.

There was a Christmas Miracle -- Matthew shaved.

We did traditional pictures in front of the tree followed by the opening of the new jammies. I felt like an amazon woman. The 3 in. heels didn't hurt my case.


Sarah Clause came after church and gave the JG's their present. They took to it pretty quickly.

We still love it!

It snowed. A lot. Daisy bunny hopped. Madison scampered and shook her thang. It snowed more. Then it sleeted and rained. Cars slid around. It got cold. It got warm. It rained. It seems to be snowing again.

We love it anyways!!

Pet Wars II

There is a lot of gazing and adoringly looking into one another's eyes.

Pet Wars

The pets are slowly coming to a state of Mutually Assured Destruction..... The war isn't over, but there is some sort of Peace on Earth, just in time for Christmas.

Daisy and Smokey spend much of their days looking at one another from opposite sides of the baby gate. Madison thinks Smokey would be a great playmate if she would just come out and play. Smokey thinks these thugs should just go away and let her sleep. I consider it a testament to hope that we got them into the same room for a few minutes.

Snowy Snowy World

I must introduce my Vicksburg Peeps to SNOW. This IS SNOW!

The snow on Fox Lake!!! Yes for those who are wondering.. there are some ice fishing shacks out there! We've been heading down there during our walks... The girls love romping in the snow, sniffing it, and digging in it. It is uber fun!

Along wtih the lake fun comes the other snow not-so-fun... The P's don't know it but I'm planning to take off with their snow brush/scraper. For some reason the best one they have was in the basement while thye were using the junky ones for themselves. Ooops.. you snooze you loose peeps.