Ghosts of Christmases Past

Pics of Christmas Past

We'll begin with Christmas 1978 - 30 years ago!!

And the family photo from Christmas 1983. I'm the one in the middle holding my new Ewok!

Jumping ahead to 2000 and Aaron dreaming of his Christmas presents

2002 - one of my favorite Christmas pics. I wonder what the neighbors thought!

Aaron and his buddy Bryson from the kids Christmas play. Wisemen were fancy back in the day.

And just to prove that it's not just the kids who are fancy wisemen...Dusty wisely chose the braided headband for his get-up.

Merry Christmas from the Hackney 4!

And so it begins...

Christmas that is. We decided to open up our presents to each other tonight. We will be leaving for Illinois as soon as Dusty gets off work tomorrow.

We started out by lighting the last advent candle. A little early, but hey, we remembered this time!

Then Aaron read the Christmas story out of Luke

Aaron's big surprise of the night was a Playstation 2

Couldn't keep Dusty out of Rachel's new toys!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Rock Band

Someone got Rock Band for Christmas. Thanks Emma for letting a bunch of adults commandeer your game! And for the record....I ROCK!

Bits and Pieces

We're back for a whirlwind 24 hour Christmas tour of Illinois. Actually this was the 1st stage as we will be returning on Wednesday evening. Hit 3 different parties and saw over 50 of our relatives.

Got to spend Saturday evening out at my Grandfathers's house and have Christmas dinner with the family.

This morning the little guys sang during church. Rachel was a little reluctant during practice, but then she was all ready to sing during the service.

And then here is one of my favorite little girls, Allison. She was all decked out in a dress that was Rachel's Christmas dress 2 years ago. I was glad to see it again. :)

Mmmmm.....lovin' from the oven!

So after I ruined a batch of fudge yesterday, I decided that it was time to move on to something else. Something less tempermental. Something that I have a better than 50-50 chance of doing right. On to the cinnamon rolls. I found this recipe and decided that it would be perfect. Be prepared; it will take up a good bit of your day to make, but Mmmmmmm the results are worth it.

Be prepared it makes 7-8 pans of rolls! Don't you wish you lived on my cul-de-sac? That's where some of these puppies are going!

You will need a LOT of working room...3-year old helper optional!

Ahhhh.....Oooooohh.....let's take a moment to drool shall we? Like I said, Lovin' from the oven!

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