Catching up from the Holidays

So this year I did thigs different. Not the usual traditions because I wanted to have more memories of the fun thins rather than fighting with everyone to do the same things we do every year. So I do not have all the pics I usually have. I guess there more up in our heads. We made lots of cookies and I have to say Dakota is the most dedicated baker I know. He stays from start to finish. ( minus the cleaning up)! We made chocolate suckers and chocolate covered pretzels. My favorite. Nick and Zak made rosettes. Joe was usually at work or at a friends house so he didn't help much. Grandma Sue came over one day to make pazzells, sugar, and ??? cookies. Christmas Eve we went to Grandma-pa H. house with Bet and Larry, Dwayne, Janine, Hailey Jamey and Christy and gang, and Randy. Colin Christy's brother came also. Bet got me so I got a $50 gift card to Joanns that I bought some organizers with. Shane got holing hands mittins and gift card to eat. Joe got a card to Zumies from Jamey and the boys got movies from Bet and Larry. Jamey and Christy got them a gift card to go to the movies and 10 to go to Sonic. Dakota saw Santa at Walmart and asked for a Wii but Santa said that was a mighty high gift and he thought it would be too hard to get one for him. ha ha Good thing Daniel and Dwayne came through! Gma-pa H. followed with Guitar Hero and we got them Mario Galaxy. Santa ended up bringing the Hockey set that the boys saw when I had a flat tire in the Expidition so we hurried into the truck to make their Dentist apt. The surprise was ruined. We had been hidding the gifts so the boys wouldn't see them. Oh well every thing was so much fun. We opened presents without Joe this year because he had to work at 6 am and wouldn't be off until 3pm. We went to Gma Marcia's for bereakfast opened presents from Steve. He gave me a bamboo something photo album and Shane got a checkers game with a gift card to Garts. Dakota got clothes, Nick got a sleevless jacket and Zak got a camera. Joe later opend his present from Heather . A gift card to best buy and a t-shirt. The Grange was cancelled while we were at Gma Marcias so we had extra time to try out the Wii. We went to my Parents to open presents where Daniel gave gift cards for fishing lisences and so did my parents. I got a shirt and jeans, Shane got jeans and crodad pots, Zak got Yatzee, Dakota got a talking piguin, Joe jeans and Nick got ?????