christmas and almost NewYear's

The first few pictures show the tree we got from the treefarm... apparently the minivan can get stuck twice in the foot of snow...a tree looks smaller than you think from 100 feet away from the path... and ask steve how heavy it is. He and I did manage to load it on the van and make it home... took 2 hours. Next year buying from the boy scouts down the road may be the best option. Matt and Ben helped decorate and you can see alot of the ornaments were hand made and cut out by Matt himself!!! We then had the pleasure of a concert by Matt and Papa of Jingle Bells and Frosty the "snowy" as ben sings it!!! The next few pictures are of christmas. Matt loved the playmobile manger scene and loved to play "Jesus" with his papa. Ben got a train for the geotrax... he is very much into trains right now. (and cars) Matt got a big horn (all he asked for from santa) Thankfully papa got ear defenders which matt tends to wear when playing his loud horn!!! Matt got his papa's old legos and a few sets that he loves. The lego table was made by bumpa (matt's grampa whom he has never met) and his papa (steve took the tray and turned it into this blue table) Matt plays for hours each day in his room with his legos. We also had some MacNeill family over for Christmas dinner. Today (dec 30th) we are having quite a bit of snow again... Ben was very shy at first but soon wanted to "swish" down the hill like his brother Matt!!! We then got a visit from the Pendletons which was great fun. We also want to wish everyone a safe and Happy New year tonight!!! All the best in 2008, love the MacNeills