Christmas Day Festivities

It was a great Christmas this year with our newest member of the family.... Saya! As you can see below, she is in quite the festivus mood.

The dogs even decided to get in on the opening of the presents. As you can see, they were really into it and couldn't wait to have more bows and ribbons stuck to their heads. Yes, that is a dead beaver toy in front of Bella... they are Jack Russells, they love rodents and small animals, especially the bunnies that run all over the neighborhood.

Shino received a cool set of new pajamas, a necessity in the cold winter months!

Saya even got in on the action with some clothes of her own. And blankets. And toys. And stuffed animals.

And yes, Jeff even got his share of presents with an official oven stone and bread board. This is much better than the "ghetto, many piece clay tile conversion into a pizza stone" that we currently have. As well as much better than the "90% chance of a burn" process it takes to get a pizza out of the oven now with a long wooden spoon in one hand and a normal 1/2" thick cutting board in the other.

And who could forget the most important thing, the food. Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, salad... and a spice cake for later. Mmmmm. Did I mention we missed Thanksgiving because we were in Japan? That's ok.

Bella loves all types of food except her own. They should be sleeping good later because we gave them some coma-inducing turkey. Ryder is all ready for his nap.

So long, that's all, farewell.