Christmas #5

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Morio's house. 12 cousins/spouses, 9 aunts and uncles, 2 grandparents, and 4 dogs.

What a wonderful pair!


My dad and my husband in matching sweaters...Paul is such a trooper!

Christmas #4

Celebrating at my dad's house. What a fun time playing with Dylan and spending time with Dave and Beth.

What a thoughtful gift, "Edler est. 2009"


A stolen towel from the Hayatt on Maui...it's a long story.

Christmas #3

At Paul's sister's house for family Christmas and Len's birthday celebration.


Paul and Maddie had a great time playing with the box that her present came in...we just getting both of them boxes next year!


Happy birthday Leonard!

Christmas #2

Christmas morning together


Santa brought me gorgeous sapphire earings - a HUGE surprise!


And a mini-crockpot from my parents in California!!!


Paul got outfitted for a new season of snowboarding...


...and new tools!


We had a fabulous Christmas morning together relaxing, making breakfast, taking the dog to the park, and enjoying the wonder of Christmas.

Christmas #1

The Ratliff Family Christmas
A gift exchange at dinner in Bellevue. It was so wonderful to spend time with family, especially my aunt and uncle from out of town.

All our Christmas celebrations...

If you know me well, you know I have a lot of family and a lot of Christmas celebrations...I don't think I will have time to post them all right now, so stay tuned for more.

I cooked a whole chicken!

This intimidated me...a whole chicken.


But I conquered it! I forgot to take a picture after it was done roasting...we gobbled it up too quickly. Now my next challenge is a turkey...maybe next year.