Early Christmas

Only four more days until Christmas 2008. It is crazy to think that another year has almost passed. Before we left Alaska, Dawn hosted an early Christmas dinner for the cousins. It was great to be together and to see Wesley who came home from college. Bristol came along in his pajamas.
The flight out of Alaska went well. Bristol did a great job traveling. Tucson greeted us with bright sunshine- it is so nice to wake up to sunshine in the morning. Travis has gotten some golf and swimming time in already. We played tennis last night after dark. Toby and Kirsten and the boys came down today and spent the day playing in the pool and playing bocce ball. It was fun for Bristol to see his cousins for the first time.

Ready to eat-with that crowd, there was a lot of great food.

Brit, Chris, Wes, and Justin

Marco- where Bristol is, Marco is nearby.

Roy and Jessie- just back from Hawaii

Bristol got the most presents

Jessie got him a hat

Dawn got him some rings.

Bristol's first art project on the fridge. The reindeer lost its red nose somewhere in the car. He came home with blue hands and green feet. Have to love art from a 7 month old.

Grandpa and Grandma Kratz sent presents.Since we were going to be gone for a couple of weeks, B opened his up before we left. He was pretty good about ripping the paper off of it.

The perfect book- Auntie Amanda always called him Bristol Bear from the beginning and it has stuck. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!