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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas

This was our 1st Christmas as just The Messinger's.  We started new traditions of baking cookies and decorating a gingerbread house on Christmas Eve.  We also kept old traditions of opening PJ's.  
On Christmas Eve we Skyped the Mr's side of the family and on Christmas Day we Skypled the Mrs' side of the family.  It was fun to be able to open gifts with our family miles away.  We spent Christmas afternoon surprising our friends with cookies for both dogs and humans.  

Sierra opening a gift form the Mrs co-worker.

Even the pup got a candy cane. 

Sierra with her new toy

Baking

Lots of Cookies to bake

Sierra opening her P.J.'s aka Sweater

New robe after wearing the old one for 5+ years

Batman Shorts

Decorating the gingerbread house

Yummo

Sierra didn't realize she was allowed to open her gift

Play time...
As you can see we had a wonderful first Messinger Family Christmas.  Hopefully we will get to spend next year with our family in California but if not we know that we will be just fine.

Love, Mrs Messinger

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Oh Christmas Tree

Oh DEAD Christmas Tree
Just days after Drew returned to Alaska from a TDY in Guam we purchased our first and last real Christmas Tree in Alaska.  Christmas Trees die really quickly in the dry Alaska winter air but we didn't want to drop $250 on a fake tree so we decided to go real and cross our fingers that it would make it to Christmas... Our tree is now 6 days old and completely DEAD. Oh well it will make a good story 25 years from now.
 
Here are the pics of our traditional yearly ornament.  We have grown really attached to purchasing our yearly Mickey & Minnie ornament.  Enjoy

Our 1st Christmas - 2009, Fox Wood Apartments - Fresno, CA

2010, Palo Alto Place - Fresno, CA

2011, Williamson Home - Bass Lake CA

2012, Moose Crossing - JBER, AK

Tradition of sneaking a kiss under Mickey & Minnie ;-)

Merry Christmas from Alaska
Merry Christmas to all of our family & friends.

Love, Mrs Messinger