Christmas 2010

I'm feeling rather negligent in my Christmas post this year. I was really bad about taking pictures, plus, our computer crashed last week and I've been struggling to figure out where to find the pictures, etc. Despite the lack of photos, we did have a wonderful holiday season around here. Aunt Leann and Uncle Frank were in town for the week prior, then the Cotters came to town on Christmas Eve.

If you're looking for much better coverage of our past week, please click here and here. Aunt Leann did a wonderful job of documenting the festivities. Chris and Nate sitting on Santa's lap right in our front room!

Looks like Santa found his way down the chimney! His carrots and cookies look nibbled on, too.

Christmas Eve was spent at our house. All of the cousins got their Christmas jammies from g'ma. This year they were not all matchy-matchy.

....but wait! There were Snuggies, too!

Ah, Snuggies. What American household doesn't have at least one??

The Slaters. Merry Christmas!

He's a Poet

December, December

Right after November.

December, December

It's a month to remember.

~by Chris Moore

Christmas Ships

Last night we went to watch the Christmas Boats parade by on Sauvie Island. The McMullens live right on the water, so we joined them for an early dinner, then walked down to the boat dock and watched the boats go by.
It was wet and windy, but it's always fun to hang with the McMullens, regardless. We even got a personal history from their salty (and somewhat intoxicated) neighbor man who has lived on the Island for 50+ years...he told us the whole story of the boats at Christmas, and gave us a few chuckles, too.

Their favorite was the firetruck boat, and the big blue whale.

Co-ho-ho!

Christmas Tree Hunting

You've gotta be strong to haul this big tree out of the forest.
We went and got our Christmas Tree on Saturday at a farm on Sauvies Island. It was nice and all, but it sure wasn't the same as the Chandler Family Tree Party. The hostess, Cindi, is very pregnant, and it was a good year to take a break from this big event. We missed it....and hope that the tradition will continue on next year.