Christmas Day at our house

We woke up to a beautiful snowfall today, which is very unusual in Georgia.  I tredged through a few inches on the driveway to take this picture of our mailbox.

Then a shot of our house

And Jim's Avalanche was covered!

In the house, this is what was going on:

Fire in the fireplace

Christmas breakfast with my parents present

Reading the Christmas Story

Opening Presents

Phone calls

The dogs wanted to help Ryan open what was in his Christmas stocking.  He always asks for food in it...maybe that was the big draw for them!

Ryan was very excited to get Age of Empires Gold Edition, but I actually wanted this shot to show what Rico (the Golden) did to the wrapping paper.  He is 6 yrs old and such a PUPPY on Christmas morning, shredding up all of the paper with glee.

This was so funny.  We thought Ryan was engrossed with reading the box on his Pro Scooter, but it ended up he was snitching candy from his stocking and eating it behind the box.

 After dinner I fixed plates and we headed out on the snowy roads.  My friend's husband is very sick with cancer and on a feeding tube.  She won't take the time to cook for herself, so I drop off food occasionally.  Today she got a breakfast plate and dinner plate.  Jim shoveled their driveway and sidewalks while my parents and I ran on to some other (elderly) friends to deliver something to them.

On a less Christmassy note, my throat has been terribly sore and I've been coughing a lot more and not feeling really great.  I'm hoping I'm not getting sick.

And I got Photoshop Elements 9 for Christmas and it won't load.  So I have to call about that on Monday.  :(

But I'll leave you with one last picture that I took of the neighbor's tree.

I hope you all had a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!!!!