Here's the year end wrap up. December has been a very busy month. Between practices and games Noah has basketball 6 days a week. Alyssa finished her finals early and has been home since Dec. 5th. She doesn't not return to college until the 7th of January and her classes resume on the 9th.
On Christmas Eve we got together with our neighbors, the Collins family. The kids exchanged gifts and we enjoyed a yummy fondue dinner.
We had another Christmas celebration with the Lewis family with more gifts and Erin's yummy cheeseburger soup.
Our tree was on the small side this year since we chose to put it in front of the window so it could be enjoyed by the neighbors rather than placing it in the center of the room to take advantage of the vaulted ceiling height.
Noah and Alyssa collaborated on the decorating of the sugar cookies.
Noah scores on a team from Vancouver, WA during Christmas break. Alyssa's long break will allow her to see 10 of Noah's games. She is the surrogate big sister of Noah's friends. 2011 ended with a grand party at the Bryson compound. Noah didn't sleep at all and has been dozing off and on all afternoon. I hope to do a better job keeping my blog up to date in 2012.
Noah had Bradey and Shawn come over today to hang out, play video games, and go sledding.
They decided that the sled needed help to go faster so Noah brought out the WD40. After Shawn got them started down the hill he jumped on and all three boys went flying down the hill. I am going to make a big pot of pasta for dinner, and the boys plan on watching NBA games and raiding my snack cupboard. Once their clothes dry they might venture out again but I think they're in for the night.
I felt sorry for the poor birds yesterday so when Noah and I ventured out to the store I stopped at the local farm supply outlet and bought more seed and suet. Since I hung the feeders we have had lots of birds in the backyard. However, these birds look very well fed. They must be hitting other yards too.
