Christmas in New York

Dunford Christmas 2008

The Dunfords are wrestlers and Janelle felt right at home with it.

Janelle got really spoiled this year with gifts. This was at least Daddy's favorite b/c her spent three days painting it.

For all of you that don't know my brother-in-law, he is the most impatient when it comes to opening gifts. Every year he opens one before it's his turn. Here he is trying to pretend that the wrapper is just coming off by itself. "oh by the way can I look at it now since the wrapping came off?" Eric, Eric, Eric... This was his last Christmas as an unmarried man and with all his adrenaline, he added quite a bit of fun.

It's Dunford family tradition to play a dice game which includes fun, tasty and sometimes gag gifts. Brad and I got a little creative with the gag part and this was one of them. If you look closely you'll see that the picture on the shirt is of Brad acting like a punk. It's a inside family joke on his sister Mandy and she ended up unknowingly picking this gift. Poor girl but she has a good sense of humor!

Instead of Christmas Eve we have Grandma's birthday. Janelle is helping her blow out the candles.

Brad is usually the one pulling pranks but on this morning the joke was on him as his father and two brothers all came downstairs each wearing one of Brad's Packer shirts. I loved it and yes, Brad did whine!

Janelle's new toy, uncle Kevin. She loved wrestling Kevin and seeing all the fun faces he would make!

This little girl is such a poser. I don't know where she learned to pose like this but this picture was all her doing. Where to kids pick up this stuff! And I'm not talking about the stuff all over her mouth, whatever it is...