Crazy photos from Christmas

Every year Adam gets a little crazy towards the end of opening presents. Here is some photographic evidence of his insanity.
Camille's cousin, Abby, got a snappy new pair of boots. She will be the hottest thing on the playground when school starts again.
Camille's other Cousin, Alex. Adam has so much fun tormenting this little guy, but here he is enjoying Christmas morning.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We enjoyed being with our families and friends and are so grateful for the love and support.

We wish everyone a safe and happy New Year.

Christmas in the hood

For some reason this year was the year of the coat. Almost everyone got new coats or sweaters and, ironically enough, they all had hoods. So, we all got pics with our coats and hoods.

Adam's in the Christmas hood, showing some leg.Camille's dad, Dennis: New Coat with Hood
Camille, flashing gang signs: New sweater
Nevermind that Camille's sister Jill looks like a bum, she had like two shirts, a hoodie, and a new coat on. She was a good sport and was enjoying Christmas in the hood.

Christmas day in Logan with Camille's Family

Camille's Grandma and Grandpa's house always has a great Christmas spirit and we had a blast being there this year. Camille and her sister Jill were busy on Christmas Eve making Candy Cane Cream Puffs
Ah Christmas Morning!! Adam and Camille tearing through their stockings. Adam looks very tired.
Tearing through the gifts. Jill looks asleep, but we think she was so overcome with Christmas spirit that she just passed out. Also, notice Camille's fancy new Yoga mat. It has become her new passion and Santa remembered to bring it to her. That Santa knows so much!!

Santa's Mini Me

Santa came to visit, in a BYU T-Shirt...hmmmSanta's Mini Me came as well. (AKA Adam's Nephew, Hanky)
Here is the dynamic duo, sans red hat and beard. They are very much a like, and always have a blast together.
Adam's brother Eric with his Wife Aimei (green coat) and sister Annie, unwrapping some gifts.
Adam's other nephew, Dylan, holds up his prized gift, bumble bee (a transformer).

T'was the night before, the night before Christmas

The Phillips Family decided to celebrate Christmas a little early because Adam's sister, Annie, was in town and was leaving on Christmas Eve. We had a wonderful Prime Rib that tasted excellent. The Phillips' Family living room is ready for Santa
Last year when were in Australia for Christmas they had these things called Poppers, which is what Camille is holding. The tradition is to have two people grab at seperate ends and pull. A loud pop occurs and goodies fall out. Usually the contents are a joke, a hat, and a toy.
Hats from the Poppers
Carli, Brookie, and Adam with Hats

Adam is not a good wrapper!

We are getting closer to Christmas so after a glutteny of shopping on Saturday at the malls in Salt Lake, we had to wrap all of our presents. Actually, Adam had to wrap two presents for Camille, and let's just say, he is not good Here is Adam showing off his wrapping skills, or lack thereof..I guess it is lucky that Camille has skills with scissors and tape. Ah, the finished product...beautiful presents under the tree

We know it is not fun to turn your head to look at this pic, but unfortunatley we could not figure out how to flip it...so, just notice the presents under the tree.

Betty Crocker

Every year that we have been married we have made sugar cookies at Christmas time. In the past it was a hurried process that was accomplished in between finals. However, this year, we had a little time to relax with some friends and enjoy.

Here Camille is preparing the cookies. You can see the cut out dough on the counter and the finished product coming out of the oven. Isn't she just so domestic.
Here is the finished product...Pre-icing.Here is the post-product
We needed some help with icing all the cookies we made so we recruited Steve and Ruth Casey; and Rob and Melonie Henderson (their children mostly ate the candy and icing, but they were included in the help)

Nevermind the fact that Ruth is making a funny face here. More importantly, it looks as though she is inadvertantly flipping the bird.