Diary of a Semi-Health Nut

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Merry Christmas to all and to all a good week! {2011}

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Hello AGAIN Friends!

This is, infact, the third post I am doing on the Christmas festivities.  This one will be a sort-of photo dump.  (That sounds weird.)
This one will have many holiday pictures from Christmas day.  (That’s better.)

All my life there has been the Christmas schedule/tradition.  It has worked out pretty well.  Christmas Eve is spent going to church and hanging out with the Daddio’s family.  Then Christmas morning was spent opening presents at Mama Sue’s (which I sadly have outgrown since I no longer live there), and then going over to Grandma K’s house for more presents and a delightful Christmas dinner.  Three Christmases.  What a spoiled gal I am!

I present to you Christmas day at Grandma K’s.  Remember I had a new camera that everyone wanted to play with so there are a bazillion and a half pictures.  Enjoy! 🙂

Grandma Goodies:  Grandma K makes the best Christmas goodies ever.  My favorite are the snowballs and toffee bars.  Yum.  BF and I got to arrange them artfully on Christmas plates. 🙂

^I thought this was cute because it looks like santa is holding the treats. :-)^

^He accompanies the Christmas goodies.  Grandma K LOVES snowmen. :-)^


Present opening fun: We usually open gifts from youngest to oldest but that takes a looong time…so this year we opened two at a time.  I do like seeing everyone open their gifts.

^Bro’s BF and Bro^
^Sis R and Sis C.^
^BF opening my I.O.U. the rest of the Scrubs collection.  I either lost it or forgot to buy it for him.  Terrible GF.^
^Mama Sue, Grandma K, Grandma K’s friend.^

^How did they know I like coffee??^
^Sisters!^

^A plethora of books I must read this week!  Lofty goal?^
^From Bro^

Turkey fun: Mom carving the turkey and BF helping.  A little messy but whatevs it tastes good. 🙂



Delicious and totally unhealthy buffet line.  Note to self: bring something healthy to next food gathering..not just desserts. 😉  The line was quite long this year and I loved it for some reason.  I think it makes it more fun to be all crowded and smooshed together…a forced family closeness of sorts.

Aaaand the classic tree pictures (see Christmas Eve).

^Love Bro’s expression.^
^Uncle J joined us from the warm state of Texas this Christmas.^

A couple of outdoor photos because seriously, this was the most mild Christmas season ever.  I believe it was in the 40s all week…in the midwest!

Oh and I bought the BF a little kit to perform the awesome experiment of mentos and diet coke.  Never heard of it?  Google or YouTube it….or check out the photos. 😉

1.  Place mentos in tube.

2. Pull string and run.

3. Mentos and diet coke explosion!

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas photo dump post.

I have a yummy semi-healthy recipe and a treadclimber review plus some new year’s resolutions coming up so stay tuned! 🙂

Merry Christmas and have a happy week!

*~Amanda aka Semi-Health Nut~*

Tell me about your Christmas traditions!  Feel free to post a link to your Christmas blog post so I can check it out! 🙂