a picture says a thousand words...
alright, so with my photos, maybe it's only 250 words, but since most of you are far, far away, i thought we'd share this year's christmas with you by loading some photos...

i took this photo the other night while waiting for owen at the theatre. the space needle at christmas is quite a pretty sight!


the seattle center christmas tree at night. alright, so i'm not known for my photography... the next photo, however, is something i am known for...and that would be cookies...


...and those would be my famous ginger stars. i'm only sorry they are so fragile that they can't be shipped, otherwise there would be a boxful of them sitting in front of you right now!


...and in my never-ending quest to make the perfect conti's sprinkle cookie, i show you this year's version. they look familiar, don't they?


have a look at our christmas tree this year. again, the photo just doesn't do it justice. and look at all those presents!!!! are we lucky, or what?!


it doesn't matter if it's christmas, ms. hound still demanded breakfast at the crack of dawn!


one of this year's many cookie trays!!!


the centerpiece given to us by our neighbor, ed.


our christmas tree laden with bunches and bunches of presents on christmas morning!


our very own version of the yule log on tv!!


owen in his pjs with one of his silly stocking stuffers from santa!


post-wrapping paper! look at all those cool gifts!


the train tracks are finally clear of gifts, so the new york central can once again run beneath the tree!

many more to come as the day progresses...