So before this year of CRAP is over, I figured I should pump out some Christmas pictures! I mean Christmas does come before New Years after all.

Christmas eve was spent at the parentals with my Moms side of the family (since we usually see my Dads side a few days after). We had dinner and opened presents and then all hung out until it was time for Midnight Mass.

Little Cousin Zoey

Mom is excited for presents!

Chad setting up my new laptop.

I bought Steven NHL 10 for PS3 so you know the boys were obsessed.

After dinner and presents we headed to my uncles for Midnight Mass, and then off to bed for a little amount of sleep.

We spent Christmas Morning at home this year. We were late risers, which meant we were late arrived at Casa Ciavarro for breakfast, but oh well, it’s Christmas Morning!

Chad and I opened our stockings and our gifts to each other. A lot of DVDs and books and kitchen things. You know, the usual.

The epic amount of presents.

Jonas and Emily playing with their new things.

Emily had a glass of White Wine for breakfast.

Spoiled again. Chad and I came away with a boat load of gifts. Olympic merch, Computer games, Body Shop gear, just tons of stuff.

After breakfast and opening presents, everyone took their stuff and scattered. Chad and I headed upstairs for some relaxation and nap time. Chad passed out, but I didn’t of course. Instead, I got cat fur in my eye and attempted to suffer the consequences for the next three hours. I don’t know how people live with cats even when they are allergic. I would seriously go mental.

After nap time and hanging out all afternoon, we headed over to Grandma Heagles for dinner and more family time.

Molly was all dressed up in her Christmas outfit.

Nice hat their buddy.

A shinny pen from the Christmas Cracker that I forgot to bring home to me. I also love how out of focus and crappy the one picture of me at Christmas is. I really need to get Chad to participate in photographing me more often.

Can we please take a look at how much grease Chads crown absorbed. OMG so gross.

A little Creme Brule and Butane for dessert!

The musical act for the evening. Connor got a new guitar and Eric was showing us how its done!

Twins.

Tex and Rex got wasted when no one was looking.

You can’t go to Grandma Heagles and not have 100 pictures of puppies. You know how obsessed we are with them.

Over all Christmas was a success. I really was not expecting to get a lot of gifts considering I was asking for some pretty pricy items, but I lucked out. I took pictures of everything and will post them to flickr soon. Chad actually got more clothes then me, but I really don’t need any.

Christmas was a pretty good end to a pretty crappy year, the only thing that sucked was kissing too many Italians and then getting this cold. I love how 2009 decided to jab me one last time on its way out!

Tonight we are off to a little house party tucked away in the suburbs of Surrey. Tomorrow will be the first day of 2010 and hopefully the first day to a much better year.

Sunday was the traditional Heagle Craft Day over at Grandmas house. This year though, instead of crafts we decorated cookies. Nom nom nom.

It seems like everyone was baking this weekend.

Mom was taking lessons on how to Pipe stuff. I finally got the hang of it this year.

This is me in Cookie form. Pretty but radioactive, hence the eyes. Chads mom thought it was amazing. Hahaha.

The cookies Mom and I did.

Emily & Stevie

Once I finished my share of cookies, I moved onto Christmas Origami. The box was the only thing I could figure out. Usually I’m pretty good at Origami, but for some reason I just could not figure out the instructions.

They are such nuts. Stevie asked me if I was pregnant because she said Emily wants a cousin, and I’m her only hope. Ha. Not yet Stevie, not yet.

Stevie also thought my Mom was in her 20s.

Emily is pulling out her true Asian face here.

Grandma Heagles shirt said ORLY in big sparkly letters. No one noticed it except me. When I pointed it out to Chad he almost lost it.

ORLY Grandma!?

The girls went crazy with their colours and sparkles and everything. Their cookies were almost glowing Neon. I love watching kids decorate cookies.

I just realized that our Moms almost have the exact same hair cut.

Mom was getting her Dog fix that day, considering its been a while. She was baby talking Ebony like nobodies business.

I think she almost stole her on the way out.

Chad shows up and the kisses continue.

Abby was getting some lovin’ as well.

After decorating cookies and making boxes we all ordered pizza and scarffed it down.

Then Chad and I headed over to Steves to catch the Canucks game.

It was pouring rain like I had never seen before. You actually had to pass through a waterfall just to get to Steves front door.

Thankfully the game was a bore because it allowed me to pass out on Steves couch.  Car rides home when all you want to do is sleep are so damn crappy.

So one more day of work ahead of us and then a little bit of a Christmas break. If only that were actually true. Chad is stressed out to the max thanks to work and stupid tenants. He still hasn’t bought my Christmas gifts which I believe is adding to the stress even more. Each day he has planned to take off to go shopping he has been called into work. Even this past Saturday they called him in. It’s getting to be a bit much. He was also told that he will be on call all through his Christmas holidays and if they call him he NEEDS to come in. I can’t wait for numerous dinners and activities to be ruined. Woohoo!

I really need to get off the negative train! Hopefully everything will work out this week. I just wish there was something I could do to relieve Chads stress. Le sigh.

The stomach is in a bit of a tiff after this weekends adventures. My eating habits were all over the place and my body does not appreciate this.

Went out to the Tyrrells on Friday night to watch the game and munch on Pizza. We had to drive out there in terential rain with a side of snow, lots of Thunder and Lightning, and major flooding. The HWY was insane. Thank God Chad was driving.

We watched the Canucks with Dario & Mike upstairs and then headed down to the basement after the game once the boys had left. We all just sat on the couches and talked about scotch and family.

I then came to the realization that I need lounge pants that can be worn out of the house. When I am at home I have a pair of sweats that I wear from time to time, and of course my PJs, but I don’t really have anything in the ‘comfortable’ category that can be worn out of the house. Friday night was a perfect example. All we were going to do was hang out in Ryan’s basement watching TV and doing nothing. It would have been the perfect night for some out of the house lounge pants, but I did not have any. So I had to sit all uncomfortably in my skinny jeans while Elise lazed around in her Lulus. Dammit, I need a pair of Lulus. I’VE BEEN CONVINCED! Too bad everyone’s already bought all my Christmas Gifts.

GROVE PANT PLEASE

While channel surfing Elise and I came across the Exorcist, which neither of us had seen before, and which I never had planned on watching ever, but for some reason we though why not watch the last half of the scariest movie of all time!? The Boys were not impressed and attempted to talk loudly about Bitches & Shit while we hid behind pillows. Smart idea girls, smart idea. Thankfully neither of us had nightmares, but I could not stop thinking about the movie all night.

We got home at 1:30 and we were both out like a light. We slept in on Saturday until 11 and it was glorious.

I didn’t get out of bed until 12. The Real Housewives of NY was on.

We saw him last night. He was barking at Chad.

He fell off my parents bed this morning and hurt himself badly.

Dad took him to the vet right away, but with his lacking heath and age there was nothing they could do.

Benji was put down.

I don’t have my Halloween pictures on hand, so lets go back in time shall we?

Last week we went to Grandma Heagles for Aunt Jills Birthday. There we encountered a multitude of indoor animals. Now, Grandma Heagle is known for having a million pets, and during this particular visit we discovered quite a few hanging out in random corners and rooms. On top of that, we discovered a new little black puppy which Chad fell head over heels for.

I don’t know any of their names. There are too many cats to keep track of. Their shed in the back yard is actually dedicated to housing the majority of them, and every night Gramdpa Heagle grabs all the blankets, puts them in the dryer and then lays them out in the shed so the kitties have something warm to snuggle up to. SO FRIGGIN CUTE!

Chad is basically a cat whisperer.

Oddly enough, the night before Chad had a dream that I was a cat. Now, it wasn’t that we met and got married and I turned into a cat, no no, I was always a cat. Chad being HUMAN married me, a CAT.

He said I was the most loving animal he ever had and our personalities matched to a tee. But years after we got married he began to have doubts, because, well, I was a cat. He started to think, ‘I married a Cat, what was I thinking?’, but he loved me none the less. We were perfect for each other, I just happened to be furry and meowed.

Then he said one morning he had to get up early to go to work, and I was still sleeping, so he wrapped me up in a blanket and carried me in his arms to work, and I slept, all snuggled up. OMG my heart melted when I heard that.

*meow*

So after our visit with the cats, we discovered little Ebony, so black that you can’t even see where her face is. Chad went nuts for her, as you can tell…

I have never seen him react to anything quite like he reacted to Ebony. Look at his eyes!

She was eating his hair here.

And then giving his ear some kisses.

I see a face! Green Eyes!

I was starting to get jealous of all the attention Ebony was getting. LOOK AT ME! I’M FUZZY AND CUTE TOO!!!

SNUGGLING HEADS!!! MY HEART!!!

Poor Abby wasn’t getting much attention. Ebony stole it ALL.

Goodbye Kisses!

If these two pictures do not show just how in love with this dog he was, I don’t know what will.

All signs point towards us desperately needing a pet, clearly. Only problem is, its not happening. A dog would be way too much work right now, not to mention our space issue, and I am way to allergic to cats to go that route even though that would probably be the only option we could do. So I guess that just leaves us with visiting Grandma Heagle a lot more!

Well, its the Fall and with the fall brings the production of WINE!

Dad and Chad were the masters this time around. Chad spent another year learning the family traditions.

Nonno didn’t want to participate this year due to the fact that he had hernia surgery not to long ago, so Nonna stepped up to the plate.

Stems Chad STEMS!

I cut my bangs again. Don’t worry, I have a plan.

Look, it’s Mom & her Boo Boos.

Dads ‘Cycle

I love having the garage open like this and watching everyone who walks to drives by the house and seeing their reactions.

Hello there Mr. Bee.

Grapes on the Grape Vine. We don’t actually use these grapes in our wine production.

This is what I call a perfect Sunday afternoon.

The weather has been amazing lately. These pictures were taken at the end of September, thats why Chad is in shorts.

I love Fall sunshine because it’s warm but still cool. You aren’t sitting there dying like you would be in the Summer.

Bet you wished you still lived here eh Pat?

We actually don’t have many plans this weekend, other then two family dinners. I plan on taking lots of pictures.

I love the Fall.

It’s never a good idea to blog when you are in a time crunch. You will never be able to say everything you want to say in a concise manner if you give yourself a time limit. Alas, I’m not listening to my own words, and instead, am blogging with only 15 minutes to go. So really, if I don’t even listen to myself why should you? I don’t really know.

We are heading to Surrey tonight. Shit, we might as well move to Surrey we are out there so much. Oh right, but our Babysitter lives in Burnaby so that would kind of be pointless. You know, if I didn’t dislike Surrey as much as I do, and my Parents weren’t located in Burnaby, I would probably move there. Bigger houses, bigger property, cheaper price. But it’s Surrey, so that ain’t happening. White Rock on the other hand, would totally be up for that move, but then I would have find a job in the area because I am not commuting. I am spoiled with a nice commute and I’m not changing that.

The only thing I hate about going out to Surrey is the drive home at 2am when all you want to do is sleep.

If I had the opportunity to live closer to my cousins I would really love to. When your life falls apart you realize who you want to spend your time with and my cousins definitly won out.

Seeing members of my extended family almost on a weekly basis the last little while has really made me realize how much I love them and want to be around them more.

Being the only city girl sucks, in this regard.

Maybe Surrey isn’t that bad of an idea?