The 2007 Holiday Season, in Photos

OK, after much procrastination and all-around laziness, here are the highlights (and lowlights) of the 2007 holiday tour.

First, we had a quick family holiday in Kansas City. And just in case Mother Nature was worried we may be too excited for the Florida sun, she hit us with a huge ice storm. Gee, thanks. I was starting to defrost a little, but you just took care of that, didn’t you.

Although the ice just pissed me off, Lu seemed to like it. And she’s become obessed with eating snow. Did I mention she falls down a lot? I think it may have had an affect…

So at our little KC Christmas with Trent’s mom and step-dad, once again I was totally outdone by Trent’s mom. I got Lucy an Ugly Doll and coloring book for Christmas…she got her a tricycle, duplos and a bubble machine.

In case you were wondering, this is the face one makes when first confronted with the joy of the bubble machine. Let’s just say the coloring book was less impressive after this.

Then we headed out to Tennessee to visit Trent’s dad and step-mom. They live in the middle of nowhere, on Poor House Road. Seriously, it’s called Poor House Road. We stole a street sign and hung it up in our house. Just seems more fitting.

I spent much of our time in Tennessee sneaking off to take pictures. Trent has started to get a little ansy with me taking pictures of all sorts of stuff and then running out of memory before we get to the important events. Like, say, Christmas. So I threw him a bone and we took this family shot.

You gotta love Lucy’s big “CHEEEESSSEEE!”

Then I ran off and took some more pictures of horses.

But Trent got to drive his dad’s Porche, so that got him off my back. At least for a while.

So I continued taking random pictures. Hey, everyone loves a festive wreath, right?

The highlight of the trip to Tennessee had to be the Christmas Eve Day party at the farm center. Very “Little House on the Prairie.”

After a quick stop back in KC, we headed back to the airport on our way to Florida to visit my parents. We knew it would be warm there, but 80 degrees?!?!?! Do you remember what we were leaving?

So the 80 degree weather was quite the treat, and we took advantage by heading to the beach. Lucy was a little afraid at first…

But after some encouragement, she was loving it! That is, until the salt water got in her eyes. Then the sand seemed much more inviting.

In Florida, we realized that Lucy and my dad have the exact same haircut. Or lack thereof.

This has to be my favorite picture from the whole trip. This is exactly how I used to look on the beach with my family as a kid. Wind blowing in my face. The smell of salt and the sea. Sand caked in every nook of my body. It’s so incredible seeing Lucy with those same expressions. It makes all of those plane trips worth it….maybe?