Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas from the White Girls!

Mom & I showing our "bellies" in front of the tree...I think I win! :)

Jason & I had a great Christmas this year, we headed down to CA on Friday, 12/19 to beat the snowstorm that was scheduled to hit that night. There was no way I was staying in Portland away from my family on Christmas! We had to get down there! I had a really bad cold and was sneezing the whole way down and totally miserable. J could have driven the whole way, but I made him stop in Anderson, north of Sacramento for the night. Then we got up on Saturday morning and finished our drive to Bakersfield. On Sunday, we went to church with Joel & Stephanie to see Joanna perform in the Christmas program. It was very cute and she sang beautifully! She even saw her "Gawma" (Godmother) Janet waving at her from the second row. She said, "I see you Gawma!!" It was very cute & we got some great video!

Here's a pic of Janet holding baby Joy during Joanna's performance. Joy turns 1 in February!

Here's a picture of Jerri (Joy & Joanna's grandma) holding her during church!

That can't be comfortable Jessie! (With her daddy Tim)

On Christmas Eve, we were worried about snow closing the grapevine, so we headed to Ventura after a great Christmas with Tim, Janet, Nick & Ashley. We made it safely and stayed over at my Grandma's house. On Christmas day, I was 16 weeks pregnant, so Jason took this pic of me in front of the tree at Grandma's house. Thanks to mom for the red sweater & Janet for the jeans! :)

Jason & I had a great time visiting friends & family and were so blessed to have so much time off this year. Genentech was closed from 12/25-01/04 so J took 3 days of vacation & got 2 weeks off! I usually had to work during this time and had so much fun being off! On New Year's Day, we headed home & made it in just under 14 hours....not bad with a pregnant wife who has to pee every 5 minutes & 2 rowdy dogs! :) We were able to relax & unwind over the weekend before J had to go back to work which was really nice.