A Slice of the Somerville Life: Christmas time!

Well, we had a great Christmas. James and Steph were here for a good amount of time, Sunday-Thursday so we had some great hanging out time, especially for a good 4 hours or so of waiting for a tow truck and then in the car fixing place (which after all that they claimed nothing was wrong even though it started doing the same thing the next day and today). We had some good food, James and Steph made some delicious jambalya and I was mostly in charge of desserts. I made some funfetti cookies and the chocolate peppermint ice cream cake which was a hit. Nelson got me a new camera, a Cannon Elph. It is sweet. We had made the deal that we were not going to get each other big presents but then Nelson did anyway because he knew it would be such a big surprise and he loves to surprise me. It worked, I was totally surprised. I got a new case for it yesterday and a new memory card is coming in the mail (much cheaper to order those on line rather than buying them in the store). We watched lots of the Office, played some great games (the best line of that evening was during catch phrase when my brother had the work "paycheck." His clue was "what Nelson gets every two weeks but is never enough" my dad immediately blurts out "Pedicures!" The only reason Nelson knows what a pedicure is is because I get them, not because he has ever gotten one, let alone one every two weeks and that that would be not enough, like he needs to get them more often or get manicures too!! What was my dad thinking?!?! Nonetheless, it was a classic line!) We even enjoyed a sweet time at Jos. A. Banks getting James a new suit. It is a little difficult to describe the craziness that went on there but some classic quotes from that adventure include things like "Those pleats are so big you can park a car in them" and James to the tailor as he was putting the tape measure around his chest, waist, etc "you have probably hugged me more today then my father has all year!" and "would you like a cuff on both of your pant legs?" I am pretty sure that store will not be the same after we were there. All in all, Christmas was great, we had a great time, got some great presents, and really enjoyed being with the fam. Here are a few pics from it all!