Merry Christmas to All

We are enjoying 8 wonderful days in Denver visiting Amy and Tim, Lisa and Betty and of course our sweet grands, Mark and Lilly. It is going to be a white Christmas here. We hope it is a joyous day for everyone....
Here are some pictures....
Lilly is quite expressive and she has mastered rolling over since we arrived- she is so fun to watch....

We now have three food traditions to accomplish during Christmas-First is making Great Grandmother Matter's tie-knot cinnamon rolls. Here is Mark gettng to punch down the dough...

and the assembly line......

and the final product

we also made tamales....

and decorated sugar cookies

here are Mark and Lilly in their matching Christmas morning sleepers...

Lisa's present from Betty was a tool box....

On Christmas afternoon Grandma and Tim took Mark sledding. He loved the ride down the hill...

and - he walked back up the hill on his own two feet while holding grandma's hand....