Christmas day!

Todd and I had a very low key Christmas - just us and the dogs.  After a November wedding it's hard for people to travel and we felt the same way.

We started the morning off with Denver omelets, a family tradition for my family...

And a peach torte, something Todd requested that his mom makes...

Then we went in to open some presents!  I swear our dogs know what Christmas is.  Todd caught them sniffing around the stockings before we came in for the big unwrap.  There were much clearer photos than this one, but Lulu's ears crack me up and I just had to use it...

Some of the stocking stuffers for the dogs.  These have a stuffed squirrel that squeaks and a multi-knotted rope for some serious tug of war...

Exhibit A...

The also got a new stuffed duck and a bag of giant rawhides.  Giant because Lulu blows through rawhides and we thought these might last longer...

Rigby and Lulu settled in with all their toys...

Next, it was time for us to open our gifts.  A few wedding gifts came in since the wedding, so we tucked them away under the tree to have something to open on Christmas.  We weren't doing gifts, really, to one another because of the wedding and our gift of house renovations...

Todd opening his gift - a new bottle of cologne...

Me opening my "gift" from Todd. An I.O.U. for a Rachael Ray garbage bowl and...a cell phone charger?!?

 Ok, on to the other presents!

We ordered a vintage chandelier from eBay for our stairwell - another home renovation gift.  Isn't it cool?  Too bad it was broken! The cast was cracked and bent.  It was sent back.  DARN!

Lulu wants to be a part of the gift opening...

Our gift from Candice and Timothy!  A Lennox serving platter and cutting board with a beautiful carving knife and fork!  Thanks, Youngs!

From Linds and Nate.  A really cool wine decanter made of recycled, bubbled glass (I love bubbled glass!).  Thanks, Hoyts!

Also from the Hoyts: this lazy Susan table topper with our names and wedding date.  It's made from the end of a wine barrel. Super cool!  Thanks again Hoyt fam!

From my friend Jana and her boyfriend Joel.  An awesom concrete bowl we put on the registry...

Thanks, Jana and Joel!  Oh, Todd...

And that about does it!  Like I said, really low key. 

We hope everyone had as nice a day as we did!