Christmas Treeing 2006

It's become one of our traditions to go Christmas Treeing every year. The first year, I made Dennis dress up in silly Christmas apparrel. He was pretty much embarrassed to be seen out in public looking goofy, so we have since toned down the costumes. What is Christmas treeing, you ask? We just drop in (totally unexpected) to see your Christmas tree, and we always take a picture or two of the folks we surprise, and then leave. We try to catch as many people as we can, and we never let them know we're coming. Sometimes we catch them, well...shall we say, not looking their best! Ha, ha, ha....right, Judy? We've tried to go twice already this year, and both times our plans had to be changed for whatever reasons. Finally, last night we did make it to a couple places, however, if you're reading this, and thinking..."ha! they're not going to get us this year", well, don't be too sure, because I'm hoping we'll get out again! After all, we still have eight days! Anyway, after getting a much later than anticipated start, we were able to drop in on a few friends last evening. We had hoped to make it to Tom and Cindy's while all the kids were there, but unfortunately, Sara and Shane had already left by the time we arrived! We sure hated missing them! Also, Erin and Alexis had gone into town for a while, so we didn't get to meet them. But we really enjoyed seeing Brian and Ava, Zach, Amy and Blake, Luke, and Kacie. Sterling was sleeping, so we didn't get to see him either.
We went by the Ft. Madison Community Hospital to welcome Miss Emily Jo Newberry and wish them all Merry Christmas. We were lucky enough to see proud papa, TJ, and the 85 million dollar man before we left. Miss Emily is a beautiful baby. If you want to see pictures of her, go to www.heids-world.blogspot.com OR just click on Heids World from my list.
Here are two more pictures from the stops we made last night: