What a MERRY time of the year...

So, Christmas is the one holiday that involves sacred family traditions for us. Well, technically, Christmas Eve is our big day.

The traditions:

1. Homemade PIZZA making
2. Opening all of our gifts (to make room for Santa's gifts)
3. Decorating cookies while watching/listening to White Christmas

Here are some photos that document a few of these cherished annual moments, and the moments of 2009's Christmas Eve:

He's such a cute lil chef :)

Some serious dough-making going on here...

Jess means business.
(well, not her name, which I'm pretty sure means "Pain in the Rear" in most Native American Languages...)

Aaaand Spence's facial expressions help the overall taste factor's improvement.

Sisters...sisssterrrs, there were never SUCH devoted sissterrrssss...

Cute glasses mom :) Cute face Matt :)

Dad, handling the sausage for the "meat-lover's" edition

Look how tall he is!?!?!

Introducing... (drum roll please...) Sista' #4. J.R.Tut joined us on this Merry occasion!!

And for ONCE in over a dozen years, the girls out number the boys :) ...we miss ya Bill (I Spy Bill.....) oh, and sorry it's so fuzzy :\

We'll frost YOUR cookies! >:)

Basically, we're professionals here. No time for kidders, we. are. serious.

And, per-usual, the evening ended in the typical-Tuttle-chat... (A candid moment :)

This really was an awesome year for us. I really really am grateful for all we have been blessed with over the past year. A marriage, a couple of moved-out siblings, a couple of MONUMENTAL graduations (praise Jesus I'm done with the worst of my schooling...), a few new jobs, and a mission to boot... :) Life is crazy, but crazy can be...and is... awesome.