the day before Christmas

the day before Christmas we headed downtown to see the big tree in pioneer sq. and to get a picture with santa. while sawyer and momma waited for santa, ruby and i did some shopping and looking around. later in the afternoon we had dinner with the jerde family. then after tucking the kids into bed to wait for santa to arrive, i got sick all night and was between the couch and bathroom downstairs,.... all night. ugggghhhhh. i think it was some sort of 24hr bug....?... .. at any rate, i was barely able to participate with gift opening the next day and missed brunch and dinner.. and the company of amy's family. here are some photos from Christmas eve before i got sick.