I've obviously not been keeping the blog up to date - other things are priority right now, and that is perfectly fine with me. I do, however, use this as a scrapbook of sorts, so I do want to update with pictures from Christmas!
We spent the weekend before Christmas with my parents in SC. We got to spend time with extended family and had a wonderful time!
Mimi let the kids open their stockings the first night we were there. Lily loved all the fun candy Mimi and Granddaddy found for her - no chocolate!
We spent the weekend before Christmas with my parents in SC. We got to spend time with extended family and had a wonderful time!
Mimi let the kids open their stockings the first night we were there. Lily loved all the fun candy Mimi and Granddaddy found for her - no chocolate!
Bear's favorite stocking stuffer was his new watch - Granddaddy got a big thank you hug for it!
On Saturday, Grandmama Goings came over for dinner and to open gifts with us since we were going to miss her Christmas Eve celebration. I love this sweet lady, but it is so hard to see her without my precious Granddaddy! This was our first Christmas without him and it just didn't seem right!
Lily got all kinds of fun new toys from Mimi and Granddaddy and Uncle Travis and Aunt Jaclynn. She loved the wheelchair set for her American Girl doll.
Bear got his very own Lightning McQueen bicycle...we're finally getting around to trying it out now that the weather has warmed up.
My little kitchen helper
Decorating sugar cookies...a big fun mess!
This is Bear, 100% of the time!
Since Uncle Jacob and family couldn't be with us on Christmas Eve, we celebrated with them the night before Christmas Eve. We had snacks, dessert and let the kids swap gifts. The adults played a fun "dirty Santa" swap - we ended up with a new waffle iron and a movie theatre gift card.
Rough-housing with the cousins - poor Uncle Jacob was on the bottom!
Me and my boys!
Showing Daddy his new Cars set from Brodie
We had a picture made of the grandchildren for Suzan and Harvey for Christmas - Lily and Brodie were so excited for Mammy to open it!
Brodie, Lily & Ethan
We had a sleepover downstairs that night - it was a fun new tradition that we started and the kids thought it was so fun to sleep with the Christmas lights on!
Christmas Eve morning - they begged and begged, so they each got to open their gift from Daddy that morning.
Bear was in love with his new cowboy boots, while Lily loved her scooter for her dolls. I also got surprised with my gift - beautiful diamond earrings.
We had Christmas Eve lunch with Mammy and Paw and finished exchanging gifts with them.
Sweets and milk for Santa
and reindeer food for Rudolph and friends.
While we were sleeping, Santa arrived and left tons of fun new toys for Lily and Bear...
Bear was very excited to get his "Finn McMissile airplane"
Lily checking out her stocking..those little things bring such joy!
Santa, I really wished you had consulted mom and dad before bringing a drum set!
Learning to play the wii
We had Christmas brunch at our house, a late lunch with the McWhorters and Olivers, and spent the rest of the day enjoying are new gifts and each other! Christmas certainly is the most wonderful time of the year!
