Merry Christmas!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas. We did! We missed being with the big group in Baton Rouge, but we had a great day here! I took lots of pictures but haven't been able to upload them yet. (Sarah stole my camera cord & I haven't found it yet!). I'll add them soon!

We celebrated with my parents before they left to go out of town. We had a wonderful time there. My parents love Christmas & always do so much to make Christmas special for the kids (even us big kids). We have lots of family traditions that I am enjoying passing on to my kids. Guess what my mom got me?? A sewing machine! I'm excited to learn how to use it.

Jacob had to work on Christmas Eve. :( The kids & I spent the day watching Christmas movies, making cookies for Santa & playing with the new toys from Grandma & Papa. We went to the Christmas Eve service at church, which was wonderful, as always. After church we decorated a gingerbread house. When Jacob got home, we left out some cookies for Santa, and sprinkled magic reindeer food in the lawn. We read The Night Before Christmas and then Adam insisted on going to bed!! He was ready for Santa!

Jacob & I had to wake the kids up on Christmas morning! Sarah was so excited when she saw a wagon under the tree. She climbed right in it & wanted to sit in it to open her gifts. Her other favorite gift was an Elmo that sings and talks. Adam loves his new pirate ship. They got lots of fun things this year.

Jacob's family joined us for turkey dinner and we exchanged gifts with them. We played Rock Band, which was very funny to watch. His family is so much fun!

It was a wonderful day with family!! Merry Christmas!!

Our Wonderful Christmas!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas this year. I hope all of you did too. We did miss the Baton Rouge group. It's always a little sad knowing that we are missing the big party there. But, we had a great time here and enjoyed our time with Jacob's side of the family. We started our celebrating on Friday night with Mom, Dad, Mikey, Jenn and Sam. It was so fun to see how excited the boys were with all of their gifts. Saturday Jacob and I had a kid-free day! We finished up our Christmas shopping and hung out with our friend Trish. The kids were spoiled spending the whole day with grandparents. Sunday we went to church and finished up some projects.

Becky, Kasey and Baylee came over on Christmas eve. We exchanged gifts with them, ate some appitizers and caught a little of the Christmas Story marathon on TV. When they left, Adam got a phone call from...SANTA! We had to hurry to get ready for bed so he could come bring presents. We read "The Night Before Christmas" and the story of the first Christmas, in the Bible. It took forever, but Adam finally fell asleep.

Adam was very excited when he saw all of the gifts that Santa brought. His favorite was a Spiderman Big Wheel. He had fun helping Sarah open her gifts too. We went to Becky's house for lunch with all of her family. We had a yummy lunch and played a fun game called Last Word. Then we went to Mike & Maria's to exchange gifts and visit with them. It was a busy day but it was great. We are so thankful for our wonderful families and a great Christmas together!

He's making a list...

I think Adam knows that Santa is watching...he's been extremly complimentary lately. The other day he gave me a hug and said "You're my beeeeeest friend. Hold my hand, let's walk together." So sweet! Then today I was trying on some clothes. I put on a long skirt & stood in front of the full length mirror. He came up to me and said "What are you? Like an angel?" Why, yes, I do look quite angelic in this. ha ha. Later I put on a shirt that tied in the back and he said "Mommy, you look like a princess." Awwww! Yep, he's on the nice list, at least for today! :) And speaking of Christmas, I'm trying to be really organized this year and do things ahead of time. I've already started making some gifts. And, today I bought the kids' Christmas clothes! Adam got a very handsome sweater, and Sarah got her very first, beautiful, Christmas dress! How fun!