Christmas 2013

Once it gets close to Christmas, sugar cookies and icing are a MUST at our house!  It makes such a HUGE mess but it's so worth it!

Kaleigh "helping" to mix up the cookie dough!  I was pretty sure that my $9.99 Walmart blender was going to burn up during this process!  Surely a Kitchen Aide is in my near future!

Time to roll out the dough, although, this didn't keep their attention long, icing is by far their favorite part! 

Daddy helping Kaleigh with her decorating!  She ate more than she decorated!

Alec was SERIOUS about his this year!

 

 

BEAUTIFUL and YUMMY TOO!

Kaleigh was my professional chopper when it came time to start prepping for Christmas dressing too!

 

Headed to Nana's for Christmas Eve Fun!

 

Everyone looking festive in their Santa caps in Ellisville!

 

Trying out some new Chap Stick, she doesn't go ANYWHERE with out at least 4 tubes of her "CHA STICK".  Makeup, "Chapstick" was really the only thing she wanted for Christmas!

 

She LOVES feeding her new baby!

 

Gumballs and a gumball machine from Uncle Grant, she says "can I eat this" as she's putting a gumball in her mouth!

Yet another piece of gum!

 

Watch out, he's got a bb gun!  A special gift from Dad!

 

And Alec got an even BIGGER gumball machine!

And a cool new bike from Nana and Paps!

Alec racing Dad on his new bike!

Britt and Uncle Tim with Mamaw!

Mamaw and most of her grands and greats!

Kaleigh is FINALLY giving Uncle Tim some sugar!

Mamaw and all of her kids!

Bed head look on Christmas morning, just rolled outta bed!

Kaleigh was super excited!

Sleepy looks while checking out their gifts from Santa!  Blue and Pink 4 wheelers!

MY MAKEUP!!

Kaleigh opened up stuff faster than we could see what she got!  She's a pro at opening boxes!

Christmas morning PJ Picture

I look most forward to taking this picture every year!

Headed out on the 4 wheelers!

Sister promptly ran hers into the fence and fell off right off the bat!  Thankfully her driving skills are improving quickly!

He LOVES his four wheeler!

This dog lives to chase four wheelers, if he gets his killin' by this one day, at least he'll die happy!  Almost 12 years old and will run behind the four wheelers for hours!

 

They kept us busy running around the yard Christmas morning!

Brother can't get enough riding!  The cold didn't bother him at all, he kept going and going and going!

Yep, My 88 year old Grandmother swiped a turkey leg off the platter while Uncle Treless was carving it up!  She would die if she knew I got a picture of this! 

Cousins having fun riding around the yard Christmas Day!

Gotta be fast too keep up with cousin Will on the real 4 wheeler, he doesn't yet have a clue what he's doing!

  

2013 Family Christmas Picture

An Angel and Rudolph

 

I'm so proud of Alec and Kaleigh's school Christmas Programs this year!  Kaleighs class sang a little song about the manger that was super cute and she was the cutest angel ever!!  I really think she had fun doing it!

Addi, Charmie, Kaleigh and Lollie (yes these are their real names! Oh my!)

 

And Alec was the best Rudolph I've ever seen!!  He had to skip and wave back and forth across the stage while the kids sang Rudolph the red nosed reindeer!  He looked like he was having so much fun!  He's definitely not my little performer so I was so proud that he had fun and did exactly what he was supposed to do!!

 

 

 

We LOVE Christmas!!

Christmas is by far my favorite time of the year and it just keeps getting better the older the kids get!  Alec made a little project at school yesterday and had to fill in what he wanted for Christmas.  It said, "I want a 4 welr for Christmas!"  LOVE IT!!  Hopefully he'll stay on Santa's good list!!

We set up the camera stand and did a couple spur of the minute self portraits for our Christmas card, and what do you know, they turned out really cute!!

Sassy Sister!!

 

Please ignore my lovely pink pants, yes, the pink was cropped out for the Christmas Card! ha!

Every little boy needs to learn how to shoot a bb gun!  Dad's was a little large and now he's added a bb gun to the "4 wler" on his Christmas list also!

Sister LOVES the Santa in my kitchen!  It looks just like one my Mamaw had in her kitchen for years!

 

We also had lots of fun at dad's work Christmas party!!  It's always fun to see my soldier in his dress uniform!  So, sister is at the "CHEESE" stage and it's a little hard to get a cute smile...

So sister wasn't into Santa at the Christmas party and would only speak a little to Mrs. Clause!

But, after she opened her "Rio" movie they brought her, she ran back up to say thanks, then SPRINTED back away from them!

Kaleigh's expression when she saw Santa come in the room, she was sooo excited!

Waving uncontrollably to Santa!

There were even three fun balloon animal making clowns at the party!!  Kaleigh was terrified but Alec and Caroline loved them!

Alec, Kara and Kaleigh watching our tree get bagged up.  Take note of the brick cinder blocks holding up these boards, we'll let me tell you, two sweet innocent little GIRLS may have crumbled them to pieces a few minutes after this picture!!    Yes, there was some loud crashing and embarrassed moms!!

We even saw Riley and asked if they wanted to pick out a tree for us to help them carry home too!  I'm sure Anna was thrilled with this offer!! ha!! But now we all have live (dead) trees! We'll have to go back to Thomley's next year, as my tree stopped drinking water they day after we brought it home!!  Hoping it'll last two more weeks without catching fire!!

The traditional figgy pudding after  hanging of the greens at church!  Alec got to help hang the garland and played handbells, but somehow I didn't get pictures of that!

And of course, Jedo is back this year!!  He's been on his best behavior and even brought the kids Christmas pjs yesterday morning!!

Thanksgiving, a Little Late!

I have lots of cute pictures from Christmas things already, BUT, I can't just skip over Thanksgiving, here's the highlights!

Lunch at Aunt Sissie's and then a trip to Elliville for Dinner

Yes, we were feed well for Thanksgiving, with two meals!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Mom and Butch headed out with Grandmother and Don on her long awaited riverboat cruise! 

Memories that will last forever!