Day after Christmas

The day after Christmas we celebrated with my family. There aren't many pictures because Ashley was in charge of photo's.

Cousins: Parker, Mason, Jackson, Grace and Ava

Christmas Morning and snow

We always make sure that we wake up at our house on Christmas morning and since our families are all close we are able to. The girls slept until 8:30 and mommy and daddy were so GLAD! They were exhausted so we let them sleep.
We had a white Christmas this year.

Santa brought Grace a Ruthie doll and a Crayon maker. Two of the three things she asked Santa for. She also asked for an ipod but Grammy & PaPaw told Santa it was already bought.

Although Ava wasn't going anywhere near Santa to talk to him he knew that she wanted a bike and a Mouse Mouse train.

Before opening their presents.


Grace got Kit's bed. Which turns into a bigger bed and sleeps all of her dolls.

A big girl bible,

A new helmet for horse riding lessons,

and lots of other gifts.

Ava got a new robe and matching slippers,

The Wonderpets schoolhouse,

a new ball, a Dr. Baby Alive, more legos, and lots of other gifts.

The sweetest part of the morning was when Ava opened the gift that Grace got for her at her schools Christmas store. Grace got her what we call a Chinese fan. It unlocks and folds out. Ave was so excited that she ran over and gave Grace a big hug.

Getting Ready for Santa

The girls put out cookies and Dr. Pepper for Santa. Grace really thought Santa needed hot chocolate because of the snow but we convinced her that Santa would be getting alot of hot chocolate and would probably really like a Dr. Pepper since he can't get it in the North Pole.


We left food and water for the reindeer.

A letter for Santa from Grace and Ava.

I tried to get one pciture of the girls before bed but as you can tell someone wasn't happy again!

Christmas Eve night

This year was our turn to spend Christmas Eve with Ashley's family. I think I only got one picture of the girls because I was so busy learning how to play Texas Hold 'em.

Christmas Eve-Eve & The Key to the Kingdom

On the Eve of Christmas Eve we stayed the night with Ashley's parents and all had Christmas. Ava did okay considering she had surgery. I think that I have more pictures of her crying than ever before. Poor thing just didn't feel good and had slept all night long for the last 6 nights between Ashley and I moaning.

Caleb, Grace, Ava, & Leah before opening presents.

Poor Ava she started crying before she even opened her first present. Good thing that didn't last too long! Although 2 hours later when she finished opening she was crying again.





Grace was so excited to start opening presents. She tore through them as fast as she could. She was so excited about everything except for a few clothes. They just aren't any fun to open although mommy and daddy where glad she got them. I think she has grown 4 inches in the last month.




Grammy & Papaw saved the most exciting gift for last. Each of the kids were given a Disney key and told that it was their key to get them into the Disney World Kingdom. We are all going on vacation to DISNEY WORLD! The kids were so excited! Thanks Grammy & PaPaw for the BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER!

Merry Christmas 2009

Our wish is that each of you have a blessed Christmas with family and friends and a GREAT 2010! GOD IS SO GOOD!

We just finished sending out Christmas cards today so if you haven't gotten yours I promise it's in the mail.

Mavericks Game

I got four tickets to the Mavericks game. These tickets were in my companies suite which makes it alot more fun! We took my sister and one of her best friends Christina. I actually used to babysit Christina when she was little and lived by us. We had a great time watching the game and of course the Mavs won!

How many takes?

How many shots does it take for you to get your Christmas card picture? I think I snapped somewhere around 250 photos. Remember that I have a really fast camera so that helps to get that many in a really short time period. I thought I would post a funny picture that I got. Not really sure what Ava was thinking.

Kid's Christmas Party

Every year for the past 3 years the girls have invited all of their cousins over for a Kid's Christmas party. We have snacks, make a craft, exchange presents, and most of all catch up on ALOT of playing. Today everyone came over and the kids made gingerbread houses.

Shelby

Ava

Landon - who ate the candy faster than it made it on the house.

Caleb

Leah

Preslee

Grace

Baby Camden - who slept through it all

Sweet Girls

It has been a very busy month. Between a sick child and lots of Christmas errands we haven't been home alot. Ava had a tonsil infection that caused her to run a 107.0fever. Because of this and some other things going on with her she is have her adenoids and tonsils removed next Friday.
The girls are enjoying all the fun things that go on this time of the year. Last weekend we went to Waxahachie to see Bethlehem Revisited. They really liked seeing the animals and Baby Jesus. The camels walking by them were a but scary since they were so big.