Well, I hope you all had a good Christmas! We had a great time around here! We do alot of running around on the holidays which Thad hates, but I have always done it that way so I'm used to it. For Christmas eve ( Thad worked all day) I took the kids to my grandmas house on my dads side and did our Christmas there. The kids LOVE going to her farmhouse and they always have a good time. My grandma is the kind of lady that will not let you out of her house without something to eat and you always end up going home with something ( last time I was there it was two bags of frozen fresh picked blackberries for pies and some black raspberry jam!! Anyways, the kids ate some lunch there and then opened presents ( my dad was so cute, he was about as anxious as the kids! )
Dont worry she got a baby doll too ;) she loves playing with boy toys, and I think this was her favorite present from pappy
Of course Pappy opened everything and they started playing while my grandma and I had some much needed coffee :) We had a great time at the farmhouse and Elsie was passed out before we got to the end of the driveway!
We rushed home to help Daddy get ready to do the Christmas Eve candlelight service and then headed over to Thad's parents house to do Christmas there! Mendy ( always the awesome cook) made a Honey baked ham ( sooo good!!) a turkey, and all the sides! So, we had a feast and got to the presents ( no pics bc I forgot my camera so they are all on Thad's phone! But we had a great time and the girls could hardly hold in their giggles when Thad opened his butt paste from his stocking that they stuck in there for him!! ha!
After relaxing for a little there, we headed home and got the kids to bed ( I already had changed them into jammies at mamaw and papaw's house.)
The next morning we got up about 8:30 and of course the kids were ready to open presents! I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves :)
So, needless to say, they really liked toy story 3 haha! Thad and I opened our gifts on Christmas Eve after the kids went to bed and here's what I got!!! I was soo excited!
The Nook!! Thad knows how much I LOVE to read, so this was the perfect gift for me!! I love it!
Soooo.....after we opened gifts at our house, we headed to my other grandma's house for brunch and of course, more presents!! We had such a good time bc we dont get to see that side of the family as much as we would like, so we stayed until about 3 then headed to Thad's grandparents for dinner and......presents! They love going to Mamaw and Papaws at Christmas bc Mamaw's whole coffee table is filled with different tins of candy ( the adults love it too!! ) we stayed here until about 7 then headed to my parents house for about and hour and opened more presents!!! The kids were so crazy from exhaustion that we didnt stay too long or my kids would have destroyed the house!! When we got home Jude wanted to put his race track together that grandpa got him ( he's obsessed with Hotwheels too! ) so daddy helped Jude build his track then at about 10 we all went to bed!! Thad had to work the next day and the kids and I had church. We came home from church and put all of our new stuff away and played a little too :) all in all, a busy holiday, but so fun!
Sigh, so Im kind of exhausted just from typing all that we did!! haha! We have had some time to relax and the kids have been enjoying the snow ( although Elsie only lasts about 15 minutes!)
Its supposed to be in the 50's by Friday so, all the pretty snow will probably be gone :( but its Ohio, so Im sure we'll have some more before winter is over! Probably in April! haha!
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