Christmas 2015

No family was able to come and visit us this year.  So since we couldn't be together, here are pics from the last few days.

Can't believe how much they've grown in 5 years! And also how young they were when we moved them 1000 mi across the country!

A Christmas eve tradition: A hayless hayride to see the Christmas lights in the neighborhood

Our chosen winner for best decorated, and what we call the miniature Light Fight house.

They jumped out to get a pic.

My Christmas Card Hall of Fame

Our tradition is to open stockings of pj's on Christmas Eve.  And thankfully Grandma got them pj's, so the tradition continued. :)

Christmas Eve evening: I stayed up as late as I could.  Luckily the kids were exhausted and fell asleep before 10.

Christmas Morning

Group pic: I said, pretend like you like each other... And then I got this (below)

His bought gift

I told the kids to write their top 4 gift choices for Christmas.  All four of his said "Quadcopter".

He wanted this so badly...for the LED lights and 'HD' camera.

She got the 2nd on her list.  Her 1st was out of our price range.  But she loved it and played on it ALL day. :)

Mommy-made gifts: pajama pants

Football pj pants for my girl. ;)

Froggy pj pants which fit him perfectly... good thing I made a 2" hem!

Star Wars pj pants.

From Grammy & Papa: This made her a VERY happy little girl.

All the kids ooo-ed and ahhh-ed over this.  I guess it has rare pieces that are hard to find. :)

I wonder if he was happy about this. Ha!

He loved this set because of the fish and Mario and Luigi's flying suits.

Gifts from Grandpa & Grandma: Church clothes.  Much needed!! Thank you!!

More church clothes

We told her that was her gift from Grandpa and Grandma... She didn't believe us. Haha!

She loved the outfit!!

He was super excited about these pants!

K bought an Amope for his dad.

C made a shirt for him because her dad has a strange like for Sharknado

Gv gave Gt a DS game

Gt gave K a Star Wars cup

K gave C a stylus and micro SD card for her Fire

C got me a C3P0 coffee mug.  She ordered it from my friend's Prime account.  It should be here Dec 27th. :)

She knows her mama loves Star Wars.

Got it a day early!!!

Gv gave K punchball balloons

Gt gave Gv glow in the dark sand art

I love his excitement!

K gave Gv a Mario backpack

K gave Gt a Mario backpack too.  He wore it most of the afternoon.

C gave K the ultimate gift.  K had been looking for one of these for about a year, but was unable to find it.

Gv & Gt gave C a Sonic comic book

C gave Gt a Webkinz frog

Secret Siblings
As always our favorite part of gift giving

K made C Ninjago stress balls... or juggling balls... whatever. ;)

Gt made Gv a "One Up"

C made K a Rook piggy bank

Gv made Gt a froggy pillow.  Gt held it up when I went to go take the pic.  This is the result.

He got busy right away building his lego store

He practiced flying his quadcopter (which does not need to be registered because of its weight)

Fire-ing and iPad-ing most of the afternoon

The finished product

Ready for Christmas dinner

Christmas temps

Outdoor decos this year

Some indoor decos

On the mantle

The outdoor decos as a whole

The boys decorated with a Thomas train and a barrel of monkeys... Oh, and the mice and cheese from Mouse Trap

The Twelve Days of Christmas

This year I did the twelve days of Christmas for Matt.  Starting on December 14th and ending on Christmas day.

On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... 12 Hershey Kisses

11 relaxing items,

10 undergarments,

9 Dinner coupons,

8 Woodlawn memories,

(The fleece blanket as a whole)

7 Bathroom must-haves,

6 family members,

5 mooooovie thingsssssss...

4 foot rubs,

3 random snacks,

2 saw horses,

And a...

pair of homemade pajama pants!!!!

Random pics from the season

Having fun with his secret sibling gift while making it

I know you're jealous mom of my beautiful cranberry sauce.  You can still see all the ribs from the can! Perfection in processed cranberry form. :)

And just in case Christmas wasn't exciting enough, a tornado warning was issued for our area around 5pm.  B'ham had one, but we did not.  Thankful for God's protection over us.

Merry Christmas!