December 24, 2013 Christmas Eve

 Before we headed to Janet's house for dinner, we took our annual picture by the tree:

 When we returned, we set out a bowl of water and carrots for the reindeer...

 And the boys sprinkled the reindeer food on the ground that Judson had brought home from school:

They were so excited, which made us so excited!

Looks like we were ready for Santa!!!

 And it looks like he came through for them...

December 24, 2013 Christmas with Nana and Papa

 On Christmas Eve Morning, we woke up and had Christmas with my parents!

Oh, the boys had been eying those gifts and couldn't wait to see what they were!

 SO EXCITED!!!

 Paul David got Mouse Trap, and the boys had a lot of fun building it!

 while Nana build one of the Skylander Building sets...

 They played all morning...and Mouse Trap really worked!  Such a fun game!

 My mom had set up these elves all over the yard and around the porch!

I remember my parents cutting and painting these elves a long time ago, and I had totally forgotten about them until we drove up and saw them!  So fun!

 Before we left, we headed to Shay and JT's to exchange gifts with them...

SCORE!  Legos for the boys!!!

Merry Christmas Harleton!!!

December 23, 2013 Milk and Cookies Party

 A Tradition we started last year was a Milk and Cookies Party with my cousins and their kids!  We wanted a time where all the cousins could be together and exchange gifts, and this turns out to be perfect and one of our highlights of Christmas!

I picked up Shay on my way home from the house, and before everyone got there, we got this awesome picture!!!

 All the cousins together!

LOVE this sweet picture of these sweet kiddos!

 And one with Shay!

Loving all these adorable Christmas PJ's, too!

 Getta and Ella!

 The Cookies!

 Charleigh with the Milk (Getta kept these cute cups from last year!)

 Our craft was a footprint on a canvas to look like a Christmas tree (better idea in our heads!)

 Brad and Charleigh:

 Getta and the Little girls!

 Me and My Little Guy

(here's where I should admit that when we got the camera out at the Polar Express, the battery went dead right as we got to the North Pole, so the rest of the trip was taken with my phone!)

 More Gifts!!!!!

Such a fun night!!!

December 23, 2013 Christmas with Cousins

For lunch, we went to Jason and Krystal's to visit and eat a quick lunch.  It's never enough time with them, and our kids play so well together, but we did enjoy a couple of hours of togetherness!

Enough that it wore Judson out on the way home...complete with a sucker in his mouth:)

That afternoon, we headed to April and Barry's to have Christmas and Dinner with them!

The Kids were super excited to get busy opening gifts!!!

Lots of Happiness in that living room!!!

December 22, 2013 Polar Express

We kicked off Christmas Week by going to the Polar Express!

It was SO cold this year, so we didn't get any good pictures of the kids in their adorable Elf PJ's!

But we did get some good pictures before our ride:

 Lined up and ready to Board:

 We've done this many times, but these kids still get so excited about it!

Paul David has started remembering these things from years past, but

 it's so fun for us to watch Judson because it's all new each time!  I think he'll probably remember this year, but he doesn't remember last year!   It's so sweet to see him so excited about it all!

 Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot Chocolate!

And this is where the camera battery died, right before:
We made it to the North Pole...

Santa said "Hook 'Em Horns!"

Judson getting his bell:

LOVE these pictures of Paul David and Santa...looks like they're having a serious conversation!

 

  

 

 Another Ride, Such a fun Night!!!!