Here, Hayley is digging into her presents ...
A quick little snapshot of Aunt Kerri and Zac!
C.J. tearing into his presents ... he had a lot of practice from his birthday!
Hayley was very excited about her Project Runway clothing design from Keena and Poppa. She is very artsy and always has been into drawing dresses and such ... what a perfect fit for her!
More presents for C.J. ....
Cousin Zac admiring the fire truck he gave C.J. as a present ... looks like some fun stuff!
Zac and C.J. playing with the Wolverine bopping bag ... boys!
On Thursday at lunchtime, the rest of the family came over for round 2 of Christmas gift opening! It is always fun to get everyone together and celebrate Christmas as a family. We had lunch, let the kids open presents, then played our game with the adults for our gift exchange!
Hayley was very excited about the new pillow she received! Such cool colors!
C.J. sitting on his new stool painted by MeeMaw, and playing with his new little keyboard toy. So many exciting things!
After our time in Beaumont was up, we headed up to Hemphill to visit my Dad's family. It had been a few years since we had seen them, but we were happy to see Aunt Carol, and a couple of my cousins, Candy and Berger. We continued our trek late into the night of Christmas Eve, and safely arrived back home, though the conditions were worsening with a winter storm that made its way through the metroplex. Who would have thought that we would see a white Christmas in our area????
C.J. sitting on his new stool painted by MeeMaw, and playing with his new little keyboard toy. So many exciting things!
After our time in Beaumont was up, we headed up to Hemphill to visit my Dad's family. It had been a few years since we had seen them, but we were happy to see Aunt Carol, and a couple of my cousins, Candy and Berger. We continued our trek late into the night of Christmas Eve, and safely arrived back home, though the conditions were worsening with a winter storm that made its way through the metroplex. Who would have thought that we would see a white Christmas in our area????
Christmas morning, Charlie and I awakened before the kiddos. They were just too worn out for all their travels! Santa was very good to them this year ... here's a pic of what they had to look forward to once they woke up!
As I grew impatient waiting for the kids to wake up, I decided to go outside and record some memories of our white Christmas. This was the first we had seen in our lifetime of snow on the ground so much on Christmas Day!
Finally, Hayley woke up, then went into C.J.'s room to wake him up so she could see what Santa would bring! She snuck a quick peek outside to see the snow on the ground.
We made our way down the hallway into the living room ... C.J. still half asleep!
As I grew impatient waiting for the kids to wake up, I decided to go outside and record some memories of our white Christmas. This was the first we had seen in our lifetime of snow on the ground so much on Christmas Day!
Finally, Hayley woke up, then went into C.J.'s room to wake him up so she could see what Santa would bring! She snuck a quick peek outside to see the snow on the ground.
We made our way down the hallway into the living room ... C.J. still half asleep!
Hayley was very excited to see that Santa had in fact brought her the one thing she had asked for this year ... a new computer!
C.J. wasn't too amused by Santa, he was still trying to get over being awakened when he was sleeping so good!
So, we took a quick break, got dressed, and went to play outside in the snow afraid that it may melt before we had the chance. (little did we know that, while some would melt, much of it would stay on the ground for days to come!) Hayley made a snow angel!
She had so much fun playing in the snow!
C.J. still took a little while to wake completely up ... I don't think he liked being bundled up in all of his snow garb!
Making another snow angel ...
C.J. finally starting to play in the snow ... Daddy taught him how to make snowballs to throw at his sister!
Back inside, Hayley waited patiently to have help in getting all of her gear off ... and was eager to warm up from the cold!
C.J. wasn't too amused by Santa, he was still trying to get over being awakened when he was sleeping so good!
So, we took a quick break, got dressed, and went to play outside in the snow afraid that it may melt before we had the chance. (little did we know that, while some would melt, much of it would stay on the ground for days to come!) Hayley made a snow angel!
She had so much fun playing in the snow!
C.J. still took a little while to wake completely up ... I don't think he liked being bundled up in all of his snow garb!
Making another snow angel ...
C.J. finally starting to play in the snow ... Daddy taught him how to make snowballs to throw at his sister!
Back inside, Hayley waited patiently to have help in getting all of her gear off ... and was eager to warm up from the cold!
Once we were back inside and derobed of our snow gear, the kids opened up the presents they received from Mommy and Daddy. C.J. really enjoys his new little pint sized desk!
Oh, wow, it's a new workbench for C.J.!
This little fella loves to play with his tools!
C.J. opens even more presents. Here he has a Cabbage Patch doll that was collected in the original '80s bunch of them by his great-grandmother.
And, Hayley gets her new American Girl just-like-me doll!
And, her very own real digital camera!
The best way to get everyone in a group photo ... just be silly! Here's Nana and Gramps and all the grandchildren...
Later that afternoon, we journeyed over to Nana and Gramps' house to visit with Charlie's family for our next round of Christmas joy!
Here is C.J. with Nana .... ready to go explore the new toys he will be receiving!
Oh, wow, it's a new workbench for C.J.!
This little fella loves to play with his tools!
C.J. opens even more presents. Here he has a Cabbage Patch doll that was collected in the original '80s bunch of them by his great-grandmother.
And, Hayley gets her new American Girl just-like-me doll!
And, her very own real digital camera!
The best way to get everyone in a group photo ... just be silly! Here's Nana and Gramps and all the grandchildren...
We had an amazing Christmas filled with lots of family, laughter, good food, fun times and stories. We could not have asked for a better way to celebrate this holiday! These past few days have been spent taking down the Christmas decorations, putting away all the presents and toys, enjoying our time off as a family and praying for friends and family.
The fact that it was a white Christmas made our holiday that much more perfect! Today, we sit here with a little bit of snow left on the ground in the shady spots and await another round of winter weather tomorrow ... what an amazing gift that is!
We hope everyone had as great of a Christmas adventure as we did! We are looking forward to bringing in the new year and decade in a few days and celebrating Hayley's 6th birthday! More to come ...
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Looks like ya'll had fun. The kids get cuter and cuter....see ya'll soon in Canton :0)
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