Christmas

We celebrated Christmas early in Minnesota....

Ella and McKenna are holding up their favorite gifts here. Ella wanted a Big Sister baby doll and Barbie Perfect Christmas. McKenna wanted a Rock Tumbler and some Geodes.

Aunt Lynda's Christmas Tree

Uncle Waffle's traditional waffle breakfast. 

Merry Christmas

With a 2 week old baby in my arms I left the picture taking up to Arthur. Here are a few snap shots he took to document the holiday.

Ella is pretending to eat an ornament that looks like a cookie!

McKenna and Rapunzel! Ella and Jessie (from Toy Story).

 Me and Sawyer-before we head over to celebrate with extended family.

 Daddy and Sawyer.

 Papa and Sawyer

 Mammie and Sawyer.

 Our baby boy!



a fun project

Here's a little project we worked on for Christmas presents...

These are pictures for a calendar.

January

February

March

April (oops, I should have rotated this picture)

 May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December



After we printed a picture for each month, I went online and printed calendar pages for the year. I took them to a printer down the highway and had them bound with a spiral binding. Six calendars, a lot of fun, and $10.00!!

Christmas Day Sledding

The past few years that we have spent Christmas here, in town, we have gone sledding down the street. This year I managed to take a video of it!

Christmas with Mammy and Papa

One of our Christmas day activities is to go to Mammy and Papa's house! It's a ton of fun. The girls have a blast. There's food, fun and presents.

Okay, okay. I had to put this picture up. It's the first thing we saw when we walked into the house. Uncle Dale was in charge of the turkey! (It was super good, by the way!)

The girls and the daddy. Notice the little hampsters in their hands...a gift they really loved. (Thanks Nanny for the cute outfits.)  

American Girl Dolls--they need no explaining.

Ella picked Felicity and McKenna picked Ivy!

See the little dress that McKenna's doll is wearing? Click here.

The girls started a gag gift tradition a few years ago. Papa pretends to be afraid of mice, so that played into this year's gag gift. Ella and McKenna picked out a little mouse ornament (the mice from Cinderella) and wrapped it up for Papa.

Papa got a little retaliation this year. He wrapped up their favorite veggie! Onions!! He's such a good Papa. The girls' faces light up when he walks into a room.

An Alabama Christmas Right Here in the Twin Cities

We are so blessed by the generosity of everyone. This post is mostly for family in Alabama. You take the time to think of our family and shop for us. Then you ship gifts to us. We keep them under the tree until the eve of Christmas Eve and then we have an "Alabama" Christmas. (Cioci Lynda and Dad--Your gifts came after we had our AL Christmas. So sorry there isn't a picture of the girls opening them.)

The girls, sporting gingerbread cookie nightgowns, in front of the tree.

Aunt Leigh sent beautifu Princess Belle holiday dresses.

They love their Muskateer Barbies from Cioci.

Thanks for the magazine subscription and new purse and wallet.

And the Holiday Barbies!! Can't forget those.