Christmas Time

We had a wonderful Christmas at home this year, and celebrated from morning til night.  

Greer and Celia were absolutely giddy when they saw that Santa came!

Celia's most prized present was a bag of marshmallows!

Greer was thrilled to find a chocolate Santa in her stocking.

Greer and Celia bought special gifts for Mama and Daddy.  The school PTA sets-up a shopping day where kids can pick-out and buy a gift for their parents (PTA purchases the gifts from the Dollar Store).  They loved giving them to us.

Celia had the biggest present ever!

It was a bean bag!

Mr. Kitty liked playing in the box as soon as it was tipped over.

Greer's special gift was a kareoke machine.  She sang all morning, and made special announcements in the microphone about photos of the "show" not being allowed, and "boy alert!" every time Daddy walked in the room. 

We ate a delicious supper at MamaSu's that night, and opened more presents.

Uncle Jake with Jacky and Mae.  I was behind the camera most of the time, so I don't have photos of our family to share...maybe next time!

Christmas Program

Greer and Celia had their school Christmas program today, and had mixed success.  Greer did great!  She nailed her line, and sang all the songs.  She was really cute, and got some laughs.  Celia, on the other hand...

The program told the Christmas story through the animals' eyes.  Greer was a sheep.

Celia was a mouse.  She refused to wear the costume (so her teacher told me), and she insisted on carrying her blanket on stage.  She pouted through the entire performance (although the majority of her class cried, so at least she kept it together).

Happier times for Celia.

I finally got around to taking a photo with Greer's new grin (minus a tooth!).

Thanksgiving

We had a great trip to Huntsville for Thanksgiving this year, and enjoyed time spent with family.  Greg and I had an adult night-out with friends and his sister, and we had a delicious meal the following day.  We also spent an afternoon ice skating...unexpected in Alabama.

I was too busy being busy to take many photos, but here are a couple to mark the occasion:

It's tough to get a good photo with this many kids, and this was the best I could do.  From left to right: Greer, Celia, Connor, and Hudson

Out to dinner the night before we left.  Greg's cousin, Amy, is on the left.