Family Christmas Cont.

Christi and Dalton.

Grandpa and the brothers.  Hunter, Gavin, and Brock, and Brock's sons, Braxton and Chandler.

 It wouldn't be a weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's without a Sunday nap.  I think Tyler and Chant were snoring in unison. 

 Lacey brought her Christmas present, Oscar, with her.  The kids loved him.

 Brock and his boys, Chandler and Braxton.

 Brinn and Lily ready for Church.

 Porter was telling Dalton all about the game his was playing on someone's phone.

Another tradition, games.  Dan and Madison were brave souls.  They took on Brinnley, Ainsley and Lily in a game of Sequence.  There was lots of squealing and loud exclamations.  The girls had a blast.  I think Dan and Madison survived. 

Game table 2.  Tracy, Kasey, Lance, and Easton.

We had a wonderful weekend and love being with everyone!  Until February!

Family Christmas

 We made our annual trek to Ashton for Family Christmas from the 28th to the 31st. 

The 28th Easton got his mission call.  He is going to the Oklahoma Tulsa mission.  He leaves February 13th, my birthday.  He is so incredibly excited.  We are thrilled for him.  His mission covers 4 states, one of them being Missouri.  He leaves so soon, but I don't think he would have it any other way. 

Family Christmas always means a house full of people.  This year we had Hunter with us.  We haven't seen him for a while, and the kids loved having him there. 

 Tyler and the girls

Easton and Grandpa

 Brinn and Gavin

Madison and her boyfriend Dan

 We had the kids act out the Christmas Story for us this year.  Maddie was a shepherd. 

My girls were the angels.

 Mary (Lily) on the Donkey's back (Logan).  Chant didn't get his picture, but Easton was kind enough to be out Joseph. 

 Then came presents.  Nail polish brought a big smile to Ainsley.  Maddie made this hat and another one for Brinnley.  She did an incredible job!  And of course Legos were a big hit.

 Porter was super excited about his red shoes and the Lightening McQueen hat.

And Chant got some awesome Operation PJs. 

I think everyone was pretty happy!

Christmas Afternoon

 Christmas afternoon about 1:30 we headed to Gran's house.  We were about 10 minutes from Gran's when Ainsley said, "Mom, I'm gonna puke."  And she did, right then.  It was all over!  Poor Chant, when he opened the door after we pulled over, he was dry heaving because it smelled so bad.  We were all glad we didn't have to go very far before we got to Gran's.  As soon as we got there, we got her cleaned up and she was fine. 

The kids had so much fun playing with their cousin William.  He is so big now! 

 (Ainsley had to hang out in an over-sized t-shirt of Gran's while her clothes were in the washer and dryer.)  All the kids got slippers, which they love!

 William kind of stole the show though.  They played stuffed animals and were so good with him.

We got home about 8:00 and everyone was exhausted and ready for bed!  It was a wonderful day, aside from the two puking incidents.  But the kids were troopers!

Christmas Morning

(T-shirts bracelets that Chant and I made.)

 Christmas was wonderful!  The kids were awake and talking about 5:00 but they didn't come in to get us until 5:30.  I was already awake anyway, so we grabbed the camera and headed downstairs.  First thing was stockings.  The kids had so much fun going through them.  This year Santa brought little tubes of lotions and chapsticks.  The girls loved that.  Porter got a mini Bucky pirate ship.  Poor little man!  He had looked at it before but I had the camera on the video setting so I asked him to show it to me again.  He held it up for me but he face was white and he wasn't saying anything.  I had just turned the camera to Brinnley when in the background we can hear him puking.  It was all over the floor and some got on Brinn's stocking.  I hurried to get it off.  Poor guy!  But after that he was fine and had as much energy as the girls.  

 All the kids got a Lego set.  Porter was excited to finally have his own and not have to share.

 Ainsley got a Little Mermaid doll set and house.  Her Lego set was a dog show kit.

 Porter got a few car carries along with more cars to put on them.  And his longed for present was a Jake and the Never Land Pirates Bucky ship.  He was so excited! 

 Brinnley got the helicopter/jet Legos that she wanted.  And here is the hoped for/squealed about Tin Can Robot.  (This thing was the one present that she has asked for repeatedly for months, but I had no idea where I was going to find a robot.  At Porter's Craft and Frame, that's where.  I squealed when I saw it in their Black Friday ad and Brinnley squealed when she opened it.  SUCCESS!)