Christmas Afternoon

We went to Mimi and Pops' house for Christmas afternoon and the kids napped there. We then opened presents and ate Christmas dinner.

We had snow flurries all day, just enough to be pretty. They didn't stick by any means, but the kids loved watching them.

Some parents would cringe at the sight of this gift, but I love hand bells, as does Chase. He loves playing them at Bible Study, so Mimi and Pops got him a set. This is a great family gift as well.

JuJu and Chase each got a board game. I think they got 3 games total this year, which is great because we only had Memory before this. They have loved playing games with us!


Some old school toys made an appearance too- tinker toys for Chase and the Fisher Price wind up clock for Parker.



Chase and JuJu both also got sleeping bags,which were a huge hit! They've been sleeping in the on top of their beds at night.


JuJu got "make-up", which she is applying to her checks in this picture. They must play with 'make-up" at school, because she's been talking about it for a while and I've never really told her about it. She loves to find things that look like compacts and pretend to put make-up on. Here we go........

And look at that smile when she opened up her new baby doll! This one bounces and coos and is really cute. She named her baby Parker. :) She also got some diapers and a feeding set.

Chase gave Mimi some green kitchen towels, because green is his favorite color.

Santa, aka Uncle Korey. He has played Santa (handed out the gifts under the tree while wearing the Santa hat) for as long as I can remember. We both did it as kids, but he kept the title.

There's our little model.

Parker is confused and thinks that shoes belong on your hands instead of your feet. He is constantly crawling around the house with a shoe on each hand. It is so funny!

Mimi and Pops and the kids.

Our family

The whole gang, including my Uncle Terry (at the top), Mimi and Pops, Uncle Korey, and our family.