I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! I know we did! We got to go to Texas and spend the holiday with Chris' family. It was so great. The girls had a wonderful time! Between pink eye and windy weather, they got lots of time to play with their cousin Connor and spend hours on the trampoline! I have posted a load of pictures below to try and give you a glimpse of our Christmas! Enjoy!
Gran ordered a ham from the HoneyBaked Ham store... this is the line Kellie and I had to wait in to pick up the dang thing... and this is AFTER we had waited in line for about 30 minutes already! It was a looooong wait... but a yummy ham!
It is one of our family traditions to make sugar cookies for Santa... well, this year we weren't with Nana, so they didn't get made from scratch. I bought some premade stuff and we just decorated them and then ate them! Santa was lucky 2 actually lasted until Christmas Eve for him!
You can tell in this picture that Ireland's eye is a little red. She ended up getting pink eye (which Chloe had before we left for Texas). But Ireland's eye ended up getting scratched or something and it got a lot worse than normal pink eye. Poor thing couldn't even keep it open for most of Christmas Eve.
We were so happy to have Daddy home with us this year! Its hard to believe that only a year ago he was over in Iraq all alone for Christmas! We were very blessed this year!
It is also a tradition to open jammies on Christmas Eve. They girls each got a cute night gown and some awesome slippers!
Picking out Santa's cookies
(You can see how bad her eye was in this picture. Luckily it was much better the next morning)
Santa was good to them this year!
And so was everyone else! There were so many presents!
Chloe was asking for a green duck for Christmas from Santa... she got one!
Ireland was so excited about her suitcase from Santa. She has been asking for one of these since we got home from Disney World!
Here is just a glimpse of the present opening...
One of my favorite presents they got... these coats are from Nana and Papaw... they are wonderful!
After the present opening, they packed up their toys in their new suitcases and took them to the entry way by the front door and played there for about 30 minutes! It was the funnest thing!
3 Musketeer Chloe (another gift from Santa)
Chris had a lot of fun with Connor's Christmas presents!
Chloe in her awesome new coat!
We left yesterday and we stopped in Waco at the best BBQ place ever! Its called Rudys and we had to stop one more time before we move up north... were I am sure the BBQ is nothing like it is in Texas! :*(
I left some presents at home from Gramma & Papa King and from Nana & Papaw. So the girls got to each open 2 more presents when they got home (like the needed any more!!) They were pretty excited about it!
As you can see, it was a great holiday! We are so thankful for all our family! And of course the birth of Jesus! :)Now our lives will be getting very crazy... we move to Washington in just a few short days. So needless to say, I probably won't be posting any blogs for a while... I will try to keep you all updated on our progress. Prayers would be wonderful... we have to drive from Oklahoma to Washington in the van while towing the Jeep... in the middle of winter (all of you from Wyoming can understand my nervousness)... so prayers for a safe drive are very much needed! Thanks and love you all!
7 comments:
Awesome blog! You got some fabulous pictures and it's obvious the girls had a BLAST! And Chris too - love the pics of him in the nerf get-up! HA!!! :o)
glad everyone had a great christmas! I'm not so sure Rudy's is the best BBQ until we get a bottle of their sauce and compare it to some KC BBQ. I am sure jeff will agree with me on that and i am sure he would volunteer to do a taste test with me.
Great pictures. Poor Ireland, her eye looks miserable! Glad you had a good Christmas. I'll pray that the drive is uneventful.
Jeff would definitely agree that Rudy's probably isn't the best and I'm sure he'd do a taste test too :o)
Love the pics. Missed you guys so much. Glad you have such a great "other" family to spend it with. I am so excited to see you all in a few days.
Glad you guys had such a good time. I miss you and am sad I'll miss you :( Love the cute sweaters! Who made them? Talk to you soon. Drive safely.
Looks like loads of fun! I don't think I've seen Chloe smile so much in pics! ;o) Good luck with the drive and I"ll pray it's easy with no car sick kids! Love you!
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