Showing posts with label tradition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tradition. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Christmas Eve 2016



We stuck with tradition and ate crab legs for Christmas Eve.  The weather was amazing, so we ate out on the back porch.  My parents came to join us for our lunch-dinner and I am a total slacker and didn't take many pictures.  I know...WHAT??





We have been wearing out the selfie stick.  I'm getting them trained to use it just right.  hahaha.  I love when they offer because I'm not as good with the stick as they are. 






Hayden and Lily crack me up in this picture.  Goodness, you'd think this was torture.  And Daisy looking at Lily like....girl, you a mess. 


Hey, we have new pj's act happy!



Remember the year Lily showed her butt during our pj picture and this year she snuck me the tongue.  
Good grief.  Never dull folks, never dull.




After we all opened our gift of pj's and got a decent family picture and we went to the front yard to spread the reindeer food.  I had to take a picture looking inside the house at the tree.  I love those huge windows in the front of the house.







We loaded up and went driving, looking at the lights all over Woodway.





Once we got back home the kiddos were tired and tucked into bed and Santa delivered all the packages.  

We are blessed!

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas Eve is my favorite


We all enjoyed our traditional crab leg dinner tonight.  It was so good.  It's hard work breaking open the crab legs, but we love the yummy taste!



The kiddos baked cookies this morning and then decorated them.


Gary had to work for half the day and then he arrived and helped the kiddos decorate Santa's cookies.


Oh Daisy Mae!  You are a sweet pup!


We can't believe the weather here in Gerogia today!  It is a Sleeveless Christmas Eve!

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The Christmas Pj Parties (title by: Layla)


My all time favorite Christmas tradition for my family of 4 is getting new pajamas!


Last year we were in Ohio in our Devola farm house.





The year before we were in Ohio, but in our house downtown Marietta.



In 2011 we were in Texas at our home on Leather Strap Dr.  

There are many more pictures in this house!




Same house, smaller kiddos! 






In 2009 we were in the same house, but I just had surgery.  We all got new pj's and I only remember this Christmas because of pictures.  I was all drugged up!  Creepy kitty.  Yuck!





Still on Leather Strap and it was Hayden's first Christmas, but he got new pj's!




We were at Auntie and Donny Ray's on Christmas Eve 2007.  Layla and I got new pj's and I'm not sure why Gary isn't wearing his yet.  PS...I was pregnant with Hayden in this photo!




In 2006 we were snow skiing in Breckenridge Colorado.  
It was by far one of my favorite Christmas Eve's and we all got new pj's!




This was Layla's first Christmas and I'm pretty sure she got new pj's but we hadn't started our pajama tradition yet.  This picture was taken at my Aunt and Uncles house in Georgetown, Texas.



I just had to include this 2004 Christmas Eve picture.  My sweet first babies.  I miss those little furry creatures, but we have wonderful memories of spoiling them all the years of their lives.

Merry Christmas friends!

What is your favorite Christmas tradition?

Monday, December 1, 2014

deck the halls


Sunday we took off on a Christmas tree adventure ... looking for the perfect tree.




Laaaaaaaaa!

  There she is.
  The kiddos were so happy to see her in all her naked glory nestled in the bay window of our living room.




Dad strung the lights and the kids added all the red and gold balls they could find.




It's so fun to decorate a new house.  Well. not new, but new to us!




We are all ready for the Christmas season.  



Layla's tree


and Hayden's tree.

Ho Ho Ho!!