Ok. If you know me, you know that this is so not like me to not be on time. I’ve really wanted to put these Christmas pics up for so long, but I have not had much free time lately. This week should be when things get back to normal around here..what ever that is.
So here we go. The Reader’s Digest version of our Christmas 2008.
Our poor tree. Not much to look at. If you can allow yourself to imagine, it has gotten better every year. No matter how much fluffing I do, you can always see straight through the back to the wall, even when decorated. This weekend Hobby Lobby was having an 80% off all Christmas stuff sale and my MIL bought me a really nice tree. I paid about $70 at Wal-Mart retail for the ugly tree and the nice one still cost a little more than that after the discount, but it is beautiful. I guess you get what you pay for.
Here we are all dressed and ready to head to the Gray’s on Christmas Eve.
And here is the result of our attempt at a pic with all the cousins. At least everyone is there and no one is crying.
We had a great time with the Grays. After a great meal we let the kids open their gifts free for all style. It was so fun to watch the chaos with six of them all old enough to understand what was going on. After all that excitement the adults moved into the living room to open gifts while the kids played with their new toys.
My favorite gift of the night was a new sewing machine. I have been very busy with it and have already completed a project and bought facbric for the next one. I love it. The only bad thing is that I seem to do all my sewing during my blogging time, hence the late Christas post. Oh well.
On Christmas morning we woke up at our house and let the kids do the present and stocking thing. This Christmas has been the best so far because their ages have been so fun. I bet it only gets better from here….well until they are teens and some of the excitement wears off. After breakfast if was off to Eufaula to spend time with the Savages.
Here is a picture of the whole group.
By the time that picture was taken Olivia had already taken off her Christmas clothes and tutu, but again, at least we got a picture. Again the kids got to do the present and stocking thing.
We had a lot of fun, but after two days of partying, the guys were worn out.
I mentioned that I have been sewing during nap time and night time, but I have also been pretty busy during the day. I do this every year, and this year was no different. As soon as Christmas is over I get all the decorations down asap and put back in the attic. Next I start tackling the kids rooms. I clean out all the old to make room for the new. By the time I’m done with that I’m on a roll and just can’t stop. I have cleaned this house every inch from top to bottom. That is the way I like to start a new year.
But have no fear. The kids have gotten plenty of play time with me. Each day we pick out a new Christmas toy to explore. Here are a few of our favorites.
Please excuse Olivia’s wardrobe choices in the next picture. She was wearing her “favorite” old clothes.
These little Play-Doh pals have been lots of fun.
Cleaning play-doh out of the carpet…not so much.
I hope you enjoyed that little recap. Stay tuned for a New Year blog post……..hopefully sometime before…say…..March. haha. I have lots to talk about concerning the new year, but it will have to wait. Laundry is calling.
