Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year.  Matt was playing golf Friday morning, so the boys and I went and rented movies then opened the gifts Aunt Kristy and Uncle Bob sent.  This worked out great because it gave the boys something to do until we left for Chirstmas Eve service.  We went with Matt's parents and his grandmother to their Christmas Eve service.  After the service, we headed to Grandmother and Granddaddy's for seafood gumbo that was delicious!  We had to take a break and open presents before we could have desert because the boys were about to come unglued!

Family picture with Brady doing his new smile :)

Matt reading the boys a new book

Love them looking at each other

I missed Brady opening his Harry Potter Lego set and Cal opening some cars from Aunt Sharon

Brady helping Cal open his gift

Brady REALLY excited about Cal's Indiana Jones Lego set

Matt trying to convince Granddaddy he needs to help build this.....no, just checking it out

The boys opening their Buzz Lightyear snuggies that Mimi gave them

Mimi helping Brady put his snuggie on

We left Matt's parents and headed home to feed the reindeer and put out Santa's treats.  I read the boys Twas the Night Before Christmas then they went to sleep in their sleeping bags on our floor.  Cal was afraid that Brady would wake up in the middle of the night and scare Santa, so he wanted us all in the same room.

CHRISTMAS MORNING!  At our new house you overlook the den from the upstairs.  Cal woke up and starting screaming out everything he could see.  He was yelling for me and Matt and Brady.  We did not have a white Christmas, like many others, but we did get a few flurries Christmas night when the sun set.  It also flurried off and on all day Sunday.

The funniest thing for me was watching Cal look at everything in his and Brady's pile then say, "I think Santa made a mistake" and start moving a few items from Brady's pile into his pile.  I don't have a picture, but we do have it on video.

This is CRUNCHER.  One of Cal's favorite gifts.

Brady got BIG FOOT. One of his favorite gifts.

Playing with BIG FOOT

This was another hit of the morning.  Cal had asked for an autographed photo of Santa for "proff" that Santa was real.  Truely, he asked for Santa and Rudolph, but Santa was good enough.  It said, "Cal and Brady, thanks for the refreshments. Santa"

Merry Christmas!  The other gift that was THE BIGGEST DEAL was the trampoline!  It is still in the box, but will be built in the next few days.

We had a great day playing with our new toys and Matt had a great day building Lego sets.  Not sure the boys even stopped long enough to eat breakfast, but Matt and I had a breakfast casserole.  We made a beef tenderloin for dinner served with asparagus and potatos.  It was delicious!  Here are our dinner drinks........2 guesses which one is mine and which is Matt's! 

I did get an extra special surprise...........a new camera!!!!  Still learning how to use it, but I have my first non-point and shoot camera!  Matt and I were not really doing gifts, since our new house is our Christmas present.  I had picked out a few new cookbooks and some new OPI nailpolish and a pedicure, Matt had picked out some workout clothes and an under the counter trashcan.  I did surprise him with a pair of binoculars. 

"They reported the message they were told about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them." Luke 2:17-18

"But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them."  Luke 2:19

Hope everyone had a Merry Chirstmas and has a Happy New Year.  We will be staying home tomorrow night with a few other families.