Christmas 2012

Our Christmas tree (with the shopping cart in the picture).  It looks really small and skinny in this picture, but it must just be the angle because it didn't really look that bad in person. 

 

 

 Christmas Eve Dinner

We went to the Miller's house to have Christmas Eve dinner.  Ham, funeral potatoes, green bean casserole, & rolls.  It was delicious!!!!

 

 

 

 



Funny story- these stockings were mine and my older brothers when we were really little.  My mom had kept them for years until just recently when she took them to D.I. because nobody wanted them (and they are kind of funny looking).  Suzanne had picked them up hoping to make an ugly sweater for Tre out of them (but that didn't work out).  It was quite funny that they went from the Winslow's to the Miller's house.

 

 



Brynlee and Jaxon wrestling



 

 

Christmas morning



John picked out this plastic recorder for a Christmas present for Brynlee.  She loves to make music with it along with her toy piano and Dad's new Celtic whistle/flute thingy

 



Opening presents

 

She looooved ripping open the wrapping paper.  She didn't even really care what was in the wrapping paper, she just wanted more and more to open.  She ended up opening everyone's presents all day long.  I should have just wrapped the toys she already had and she would have had just as much fun.

My presents were a cake pop maker and a rolling briefcase.  I sound like I'm 100 years old, but when you have lots of books to carry around it saves your back and shoulders.

I got John a huge cereal bowl (the green bowl on the right) because he is always complaining that our cereal bowls are way too small.  He also got socks and a Subway gift card, plus some little things.  We always have a set amount to spend on each other and he always spends more than the plan.

Together, we got new curtains and a new bed set for our room plus the Dixie Direct card. 

Brynlee got a lot of clothes and some books and music makers and a basketball hoop.  She also got a gift card we will spend later and with some money from my Dad she got a pillowpet that lights up the room.  

Happy Birthday to Jesus!!!
I wanted Brynlee to understand from an early age what Christmas is about and why we celebrate it.  So with our Christmas breakfast of bacon and monkey bread, we put a candle in the bread and sang Happy Birthday.  Brynlee seems to understand what a birthday is and I had talked to her about it for a few days before.

We had a great Christmas and got spoiled as usual!  We are so grateful for all our blessings!