Christmas Day

 

 

The kids awoke Christmas morning to some most wonderful goodies! And NO...that is not trick photography or a special effect. That is how my camera captured the moment of them coming too what Santa brought. Pretty cool!

 

 

The kids were SO excited that Santa brought them iPod touches.  I think they are going to have SO much fun with them.  They can text, facetime call, play video games, use the camera and video camera, have alarm clocks, etc!

Hudson asked for bubbles (???) and Santa brought him a huge bottle!  He couldn't wait to get out and blow them...despite it the fact the sun wasn't up and it was FREEZING!




 













We got dressed and then headed over to Nonie and Poppa's where Santa had suprised again and dropped off a few more gifts for the kids! We hung out for awhile and enjoyed our new stuff!

 

 














This kareoke machine is a hit with both of them! 

 

 










We then hit the road to drive to Mimi and Doo Dads in SNOW!  A white Christmas!  Pretty magical!  It took us twice as long to drive there...but it was a pretty special time.  I told the kids it doesn't snow on Christmas too many times around here...so just enjoy it.  Loved watching the snow fall on Christmas! And very thankful for safe travel.

 

 














Love the tradition my mom started a few years ago of having the kids use her nativity pieces to reinact the Christmas story while someone reads it.

 

 















Then we sang Away in a Manger and Happy Birthday to Jesus.

 

 















And we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus. 

 

 





















Then time for gifts!

 

 
















Loving time with Baby G!  What a special Christmas!

 

 Hudson's reaction to getting his long awaited Stompees!

 

 


















The boys checking out some of their new toys!


 















The Gibbs Grandkids


 















These boys are SO sweet!


 










The chaos! I won't lie...Christmas with 9 kids and 9 adults in one room...is pretty wild...and at times a bit overwhelming.  But, it's BIG fun! Thank you to mom for feeding and hosting us ALL...and cleaning up for us afterward!

What an amazing 2 days...Really thankful for all that God has so generously blessed me with.

Christmas Eve

 

 


















We told the kids we would exchange presents just within our own family on Christmas Eve morning.  And they woke and were ready to get right to it!

They opened gifts from us first.

And then La and Hud exchanged gift with each other.

And then we opened gifts they had for us!  We took them to the Dollar Tree and let them pick out whatever they wanted to get us.  They are pretty thoughtful little gift givers.

I got a new red travel cup, a bath tub back loofah, rainbow colored refrigerator magnets, a small handy cutting board, a plastic crystal serving dish, and toilet blowl cleaner. (Not sure yet how I feel about that last one!)

Rob got an orange flash light for hunting, pizza sliced shaped rubbermaid container, a small stapler for his office, and candy.

Then we got cleaned up and headed over to Nonie and Poppas.

The entire Buie Gang

And it was time for more presents!

And we are now the proud owners of a neon gel ant farm!  Didn't see that coming!  But, it is pretty cool!

Then we were off to a hibachi grill for a nice Christmas Eve lunch.  We have not been to one since Hudson was about 2.  Being little he did not know what to expect and the first time the chef flamed up the grill, he started crying "the cooker man put fire in my eyes" and could NOT recover.  Anytime we would mention going back he would say no. But, today was our day!

I think he liked it this time!

 Although he didn't even eat off the hibachi grill!  Ordered a hamburger...silly boy!

 

 

 

It was a lot of fun! 

Afterwards, we went to the Christmas Eve service at our church.  Then home to tuck into bed so Santa could come.  We put out the reindeer food, put out Santa's snack, tucked into bed and watched about half of the The Christmas Story before they fell asleep.  What a great way to spend Christmas Eve!