Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008 was a whirlwind!!! It started out with my desire to cook some favorites, minus the time and energy to do it. My sweet husband has been off since December 12 because his plant shut down extra long due to the economy. He made my wishes come true by helping me in so many ways to cook and clean and shop and wrap... What a good 'wife' he has been...LOL. We cooked for two days and the kids had a ball in the plastic ware cabinet. I have worked a lot extra because he has been off so he did most of the finishing up of everything. Then, on Christmas Eve, he picked me up from work and we were off the Clay, AL. We stopped by to visit Steven's Dad and family first. The kids love to play with their cousins and enjoyed seeing PawPaw and Grandmommie. Then, we were off to spend the evening with Pappa, Mimi, Aunt Amanda and Uncle Josh. We had such a nice night and enjoyed them so much as always. Then, we were headed home to spend the night at our house with My Sam and Grandaddy. We woke up to a wonderful morning of special time with them and Santa had come and made the living room a menagerie of gifts. We relaxed and enjoyed them all morning. For lunch, we were off to Uncle Matt and Aunt Katie's for time with my family. We loved spending time with them and Buddy and Pops. The kids had a ball playing together and opening presents, so much so, that Sara Kate disappeared and we found her passed out in LeLe's room laying across her stuffed puppy.... it was so cute. We were totally blessed this Christmas by all of the friends and family we enjoyed and we hope you all had as wonderful a time as we did.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Some of the things the kids learned that will mark this season in our hearts:
Sara Kate calls Santa "Ho Ho Ho" every time she sees him, picture or person.
Jason learned that Christmas is Jesus's Birthday.
Jason sang every Christmas Carol all the way through... Our favorite that he sings: "We're a Couple of Misfits" from the Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer movie. He sings, with great confidence, " We're a cup-a-da Biscuits!!!" as we roll with laughter.
Both kids learned to rip open gifts and to say thank you for presents given to them.

We also wanted to wish cousing LeLe a happy first birthday! We had a ball at here birthday party, but forgot our camera. I can't figure out how to download pictures from costco or I would have added them too!!! Happy Birthday LeLe! We are so glad you are our cousin!!!