Christmas 2018 - Part 2

Christmas morning was exciting as always. I like to snap a few pics before the chaos ensues. The boys were informed the night before that Christmas would not begin until after 7 am and they were really good about complying. I think we set our alarms for 7:15, went and made some coffee, then rounded up the troops! Those 20-30 minutes of them waiting was brutal, I'm sure!

Charlie's loot

Bradley's stuff

and Ryan's stash

Obligatory shot of them at the top of the stairs, bedhead and all!

Love their excitement and innocence

I love to video them running down the stairs and their initial reactions

Why Charlie goes straight to his stocking is beyond me!

I don't think I got a video of this, but Ryan was opening his big gift.

A new iPad!! He's had an old one for quite a few years now and has definitely been overdue.

Loved seeing how excited he was when opening it.

The camera he begged and begged for.

The one game he asked for, so he was pretty pumped.

He wanted a pillow pet thingy for his iPad on road trips.

B opening one of his big gifts.

Charlie had some very specific requests for Christmas this year. It wasn't a whole lot, but he was consistent from the get go. He wanted a new basketball goal that was his size, a pirate ship, some treasure and some maps. Here he is opening one of those!

The aftermath, again.

Putting that new camera to use!

Getting ready to open Aunt Alissa and Uncle Scoot's gifts.

So, they've received a "family" gift as Ryan calls it the past few years maybe, and have enjoyed having something they can do together. This year, they were totally surprised with a foosball table.

They have really enjoyed having it and have gotten so good at it.

Buzz is probably the best player in the house now.

B wanted to try his hand at biking without training wheels, so Wes took them off that afternoon. All geared up with pads and ready to go!

Definitely not bad for his first try. He gave it a good first shot. He decided he wasn't quite ready to do this yet, but hopefully again soon.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Wes cooked an amazing dinner that evening and we just enjoyed our day with our little family of 5! The next day, we busted out the sno-cone machine for its inaugural debut.

He had been waiting all week to make one and already has big plans for the summer with it.

Mmm mmm good!

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas (only 4 months late, haha!)

Christmas 2018 - Part 1

We kicked off Christmas with another parade, but this time in Mobile. There was a bowl game on Christmas Eve, so there was a full blown parade the night before to welcome all of the out of town guests. We had dinner in Mobile with the Bass' then headed over to set-up for the parade.

 Getting excited for the BOOM BOOM!

 It was actually pretty chilly for probably the first time this winter.

love her!

Here it comes!!!

 Of course he would catch a trumpet!

 Santa's sleigh was empty by the time it made it to us...hmmmm

 Guess he was already getting set-up in the park

 So fun! We got to just walk right up and sit with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

 Ryan and his loot

 The whole gang. Not sure why Ryan and B looked like they were having their mugshots taken.

My sweet baby

 happy again

 Christmas Eve morning!

 sleepyhead

 Wanted a few more shots around the tree before the chaos ensued over the next 24 hours!

  We had a really nice Christmas Eve. After lunch, we went and saw Mary Poppins Returns which was so cute, and then we headed home to change for church.

Happy boys

  

Quick family shot after church since we wouldn't have anyone to take a pic of us on Christmas day!

 We've started a tradition over the past few years of the boys opening their gifts from us when we get home from church. They were very impatient and excited! I think we actually started with GiGi's because the Mock crew was altogether in Sugarland, so we FaceTimed so we could all see each other!

 Round 1 aftermath

 We then moved on to our gifts

 Charlie was pretty pumped for his new scooter. He had recently left it behind the back wheel of my car and of course one morning, it bit the dust when my car took it out.

 He was actually pretty excited even though it was the exact same one as before. Since it was "clean" he was able to ride it around the house which he thought was really cool.

 Our traditional annual puzzle of pictures from the past year. We started this in 2017 and I hope to make one every year for them.

 This may not look like much, but Buzz was PUMPED. It was an assortment of scissors that cuts in all different shapes and lines. They were all so excited to have these for their classroom.

Ryan's gifts clearly aren't as exciting, but he was pretty excited over this one!

We had a wonderful day together and finally got the kids in bed to gear up for another full day!