Christmas 2012

I know I am super late with this post, but I guess it's better late than never, right?

We started the Christmas festivities off with a family party at the Moores Mill Club. The kids got to see Aubie, decorate cookies, and run wild on the putting greens! I actually think that was their favorite part!

The next weekend it was time to see Santa! On our way in to see him we ran into some sweet friends, Prather and Anne Reynolds...

Greer did awesome this year and was all about making sure Santa knew he wanted a train table!!

Poor Sims was terrified!

Rudolph noses were a hit!

Next up, Ellie's Christmas program at school! She is sitting on the 2nd row of chairs, 3rd to the left...

She did great and sang about 10 Christmas songs!

After her program we headed to her classroom to collect all of her Christmas art she had been working so hard on...

Josh and She She came to see her!

The next weekend included a trip to Anniston to have Christmas with Lollie's side of the family. Here is GG Mama (my grandmother) with all of her great grandchildren...

Then it was time for the real deal! We did Christmas with my family at the lake this year. Poppy and Thomas found this awesome tree in the woods, and Ellie and Greer helped make some ornaments for it...

Ellie was so proud of her My Little Pony castle that Lollie and Poppy gave her...

And Greer loved his tractor and trailer!

Sims was quite fond of it as well!

And when we got back home they had a special surprise waiting on them from Lollie and Poppy...

a TRAMPOLINE! They were so excited and absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

Then it was time to hit the bed and wait for Santa Claus to come. He came to see Sims...

stuffed some stockings...

brought Greer a train table and lots of other goodies...

and came to se Ellie!

He played with this thing for hours on end!

Santa made sure to leave a note on the train table letting everyone know it is really for Greer and Sims...

Sims was loving all of it!

Annual Christmas morning family pj pic!

Ellie and her American Girl doll, Caroline...(don't think she's played with her since)...

We sang Happy Birthday to Jesus!

We had fun having Poppy and Lollie here with us Christmas morning. Here is Poppy and his mini me...by this point mini me had gotten into a few candy canes and spilled Lollie's coffee all over his pj pants...

Christmas day afternoon we headed to Rusty's grandmother's (where I failed to take any pics), and then the day after Christmas we headed to Rusty's dad's house!

The kids loved taking a ride on his golf cart!

Greer was super excited about his new bike Pa Pa gave him. He is amazing on this thing...flies all around the neighborhood, holding his feet up and balancing all by himself.

Pa Pa and his babies...(too bad Sims peed all over his matching heli outfit and Ellie had an accident in her first, cuter outfit)...just glad to have a pic!

Ellie wanted to take one too...I think she did pretty well...

That pretty much sums up our Christmas. We had a really good one this year and truly enjoyed watching the kids so excited. We are soaking it all in while they are still little!