My parents gave JoAnna a new doll that she just loves. Maybe she'll leave Stetson alone for a while (you'll understand when you reach the bottom of this post.) It was a wonderful Christmas.
These are the creations that the big boys built. Houston's is a Lava Roller Coaster and Trav's is a Douple Farris Wheel. They are sooo cool!
Stetson got this Rocking horse, which I knew he would just LOVE. But no - he was scared to death of it and wouldn't go near it for a week. Houston and Jo finally got him to sit on it, but not for too long.
The boys also got a new KNEX building set that they were pretty excited about. They mainly like building it with their Dad. And I think Scott likes building it with them just as much or more.
Stetson loved it all. He was so much fun this year. He just went from one thing to the next as fast as he could. His favorite things are his books and hot wheel cars.
Christmas morning was wonderful. My parents came over at 6:00 a.m. to open gifts with us. My kids were so excited to see what Santa brought them. Trav and Houston each got a rip stick and JoAnna got a beautiful Christmas dress and craft stuff.
After the big family party, we came home and all the kids got to open their Christmas PJs. This is also the time we read about the birth of Baby Jesus out of the Scriptures. It is so important to me for my children to know and understand the true reason we have Christmas. We are truly blessed.
Christmas Eve is always one of my favorite things about Christmas. We went to Jeremy and Lacey's house for a yummy dinner, program and gifts. It's always a little crazy with 20 kids, but most of all a lot of fun. Jana made each kid a t-shirt with the number of grandchild they are. It was such a cute idea. It wasn't so easy getting them all sat down for a picture (I think I got them all.)
A couple days before Christmas, my Mom and I got together and baked goodies for some friends and neighbors. We always end up doing more than we should and it tunred into a marithon!!! My kitchen was a dissaster and we were exhausted, BUT - we had fun and it helped us get into the Christmas Spirit.
JoAnna loves to dress-up Stetson. He is her own play doll. At least he's a good sport about it (most of the time. ha ha)
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Sooo jealous of all the fun you guys had. Brianna got that same horse for Christmas in the lighter color and she was also very scared of it for the first few days.
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