Christmas Eve 2010

What a wonderful Christmas Eve it was too! :)

We went to Josh's house to celebrate since Grandma (my mom) and Grandpa came up from N.C. They stayed with us the first half of the week, and then with him until Christmas. Nana (Brad's mom) and Pappy also came over from PA...they joined us for dinner at Josh's and then stayed with us for Christmas. It was sooo much fun and we are so thankful they came! :)

We had a wonderful dinner of Ham AND Turkey (made on the grill!!)...and as usual Trovena went out of her way to make sure we were all fat and happy when we left! :) HUGE thanks Tee! :)

We played our annual chinese fire drill...the prize fought over this year was a 6 pack of Coke bottles....AND of course the thing KK wanted (a huge Hershey Kiss)... she got it and cried if anyone tried to take it. She hasnt quite gotten the hang of the game yet...plus add a little tired to the mix and it calls for an interesting time! :)

She did end up with it inthe end though so all was well! (thank goodness! lol)

Tomorrow is Christmas....and I'm sure I'll have TONS of pictures to share.,..

for now here are a few I took while Grandma and Grandpa were here along with some from Josh's....

he only people missing were Popo and Papa...but they were DEF there in spirit!! We thought of them the entire time!

We are going to bake a cake for Jesus's birthday (as we do every year)....after all it is the reason for the season...right? KK is so excited and says Jesus has the best birthday ever. She REALLY loves singing to him! :)

Well, I am super excited to see what Santa brought Brad! :) *winks*.....so far my super idea of hiding it right out in the open has worked...it is so huge...and he hasn't even seen it!! :P lol not that it says much for his observation skills! lol

anyway, until tomorrow.... MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!

enjoy the pics!~

Grandma and grandkids... (we had Matt overnight)

Grandpa and the Drama Mama..

Nana and the turkey's...

Josh..being....well,.......Josh! :)

Reindeer Food...we sprinkled this on the lawn when we got home...

Chinese Fire Drill....

Favorite Cousins!...

The Monsters..er...I mean cousins...

Josh and Tee...

My nephew...:P Can you tell he is around Josh quite a bit? :)

My most favorite niece!!...

Best friends.. :P

I loved the way KK is sitting here...

Uncle Bryan and KK...

Grandpa and me... :) love him!

Grandma and KK...(boy does she love her pic taken)

Grandma and Bug...

The tree! So pretty!~


Well, it's off to bed...have to make sure I am fast asleep so Santa can come! :)

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!~

Nana's Visit!!

We had the pleasure of having Brad's mom (my MIL) visiting us this past week or so. She arrived on the 9th, and left on the 15th. Let me tell you, it FLEW by!!! Of course we were busy B's....running around, and having a blast!! She spoiled the kids rotten (which they already were...rotten I mean lol *wink*)

We shopped a lot..:p...made it to the Sandhills Gardens here....the mall in Raleigh, ( I actually got to go to Victoria's Secret!!)...made LOTS of trips to town...ate at the pik-n-pig (OMG..YUM!)...and just had a blast.

Here are just SOME of the pictures...
Nana, Bug, and Drama Mama,


Nana pitching to bug..

Batter up....just note the intense look of concentration....this boy can HIT!!



Here is Nana, Bug, and Drama Mama are at the gardens....



Bug....


THIS is what she did the entire time...look for water to throw things in...


Or splash in...(exactly why I am looking into water tables)


more water....oh.. oh.. oh.. i know.. i know.....lets throw something into it..ya! ya!


my cheese ball.....


Stop and smell the flowers ya'all!~....


Get a nice hug in.....


Perhaps a kiss....


Our cheesball family! :P


My pretty little flower...


I LOVE this picture!!!...


Here is Bug in the meditation ring....


Daddy and Drama Mama...


Mommy and the "let go of my handdddddd" girl...


This little guy was hanging out, and Kayla did her best to try and pet it.....note to self: bring extra clothes when going ANYWHERE with this monkey.


We came across this guy as we were walking, and once again Steve Erwin would have been proud...I had to tackle my daughter to keep her from "petting" it....


Aren't these adorable...I want to make something like this my next project...


After all that walking we HAD to have some (more for SOME of us...) waterplay...




a video of the fun....


Good Ol' Pik-N-Pig....talk about yum!..oh, and they have the best sweet tea EVER!..


Pik-n-Pig's smokehouse...where they smoke their pork and other stuff....

On our way to church...

*sigh* what can you do?...

Nana and the drama queen...

And lastly....little miss attitude....

Take care ya'all and have a great weekend!~