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!~

3 reasons why I love this child SOOOOOO much!

Reason #1: The 1st video is my FAVORITE!! Don't ask me where she picked this up...but she had me in tears I was laughing so hard!...We were at an award ceremony today at Sam's school...(more on that tomorrow)..when she did this she had the entire table paying more attention to her than the award ceremony :)

Reason #2: Same day (today), and she was singing a song as we headed into the ceremony...do you recognize the tune and her own made up words! LOL :)

Reason #3....We had a church picnic this past Sunday and McKayla ASKED me to "videocord" her singing this song...it happens to be one of her favorites... :) The good part is toward the end though...what a HAM!

She is truly a BLESSING and makes each day such a joy. I can not express how much I love this child and what an amazing little girl she is! (though I am a tad bias! lol)

THANK YOU LORD!

P.S Note that she has taken to carrying a "purse" around...today she had a teapot and a poodle in it! :)

*I will post about Sam's awards soon...he did AWESOME! AND get this! My 6 year old child ate 11 chicken nuggets, a small fry, AND a hot fudge sundae...

can we say growing? the pig.

Going to the beach...

and we're gonnaa have fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu--uuuuuun!!

*think: going to the chapel tune for above...just to give it some effect! :) *

Well, actually we are headed for Virginia first for a 2 day pitstop at my mother's.

And then on Saturday it's off to the beach for a wonderful 8 day MUCH NEEDED vacation! *deep breath in...and release*

Yeah...

that feels great! :P LOL

We are SUPER excited, and almost done packing. woot woot

Consider yourself warned for those of you in the Virginia and N.J beach area!! :P :P :P

:):):):):):)

P.S Does anyone else have Mario Kart on the W*ii??
We like to play on the WFC and are formally issuing...nay... DEMANDING a challenge. :) If you think you can handle it. :P LOL

P.P.S Katie- I will give you a call when we get back, and help with your blog template! :) I HAVE emailed you letting you know this (3 times)...but I guess you never got them! LOL Grrrr to hotmail. Love you guys and miss you tons! Hugs to those ADORABLE boys of yours!

We are OUT!