A few Christmas Morning Pictures...

A few pictures of a few excited girls on Christmas morning!


Before the Madness - what Santa brought. Sarah got a Little People bus (which hasn't been touched yet, by the way), an Elmo book and a sit-n-spin...and a stocking full of stuff. Beth got a Light Bright, a Leapster & 2 games and Bella Dancerella DVD/dance mat. He brought BOTH the girls a new book called Big Sister/Little Sister...which has also not been touched. Oh well...he had good intentions, I'm sure!


Beth excited about the Leapster that Santa brought!




Sarah excited about the donuts that Momma brought!



Beth super excited about the Disney washclothes in her stocking - the kind that are super compact and then expand/grow when put in water.




Sarah LOVED her new Elmo book....here she is just lounging around reading it!

The girls opening up their new Cinderella dresses from mom! They are super cute dresses, by the way!! http://www.littledressupshop.com/

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas in Murray

Round one of Christmas was last night in Murray and that is always fun! We enjoyed seeing Gramma, Papaw, Aunt Becky, Uncle Tracy, Chase and Jessica! The girls were wonderful and enjoyed watching "Rockin' Santa - A Wiggles Christmas" on the way there! (FINALLY - Sarah will watch the DVD's in the car!) Everyone got what they wanted and the girls have been having fun today playing with their new toys....although Sarah would rather be playing with all Beth's new toys, but that really isn't any different than any other day.

Beth got Cinderella from Gramma - thank goodness! Its going in the Disney Vault in January!

Sarah got the Little Mommy doll (the one I wrote about earlier that looks just like her!) Its crazy - its like they used a picture of Sarah to create the doll! Her Aunt Becky (and crew) also gave her a doll, which she is currently taking a nap with!

(other new doll seen in this picture)

Bob and his nephew, Chase, cheesing it up!

By the way, have I mentioned that Bob got a new job? He will continue being the Facilities Engineer at the plant, but he will now take on all the Safety stuff, too, which is his specialty, anyway...so basically, he has two jobs and a slightly higher salary, so yeah! He just has to work more hours now...which means lots of Saturdays, unfortunately. But, a promotion is a promotion and more hours are expected, so its okay. We're proud of him!

Christmas Pageant

Beth's Christmas Pageant was yesterday. She was the Inn-Keeper and actually had lines to say! She did sooooo well! SUCH a drastic improvement in just one year - I can't believe it! I was working the video camera and still have no idea how to upload the video to my computer, so sorry I can't post the adorable video of Beth singing We Wish You A Merry Christmas! But...I have a few from the pageant. It was SO dark in the sanctuary that "good" pictures just were not happening! Beth is on the far left in the blue robe!

Random Christmas Hoopla

Leia tagged me - so here goes! Here are the rules:
1. List 12 random things about yourself that have to do with Christmas
2. Please refer to it as a 'hoopla'
3. You have to specifically tag people when you're done
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1. I absolutely love decorating the Christmas tree and looking at all the ornaments I've collected in the 31 years of my life!
2. I aboslutely HATE the "Christmas" song called The Christmas Shoes. Someone please tell me WHY that song should put ANYONE in the Christmas mood?!?! Oh- and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause (By the Jackson Five) and I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas are right there behind it - AWFUL!
3. Having kids has put the magic back into Christmas...and gives me an excuse to watch my favorite Christmas movies like Rudolph, Nestor and The Small One!
4. I could care less if I have any gifts to open on Christmas Day - watching the girls open their gifts is all the "present" I need!
5. I serve powdered donuts & Sister Schubert sausage rolls for Christmas morning breakfast every year!
6. I LOVE LOVE LOVE waking up in my OWN house on Christmas morning!
7. I bake entirely too many goodies every year!
8. I hate sending Christmas cards and I just may not do it this year. Just too much trouble!
9. I love driving around with the girls looking at Christmas lights (we did this last night, in fact!).
10. I wish more people would remember WHY we have Christmas in the first place. The commercialism drives me crazy. On the radio Saturday, I heard a promo that said "all Christmas Music, All the Time, to get you in the holiday shopping spirt!" Why does it have to the HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPIRIT? Why can't it be just plain old CHRISTMAS SPIRIT!?! The Christmas season isn't about shopping...err......
11. I love going to Church this time of year. We go all year...but there is just something about the Christmas season in your Church.....and singing traditional Christmas hymes....love it!
12. I'm SO excited about Christmas morning this year I could bust! I think both girls are going to have a great day!

I'm tagging:
Emily, cousin Katie in Oregon (or Colorado!) and Sarah in Texas!

Breakfast with Santa

We had Breakfast with Santa this morning and it was Crazy! Sarah was WILD and refused to eat and just wanted DOWN. One of us was constantly chasing her. Beth ate a HEARTY breakfast and had a good time seeing all her Nursery School friends. Santa came in and Beth immediately turned shy and Sarah loved him...from a distance...this is what happened when she was PUT on his lap!

And we ATTEMPTED to try to get a family picture. No such luck, but I like this one!

CHEEEEESE!