Thursday, December 30, 2010

christmas day....till laaaaaaaaaate

we headed into town for christmas with brandon's parents around 3:30.  right when we got there susu gave each kid a bag that santa had left for them at her house :)  ellis was amazed..."how did he know we were going to be here?!?!"

i am SO SUPER lucky that my parents and brandon's parents get along fabulously :)  susu and nish had 20 or so people to their house christmas night (my parents and brother included) for dinner.  a delicious dinner that the chef/owner (charles) of ibiza came to cook for us @ their house....fun, right??  the appetizers he served were to die for...so was dinner...and dessert...loved it all...totally casual but a really cool experience...not a terrible way to do christmas dinner i would say!

me and my christmas baby :)  are you sick of seeing that red bow headband yet?!
 the girlies
 sister to sister chat...
 huh?
 hi!  merry christmas!
 big smiles...
 playing under the tree...crawling everywhere now so she goes right for it






 charles working his magic...
 bebe wore the crown all night...i know, you are shocked!
 grant opened a gift from brandon's brother...look what was inside :)  when will we grow up?!?!  NEVER!
 jammin...
 the kids w/ aunt karin :)
 chit chat
 beckett and nish
 had to take a pic of the best mac and cheese ever...little individual servings :)  so good....
 brandon getting tips from charles??

 ellis stayed in front of this mirror for the entire night...singing her little heart out.  the mic works...she sings along to "i'm a barbie girl...in a barbie world" :)  horrible song.
 beckett getting tips from charles??

it was so cold that night...we all sat out by the fire...drinking and laughing way too much.  we all spent the night and were woken up too early by the little ones!  i think i am finally caught up on sleep...but i have a feeling i will be back to being exhausted come saturday :)  happy new years!!!!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

christmas morning

santa came!!!  the kids slept until around 7:15.  actually, one of them woke up and woke the others :)  they were super excited to see all of their gifts...beckett's ONLY request was stinky the garbage truck.  i am sure you saw it @ target over the holidays on display.  he talks and toots?!?  gross.  poor santa had no choice in the matter.  ellis had requested zoobles.  don't even ask.  they are the DUMBEST thing ever.  again, kinda had to happen.  that thing on the left is a playhouse that you color yourself...ellis loves it :)

sleeeeeeeepy....


they checked it all out and then we opened gifts under the tree from our immediate family...

we then quickly headed over to bebe and bo's...where they were anxiously awaiting our crew :)  we opened the one zillion gifts my mom had wrapped.  everyone was spoiled.  beckett LOVED his football uniform the best...
 after opening everything, bebe and bo said "look outside...i think there is one more gift"...
 woooo hooooo!!!!  it is HUGE...emery can ride in the way back.  it has a working radio and all kinds of fun gadgets...
 beckett drives too...he pops the curb and heads into yards :)
we headed home around lunchtime to shower, nap, and get ready for christmas w/ susu and nish in town :)

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

christmas eve

so you already know what the boys were doing on christmas eve...golf.  the girls decided to go to the children's service @ church (11 a.m.) and a birthday party for jesus.  so cute :)  lots of singing, the children took toys/money up to the front for the less fortunate, performed a story of jesus puppet show...etc.  ellis loved it...and emery just chilled.  never made a peep :)  can you see her there in her car seat!!!???
 hi...

 one real candle and one glow light :)
 cute sisters in coordinating dresses :)
 you should see how she starts kicking her legs in excitement when bebe walks thru the door.  and she gets mad if bebe goes to one of the other kids first...yikes.  already jealous...
 i snapped lots of pics since she was in such a good mood after getting over her cold...







susu and nish came over later in the day to see the kids and enjoy a cocktail or two...or three.  that evening we went to a christmas eve party we go to every year with my family...the kids run around crazy but we are always home by nine-ish so that santa can start working on gifts!  check back to see if they were on the nice list or the naughty list :)

Monday, December 27, 2010

he thinks he's the sh*t

beckett is BONKERS for golf.  when he finds out he is invited for a round it is ALL he can talk about until the tee time arrives.  he has no problem hanging for the entire 18 holes.  the guys (bo, grant, beckett and brandon) had a 9:30 a.m. tee time on christmas eve.  so...you can only imagine his excitement when bebe and bo let him open a present early.  his very own set of golf clubs. OMG.  they are quite possibly the cutest thing i have EVER seen.   here he is before his tee time on christmas eve :)  i mean seriously?? so adorable.  


 he did not have time for me.  no "geeeeels" allowed as he would say!
when he opened the gift, he hit balls for 2.5 hours straight.  6-8:30 p.m.  he had to be woken up @ 9 a.m. to make the tee time.  i also LOVE his LOVE for golf.  4 hours w/ beckett out of the house??  merry christmas to me!!!!!!  a big thank you to bo for supporting beckett's favorite hobby :)

cookies for santa

i am not a baker.  i *might* try to become a baker when emery is like 10 years old.  until then, i will save the HUGE mess for just a few times a year.  one of those times being cookies for santa of course :)  i do understand that it would be much less of a mess if i didn't have my little helpers...but where is the fun in that??  i let them do ALL OF IT by themselves.  the measuring, pouring, egg cracking, mixing, rolling, decorating...you get the picture.  they were so very proud of themselves...


 beckett's are on the right :)
 i even decorated a few...do you like my gingerbread lady?  ellis insisted on eyelashes :)
next up...christmas eve!