Merry Christmas! Round 3

Girls (and Wyatt) in the Kitchen (Polli, Nini, Dixie, Ann)
Our Jesus cake
Zach's old go cart.. they just got the motor redone so Wyatt could enjoy the same memories nad fun Zach did...

Yes, the cake is green. Yes, the icing is green. Apparently green is Jesus' favorite color.
Aunt Dixie of course! She loves to dress up Bug!
Opening presents Christmas morning.. they look so sweet, before the madness began!
Zach's new guitar
Walking in to Nini's
Love this picture, so beautiful (so bias I know!)
Brother and Sister
TOY STORY 3! Can you tell the excitement in her face!
Fairy, Tinkerbell princess.. she stripped down immediately to put this on! And Jessie.
Christmas morningHunting with Daddy and papa.. EJ screams when he shoots the bunnies, I do not blame her.
My princess
Papa
Nonno joined us for the morning, she did alright.. a little confused, but glad she was there.

loving on Nini
happy dance

Morning picture on Christmas.. not my best look !

Aunt Dissy and Wyatt
Dissy and EJ
Daddy enjoying the fire
Buzz light year Jet pack wings.. the warning says "not a flying device." Really? In our house it seems Wyatt thinks he can do anything Buzz does.
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Another Blessed year. I have to say we are flat out spoiled. The kids really got into the "opening" of the presents this year and did not exactly show the appreciation for the gifts as I would of hoped, but I hear that is the age. I pray that is the age, otherwise next year they might get rocks! :) Santa delivered the big prize gift of Buzz Lightyear Jet Pack Wings... and for EJ between all of her Christmas's with family now has almost every barbie in Target (I mean the north pole) ...
Christmas morning was wonderful. The kids actually slept in until 7:30 (yes, that is sleeping in) and we opened Santa's gifts along with a few others and then the hunting began. Santa brought a hunting game on the Wii.. I looked up it was 9:15 and we were suppose to be at the Doss house at 9:30.. we were all still in P.J.s (which explains why we look so cute on Christmas Day!) We enjoyed our time over there with more generous gifts, wonderful meal by Nini, and good old family time. It is so normal for everyone to gather around the piano, drums, baskets of shakers, symbols, whatever instrument that makes lots of noise and sing. It really is like the scene from My Best Friends wedding.. the kids love it. Especially EJ, she loves the music and loves to dance. Wyatt is a little more reserved but loves the attention. I am the only one who in tone deaf, does not have an ounce of rhythm, and cannot even move my two feet in the same direction without thinking so hard about I fall over. I pray the kids take after Zach and the entire Doss Family. Skeet and Nini started a new tradition this year of the Happy Birthday Jesus cake on Christmas Day, so the kids loved that. I hope they really understand the next few years the true meaning of all this fun and how extremely blessed we are.

Merry Christmas!

Starting off the day on a turkey hunt (the dog was the turkey) They drove the jeep around in the cold looking for tracks.. they are 4? What do we have to look forward to when they are 14?! I guess it was good it was not a reindeer hunt?! Boys boys...
My baby growing up WAY too fast.
The wonderful Mrs. Hullender.. always full of love and smiles!
Playing the drums waiting.... waiting is hard to do!
Storm trooper E J
Before decorating our cake..
Baby girl..
Before presents playing with Nicholas and Joshua

My girls...
Merry Christmas!

So excited about new spiderman shoes... Not my favorite Idea, not a fan of themed light up shoes, but I will get over it! He ran laps to test them out ot make sure they were "fast."
My loves...

Happy Birthday Jesus.. We had a good Christmas Eve... It started out with a play date with Wyatt's very first buddy Locker (more like a hunting adventure.. they are all about hunting and shooting everything in sight!) and the laughter and joy started early. Then, we went to a happy birthday Jesus birthday party. It was precious.... we decorated a cake and there was a wonderful message behind each colored sprinkle, a great story to tell many years to come.

We went to 4 Pm church, a little different, but great with kids. We had a great celebration service. This was the first year Wyatt had to go to big church with us and he did alright. I was shocked when he went up to the front to hear the story. He did stand up (the place was standing room only) and yell, "Mom, Dad.. I have to go pee!" So Zach took care of it. He was super impressed with the candlelight part of the service, I was super impressed he did not set me or the chair in front of us on fire.:)
WE ended the night at Mom's.. She fixed a good meal and the kids opened presents.
My grandmother had to go to the hospital this morning, they thought she had a stroke... but she did not and has a severe infection.. better tonight and hope from the hospital. We are so thankful for answered prayers and the sacrifice Jesus made for our lives.

Merry Christmas Papa!

Merry Christmas Papa!

Sassy... terrified of the cap gun.

Princess pillow...
Handsome boys
This is such a typical West Texas picture!

My sweet Dad looks so mean, do let the eyebrows fool you.

One of my favorite gifts.. Papa recorded in his voice the Night Before Christmas
"Thank you Thank you Thank you Papa!"


The big winner, a new cap gun... The best gift ever.. Pam picked out a Harmonica for Wyatt and he loves it! I love the creativity, she always thinks of the best little things!
Waiting is so hard to do! I still remember as a kid having to wait until Christmas dinner was cleaned up before we could open presents... the kids will have the same memories!

Barbie make up.. not my first choice in gifts. She has already discovered the nail polish!
Tired kids, attempted family pic...
Mermaid barbie

I have the best dad in the world. He is not perfect, but so perfect for me! There was never a day growing up where I did not feel loved. I am so blessed to have him close and able to be Papa to my kids. Lately the latest adventure is hunting, Wyatt loves to go to the lease.. he cannot stop talking about it. I am not sure how much fun it will be when he kills something and has to clean it, but for now it is cokes, sugar, and lots of Papa time.
We celebrated Christmas tonight at his house, the kids were showered with gifts and loved every minute of it. Wyatt ended up with another cap gun (which terrifies the dog), and a real bow and arrow.. that does concern me a bit. (It will stay at Papa's so his sister is not the target) EJ got all new barbies and princess stuff...she is in Barbie heaven.. I laughed when we got home, I told Zach I need to stick that "Beach Barbie" in her cute tiny bikini on the frig!
Thank you Papa for another year of wonderful memories and all the love you share with us!