Christmas Day 2013

Christmas Day was filled with lots of excitement this year!  Parker was really into it and of course Landon was too.  This was Ansley's first Christmas which is always special.  All three of the kids got up at different times which was nice.  We were able to truly spend one on one time with each of them and enjoy their excitment as they came downstairs to see what Santa brought them.  Landon got up first and was thrilled to see his Nook and new bike.  Parker was next and he was excited about his new frosty, batman house and all the little guys he loves.  We put Ansley down and she crawled right over to her new babydoll.  It was really cute:)  After checking out all of their gifts, the kids ate breakfast and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus. 
Josh's parents came over to exchange gifts and spend some time with the kids and my mom stopped in to see what Santa brought them.  We left our house around 2pm and headed to Danville to spend Christmas night with my dad and his family.  Once everyone was gone the kids opened up their gifts from them.  Once again, they were totally spoiled and got lots of cool things. 
Our children are so blessed with awesome grandparents that love the dearly and I am so thankful they get to spend the holidays with them all!

Christmas Eve 2013

There was a lot of excitement in the air when we woke up Christmas Eve.  Both boys could not wait for Santa to come.  We spent the day hanging out at home, we let the kids open their presents from us and then we headed to my mom's for a little bit.  We went to church from there for the Christmas Eve Service.  We chose the kid friendly one and it proved to be quite interesting.  Parker chose to be an angel and Landon chose to be a Shephard.  Parker was totally cool with going on stage but after a while he got tired of standing so he laid down and then started rolling down the steps.  I had to pull him off the stage but he surely entertained everyone else.
After church we headed back to mom's for Christmas with her.  The kids tore through their gifts.  They loved what Ma gave them and then we came home to get ready for Santa.

Leopold and Snowflake

Our elf, Leopold showed up a few days after Thanksgiving this year.  The boys were beyond excited to see him back.  A few days later he came back from the North Pole with a girl elf.  I could not believe how excited Landon was.  Parker was a little but not nearly as much as Landon.  They spent the day trying to come up with a name and settled on Snowflake.  They spent the rest of the season scheming together:)  Their favorite was waking up to their red noses:)
Here are some of the pics I remembered to take.

Preschool Christmas Play

This is Parker's first year and preschool and he is in the 3 year old class.  With that comes the Christmas play.  His class got to be the sheep.  We were unsure how he would do, but he was awesome!  He wore his costume, sang the songs and did the hand motions.  I was one proud momma!

Christmas 2013

Christmas 2013 was an awesome Christmas!  It was Ansley's first one, it was my mom's first time hosting Christmas Eve in her new house and it was a season of celebrating Jesus's birthday.  The boys really understand that is the reason we celebrate and are always excited to sing "Happy Birthday" to him on Christmas Day.  I am going to include lots of pictures from the holidays since I am so far behind. 
Our annual gingerbread decorating with the Jones Family, the many outfits of Ansley, outing to a light show, pj pictures and more:)