Happy Birthday Jesus!

Santa came!!!

Brody was sure to leave Santa cookies and milk on the night before Christmas.  He even reminded me that we needed spread the reindeer food on our lawn and leave carrots for them too.  The next morning he said he heard jingle bells out his window!!! 

Brody woke up at 5:00am and we told him we couldn't get up until 6:00.  So, right at 6:00 he had us all up and ready to go see if Santa had come.  There was a whole lot of excitement around our house that morning!!!  SANTA CAME!!!   SANTA CAME!!!

Here's Brody in awe of his new PSP game!  I couldn't decide which picture to post of his expression, so here are two I loved.

It was so cute...when we were all done opening gifts, Brody asked to get his picture taken with all of his gifts.  He was so excited!

Of course that meant Wyatt wanted to get his picture with his stuff too.  Wy loved the magicians hat that is on his lap!

Here is his new Buzz Lightyear blaster! AWESOME!

 

Mimi's

After church we were off to Mimi's house for Christmas Eve dinner.  Boy was it yummy...who can resist CPK!

Love the look on cousin Devin's face!

My boys got along with their cousin Devin soooo well!  They miss him already!!!

Brody gettin' some lovin' from Mimi!

Wy Wy getting some snuggles too!

Children's Mass on Christmas Eve

It's always been a tradition for my family to attend the children's mass at St. Jerome's on Christmas Eve.  The kids love it because they let the children come up to the alter to watch a play about the birth of Jesus.  We even sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.  Sooo cute!  I love watching my little guys pray...it just warms my heart.

Mama & Papa are so proud of their 7 grandchildren!

Awww...

Garner Family Lunch

We met with Jerry's mom's side of the family on Christmas Eve for lunch.  We loved seeing Gram, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  Here's a picture of the whole gang!  xoxo

Gingerbread House

Before...

decorate...

quick pic...

and after.  Sooooo cute!

Christmas with Mama & Papa!

We celebrated Christmas with my mom and dad on Monday.  The boys are always so excited to see their boxes stacked to the ceiling!

Wyatt's been wanting this puppy that you feed and then it poops.  Silly boy!

Brody's really into Spongebob this year!  He loved this Lego set!

Brody LOVED his big boy bow and arrow!

My mom loved the fleece blanket we got her with the kids pictures on it!

Wyatt was so cute with his Buzz costume on!  The wings ROCK! To infinity and beyond!

Mama & Papa loved the Wii my sister's families and ours got them.  We played Wheel of Fortune!  It was a blast!

Laubmeier's

We got together with the Laubmeier side of the family on Monday for lunch at Macayo's.  We had the best time seeing our aunts, uncles, and cousins.  Afterwards we headed to Grandpa Eddie's house to play.  Fun times!


Cousin Connor, Brody, Cousin Devin, and Wyatt


 

Here's the whole gang!



Look's like it's green day today!

The boys loved going for a golf cart ride with Grandpa!

Here's Brody making sure his two inmates stay locked up!

Now this was something different...standing up in the back while riding.  They thought that was the coolest thing ever!

Baking Day!!!!

All of the kids in our family look forward to baking day all year long!  The cousins love to spend the whole day at my house baking cookies, playing, and of course eating goodies.  Yesterday my mom, sisters, and my nieces/nephews came over for our yearly "baking day".  We had such a great time!!!

Brody loved making sugar cookies!

Amanda was a huge help!  She hung in there and baked all day long!  She's taller than me now!

Natalie was such a great helper with Wyatt.  She's just so patient and sweet with him.

Brody was so proud of his accomplishment!

Wyatt really took his time and did a fantastic job!

Here is Brody as the king and Tatum as the queen.  Natalie and Amanda were their servants.  They loved being waited on.  How cute are they????!!!! 

We couldn't leave out the puppies!  Angel (Theresa's dog) is on the left, Trixie (our dog and Angel's sister) is in the middle, and Belle (Susie's dog) is on the right.  Aren't they precious??!!

At the end of the night, I realized I hadn't gotten a picture of all the kids together.  Here it is...all 7 grandchildren.  We're so blessed to all be so close to each other.  xoxoxoxo

 

Wyatt's Christmas Party/ Bass Pro Shop

I took the day off of work on Wednesday to go to Wyatt's Christmas party (Jerry had the day off too).  Santa visited his class, they had a book exchange, and made cute gingerbread houses.  It was so nice to take him to school, see where his cubby is, watch him play and interact with his friends, etc.  Afterwards, we picked Brody up from school and headed out to Bass Pro Shop.  They have so many fun and FREE activities for the kids.  Both of the kids LOVED the snowball fight we had there!!!

Wyatt asked Santa for a lego set.

This is the book he got from his book exchange.  We read it last night before bed.  The boys LOVE all of the silly things she eats!

Here's Wyatt with his best buddy Connor.  They were so proud of their gingerbread houses!  I think most of Wyatt's candy ended up in his tummy!!!

The boys couldn't wait to get their hands on these remote control monster trucks.  There was hardly anyone there because we went on a Wednesday morning.  No lines!!!  Woo hoo!

Notice Santa in the background with no kids.  The place was dead.  Awww yay!

The boys both love shooting at targets.

Wy looks so serious and focused.

This catfish was HUGE!

Game on!  Here's the snowball fight!

The boys could have stayed and had snowball fights all day long!

We loved Santa's set up.  Isn't it beautiful? 

Both boys asked for lego sets.

Jerry and I got in on the fun and challenged the boys to a snowball fight!  We all had a BLAST!  These are the days we live for!