Sunday, December 30, 2012

Christmas 2012!

 How wonderful it was to be in Van Buren with all of our family on Christmas! We went down to Van Buren on Sunday and headed home after breakfast and gifts on Christmas Day.
Kimberly, Elizabeth and Robert decided last minute to come to Van Buren instead of us driving to Texas. We were so glad to have them with us, but really missed not having Wrenn since he had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas. 




 The boys were so happy to have their cousins in Van Buren!



 
 We exchanged gifts on the morning of Christmas Eve since that worked better for the little ones.
It was so much fun!





 Christian loved his cowboy hat and boots from Pops and GoGo! They were on the top of his Christmas list this year!


 Andrew received lots of fun toys from his uncles and aunt!

 GoGo received a "special" gift from Will....the groundhog that was eating her flowers for months was finally caught. So Will had it stuffed and mounted!!! A unique touch with the flowers in its mouth too! It was so funny!

 Andrew got his first Wii game, a Hot Wheels car racing game Track Attack!

 Elizabeth received lots of fun toys too! GoGo got her some pretty bracelets!
Somehow, I did not get a picture of Robert with his gifts. He was too busy using his new toy vacuum  from Uncle Jim and Aunt Angela. 




 Will and Andrew enjoyed a tea party together with Elzia


 Christian enjoyed reading some of his new books!
 
 Andrew was helping GoGo in the kitchen!

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, we went to see Joe and Tammy. Brad was in town from Washington D.C. too. They recently bought a new house last week so we got to get the full tour before they even moved in! 
 


 The boys helped get the cookies ready for Santa!

 Look what Santa left!!!!


















 We were so glad to spend our Christmas with our family! Later that afternoon on Christmas Day, it began snowing in Van Buren. They received several inches while we did not see one snowflake in Bella Vista. Luckily, we got our first snow the Friday after Christmas. We had a relaxing evening at home watching the snowfall! Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Tiny Tots Christmas program!

Andrew had his preschool Christmas program in Mrs. Misty's class!
He was King Andrew aka wiseman in the play. He loved his costume!


 I was so amazed how great the three years olds were at their play. Seeing them perform the story of the birth of Jesus was so sweet!

 Andrew wanted his picture by his class Christmas tree!

 After the play, the children sang "Happy birthday" to Jesus and had birthday cake!




 Jim and I were SO glad to be there for his class party! Andrew was really happy too!

 Andrew and his classmates all brought a wrapped gift and they exchanged among the kiddos.

 Jim and I were amazed at how patient all the kids were to wait to open their gifts until Ms. Misty said "Open!"

 His teacher also made book bags for all the kiddos with their names and Tiny Tots preschool on them! What a special gift! We still have Christian's Tiny Tots book bag too. ;)

 After the gift exchange, the kids got to hit a pinata!

 And all the children received a bag of candy!
What special and memorable party!