Christmas 2007 to New Year's

Christmas morning was interesting. The wind had been blowing and we woke up as the power went out a little after 7am. Lil A was not too excited about being woken up and needed a piece of candy before he would even glance at his stocking and the things Santa brought for them. They loved everything they got but then had a hard time wanting to open presents. We had to keep calling all the boys back to open a gift. The chalkboard from Ga and Papa made by my Grandpa was a huge hit. H was so cute not really opening his gifts and riding in a box pushed by Big A. With no power, our Christmas breakfast was a little bit of a challenge but with the grill and lighting the stove with a match, we had a great breakfast- we had our sweet rolls that night after the power came back on. Christmas naps were wonderful, I wish I got those all year long and the power was on when we woke up. We drove home late that night after games.

C came over to our place Thursday afternoon to spend the night and then ride with us back to my parents' house on Friday. Friday was fun watching the boys run around but I wanted to go to "Old Lady" to return stuff and to go to Target to check out the Christmas stuff that was on clearance- yes I took 3 active boys (under the age of 4) by myself! But they were pretty good and I got the Train stocking holder for $12.50! and a lot of candy that they picked out for 50% off.

Ann and her family decided to come early to my parents' house and C needed to see his parents, so we headed back there when Bryan got home from work. Sunday morning we came back to RSM for church and then Monday afternoon we headed back to my parents' to ring in the New Year with everyone. After being put to bed at 9pm my boys thought it would be fun to play until after 11pm but then Lil A got hurt, he put his finger in a box fan (the photos are the next morning when we were changing his band-aid). We played a "wild" game of Boogle and my nephew Big D was the only kid allowed to stay up to bang pots and pans with Matt, Taylor, Brendan and Mike. New Year's Day was filled with football (of course) and Bryan smoked ribs and turkey again, Jill made a wonderful salad (that I am craving right now but since we have not been home, I have not been to the grocery store). We drove home late (again) after I kicked Bryan's butt on Guitar Hero III (even when we were both doing Medium on Pro-Face-Off).