gifts at Nan&Pops

We love us some Christmas.

This photo was taken at Nan and Pops. We always save the stockings for last in order to savor every Christmas moment.

Christmas was a little different this year because we wanted to make it for services on Sunday morning.

Nan and I were emotional ladies.

There were tears as my brother blessed the chocolate gravy for breakfast and of course they were happy. We realized how blessed we are with a wonderful family. And then to top it all off, the entire family was at church that morning. It was really great.

I think she liked it.

She had been waiting for this one for a while.

Bunch-a-nuts

This is the only shot I got of this sucka.

The three reindeer had a glowing Christmas holiday season.

the yearly stirring....aka Christmas with Nan&Pop

We get chocolate gravy every year on Christmas morning from Nan.

Pop was in on the kitchen action this year as well.

We had a ton of good food that we will be looking forward to it all year again.

My brother is a very creative guy. He always has been.

He craftfully decorated this gift with toilet paper.

It really was almost too cute to open.

It had a Tom&Jerry vibe to it.

We were all together this year for Christmas and all went to church together as well.

It was a teary eyed kind of day for mom and I.

We were both so glad to be with everyone and make those important memories.

And the messy chocolate mouths.

The opening of Christmas gifts at Nan's to come.

And hopefully Christmas will be wrapped up sometime in February. ;)

Cousins Reunited

All of Truman and Loretta's grand kids were together for Christmas this year.

The girls have the best time when they get to spend time with their cousins. And of course Grammie cooked lots of good food for everyone.

Becky's kids have grown so much but it's like the girls pick up right where they left off every time they see each other.

It is also interesting to see Alex and his sister Becky get together. They are a lot alike in the way they come across and talk. There also seems to be another similarity.

Can you tell what it is?

Got one!

Makayla loved Aunt Becky's dog.

She was put in her crate because she was nipping at people and Aunt Becky said she was 'aggravated".

Makayla asked "When she's done being aggravated, can we let her out?"

They also really like clanking on Grammie's piano.

Everyone was watching the talent show.

The talent was amazing.

The big two of the group.

Christmas dinner with Deb

Debbie and her daughter

We were SO glad to see Debbie and her family. We used to spend lots of time together but have gotten busy and don't see eachother much anymore. We usually try to have Christmas dinner at some point over the holidays. This year we had chips and dips, a sandwich tray, and dessert. There are so many holiday gatherings with heavy foods that we decided to take it easy.

Can you see why we love them so much?

The kids had fun decorating cookies.

It is a shame that we don't see Debbie and her family more.

We should really do something about that.