Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas day at home! Gram and
Paw Paw came to eat breakfast with us and then we
opened gifts.  The kids were excited about all of their
new toys.  They played ALL day long! We ate gumbo
for lunch and then mom and dad took a nap! It was
a great day.

Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve service at
church and then went to Great Granny's for
dinner.  The kids put our their reindeer food
they had made at school and I took a picture
of the moon b/c it was so pretty that night.

Christmas Baking

The kids and Daddy made their annual sugar
cookies and mommy made a Happy Birthday
Jesus cake for us to eat on Christmas day.

Christmas in Lafayette

We enjoyed the pre-Christmas festivities in Lafayette
with Pop Pop and JuJu. We were so excited to get to see
Cousin Jackson as well.

Movie Day!

Andrew and Aaron had been counting down
the days until the new Star Wars movie came out
and on Dec. 18th they finally got to see it! The girls
opted to see the new chipmunk movie at the
same time.

Avery's Pre-School Christmas Musical

I had been anxiously awaiting this performance
since Avery started prek! Aaron didn't do this
one when he went there because the music
teacher would alternate schools and he missed
doing it all together.  She was so pretty as a
doll for her performance and she took
her part very seriously! It was so cute! 

Church Sunday School Christmas play

This was Avery's second year to be is Ms. Cindy's
Sunday School Christmas play that she does
every year with the 3-5 yr olds.  Last year
she was an angel and she and Brooklyn
sang together.  This year she was a sheep
and Brooklyn was to be the cow but sadly
Brooklyn was sick the day of the performance.
We were so sad they did not get to sing together
this year.

Cookies with Gram

The kids spent the night with Gram and Paw Paw so
we could go to a Christmas party and they had a great
time making turtle cookies.

Boy Scout Christmas Party

Here a picture from Aaron's Cub Scout
Christmas party where Santa and his elf
made a special appearance.

Aaron's Field Trip and Christmas Lunch

December proved to be a very busy month for
school activities.  I attended a field trip with Aaron
to the planetarium and Andrew and I ate lunch with
him for the 2nd grade Christmas lunch.   I love
being able to be there for these type of events. 

2nd Annual PJ Day at church

Our church held its annual PJ day for the kids
and a few adults! Since Andrew and I teach a
Sunday school class full of 2 yr olds I figured I could
wear my pjs too.  And we all match of course!

Christmas Decorating

The kids decorated the tree this year
all by themselves.  Daddy and I put a few
at the top since they couldn't reach.
They are very proud of their tree. 

Aaron's Skating Celebration

For the last year Aaron has been asking to go skating for
his birthday.  We decided to wait until Thanksgiving
break so that Margaret and Meredith could join us on
our skating celebration.  The kids had a blast even though
there was A LOT of falling down.  We are so
proud of our big 8 year old!

Operation Christmas Child

One of my favorite things about the Christmas season is
the Operation Christmas Child project. The kids have
so much fun picking out the gifts for a boy and girl
their age!