MY PARENTS AND I... HAVE ALWAYS.... FOR AS LONG AS I REMEMBER....OPENED OUR PRESENTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE...SO, WHEN SCOTT AND I GOT MARRIED AND STARTED HAVING BABIES...WE HAVE ALWAYS KEPT THAT FAMILY TRADITION...SO ON CHRISTMAS EVE...WE LOAD UP AND HEAD TO MY PARENTS...BUT NOT BEFORE I MAKE THE CHILDREN SUFFER THRU A GROUP PICTURE WITH THEIR MOM..THIS WAS THE BEST ONE WE COULD GET...I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE URBAN'S FACE...THAT IS WHAT HE DOES WHEN HE'S IN TROUBLE AND I SAY.."COME HERE AND LET MAMA TALK TO YOU"..I'LL ALWAYS KNEEL DOWN ON HIS LEVEL AND AS HE'S WALKING TO ME..HE UNDOUBTEDLY WILL HAVE HIS EYES CLOSED AND HIS TONGUE ALL HANGING OUT LIKE HE'S HAVING A SEIZURE OR SOMETHING (NOT MAKING FUN...JUST GIVING THE PLAY BY PLAY)...AND THEN HE FALLS DOWN ON THE FLOOR LIKE HE'S JUST FALLEN OUT...HE'S HILARIOUS!!! AND IT'S HARD TO SCOLD HIM WITH A STRAIGHT FACE WHEN HE'S DOING HIS CHARADES IN FRONT OF ME...
MY MOM WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HER DECORATING THIS YEAR SO I TOOK A FEW PICS TO SHARE..I LOVE THE TREES ON THE RIGHT OF HER FIRE PLACE!!
WE NOW CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN THEIR NEW FAMILY "SUN" ROOM THAT THEY BUILT ON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO...IT WAS SOME VERY MUCH NEEDED SPACE FOR THEM...
THE COWBOYS PLAYED ON CHRISTMAS EVE SO OF COURSE WE HAD TO SUPPORT THE TEAM!!!
MIMI WITH HER GIRLS!!
MY GRANDMA DOT (URBAN'S GREAT) WITH URBAN
ME AND THE GANG WITH GRANDMA DOT
URBAN SHOWED GRANDPA LUBY HIS AIRPLANES HE HAD GOTTEN FROM US THAT MORNING..HE LOVES GRANDPA LUBY..MAINLY BECAUSE GRANDPA LUBY HAS FALSE TEETH AND HE STICKS THEM IN AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH WITH HIS TONGUE AND URBAN THINKS THAT'S THE WEIRDEST/FUNNIEST THING EVER...
MY GREAT UNCLE IVAN (MADDOX'S GREAT-GREAT) WITH MADDOX
SINCE WE'VE BEEN MARRIED...SCOTT'S PARENTS AND HIS BROTHER, ERIC COME OVER TO MY PARENTS AND EAT CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER WITH US..NORMALLY, SCOTT'S MOM MAKES SOUP AND MY MOM MAKES CHILI AND WE HAVE FINGER FOODS..THIS YEAR NANA ALSO MADE SPAGHETTI...FULL BELLIES FOR EVERYONE!!! AFTER SCOTT'S PARENTS AND BROTHER LEAVE, WE OPEN PRESENTS WITH MY GREAT UNCLE IVAN AND MY GRANDPARENTS...I DO ALL THE SHOPPING FOR BOTH OF THEM..WHICH IS FUN FOR ME..I SAVE SOME OF THE KIDS MOST FAVORITE "WANTS" SO I CAN DIVY IT OUT AMONG EVERYONE THAT IS GIVING THEM SOMETHING... BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT "YEAHHHH THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER" LOOK ON THEIR FACE WHEN THEY OPEN OTHER PEOPLES GIFTS..IF THAT MAKES SENSE..THEY ARE SOOOOOO APPRECIATIVE AND EXCITED ALL THRU CHRISTMAS...BUT I ALWAYS WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE GIVING THEM THAT "MOST FAVORITE" GIFT...
RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SCOTT AND I TOOK THE KIDS ALONG WITH HIS MAMA TO TOYS R US..BECAUSE SCOTT'S GRANDMA STILL NEEDED SOME STUFF TO GIVE THE KIDS..WELL SAYLOR BECAME ATTACHED TO THE BELOW GIFT..A DELUXE SIX PACK COMBO OF SQUINKIES....SHE CARRIED IT AROUND WITH HER IN TOYS R US FOR THE THREE HOURS THAT WE WERE THERE...CLAIMING THAT IT WAS THE ONLY THING SHE WANTED IN THE WHOLEEEEEEEEEE WIDE WORLD!!!...IT LITERALLY BROKE HER HEART TO HAVE TO PUT IT BACK...WELL, MY GRANDPARENTS GAVE ME THEIR MONEY PROBABLY A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS..AND THANKS TO MY AWESOME DAD FOR TRAVELING ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES AWAY FROM HIS WORK TO PICK UP THIS COMBO PACK FROM THE TOYS R' US WE HAD VISITED..IT WAS SOLD OUT ON-LINE AND THAT TOYS R' US WAS THE ONLY WAY WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET HER ONE FROM FOR CHRISTMAS..SO THANKS DAD...AND SHE WAS SOOOO SURPRISED WHEN SHE OPENED IT....CAN I JUST SAY AGAIN..HOW MUCH I LOVEEEE CHRISTMAS!!!
LONDON GOT A "FU-FA" FROM GRANDMA DOT AND GRANDPA LUBY
AND URBAN WAS DOUBLY AS EXCITED ABOUT HIS "BROBIE"...HE WAS SOOOOO EXCITED THAT BROBIE ACTUALLY HAD TO HELP URBAN OPEN HIS PRESENTS..HE LITERALLY HELD BROBIES HAND INSIDE HIS OWN HAND AS HE TORE THE PAPER ON HIS PRESENTS..IT WAS TOOOO DANG CUTE!!!
MADDOX OF COURSE..GOT SOMETHING "LEGO" RELATED...A LEGO IDEA BOOK THAT HE FOUND ON AMAZON...HE ALSO GOT A LEGO BIBLE WHICH IS THE NEATEST THING I HAVE SEEN FOR BOYS IN A WHILE...IT IS THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE PICTURES HAVE LEGO PEOPLE IN THEM DEPICTING THE STORIES...SO COOL!!!
MY GRANDMA DOT DOESN'T GET OUT MUCH THESE DAYS...AND MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING HER LOTS OF MOVIES TO WATCH..SHE REALLY WANTED "GONE WITH THE WIND"..A CLASSIC...THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN...BY THE LOOK OF HER REACTION, I THINK IT ABSOLUTELY MADE HER CHRISTMAS!!
TOTALLY INTRIGUED BY THE LEGO BIBLE
AND THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR CHRISTMAS 2011' BEST FACIAL REACTIONS...GOES TO......................LONDON.... DURING HER OPENING OF "STRAWBERRY DIRT-CAKE"!!
EVERY TIME LONDON WOULD OPEN A PRESENT....URBAN WOULD BE RIGHT THERE WITH HER ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT...SAYING..."LON-DON....LOOK AT_______YOU GOT"..."OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!" SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO THAT SO REMIND ME THEY ARE TWINS..I LOVE IT!!!
SCOTTJ...HE'S NEVER GONNA BE TOO OLD TO LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! HE'S PROBABLY WORSE THAN THE KIDS AS FAR AS LOVING A PRESENT GOES :)
AFTER POSTING THIS...I NOW REALIZE WE OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO POSE WITH OUR GIFTS..NOT SURE WHEN THIS STARTED IN LIFE..PROBABLY DUE TO MY MOM'S MOM...WHO TOOK A PICTURE OF EVERYTHING...THERE WAS NEVER A MOMENT WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE HER CAMERA WITH HER...SO GLAD SHE LEFT ME WITH HER LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY...
MY DAD...THE HISTORY BUFF...WHO SO GRACIOUSLY LET THE KIDS HELP HIM OPEN HIS PRESENTS...HE HAS MORE ENJOYMENT WATCHING THEM THAN OPENING THEM HIMSELF...THEY ARE LUCKY..BECAUSE MAMA (ME) DOESN'T SHARE HER PRESENTS THAT WELL :)
AFTER WE FINISHED WITH MY PARENTS...WE ALL HEADED BACK TO OUR HOUSE FOR A NEW FAMILY TRADITION WE STARTED LAST YEAR...SO FOR TWO YEARS NOW, ALL THE GRANDPARENTS AND UNCLE-E HAVE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US ON CHRISTMAS EVE...ACTUALLY, UNCLE-E HAS BEEN SPENDING THE NIGHT FOREVER BUT NOW THE GRANDPARENTS HAVE JUMPED ABOARD...IT'S REALLY FUN TO HAVE ALL YOUR FAMILY UNDER ONE ROOF AND WAKE UP TO SEE WHAT SANTA CLAUS HAS LEFT...MORE TO COME ON THE REST OF CHRISTMAS 2011...IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT TIME, CONSIDERING WE ARE ALMOST HALF WAY THRU FEBRUARY 2012!!
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