Christmas #3

Finally we head back home and over to Grandma and Grandpa Merritt's house.












Finally finishing at the house.


With plenty of time for Kay to get to color her castle.

Christmas #2

Then it is time for Gaga & Papa's house.  Kendall has it all ready by the time we get there.



They start handing out the gifts.


While watching Despicable Me.






All LB could ask for before Christmas was Pumba from Lion King.  So Kacy got it for her.  Does it still look like she wants it?



This is as close as she would get to it.  I don't know what happened.





Group picture.

Christmas #1

We start out at our house in the morning.  

Crazy hair and PJ's.



Kay piced this out while shopping with her Dad. It needs it's own room.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was so much easier as a kid.  You get your pj's on, go to bed, wake up and there are presents. 



Bryan and I were up past midnight wrapping and putting together this cardboard house and castle for the girls. 



I also found that my tree has some lights out after taking these pictures. It has lasted a long time.  I bought it when Bry and I were dating.

Early Present

For the first time Bry will be leaving to go to a tournament over Christmas Break.  I wanted him and the girls to have some time to play with his big gift so we opened it on Christmas Eve.  We don't normally open any presents early.  Not counting my amazing new Camera I got as a Birthday/Christmas present this year. 








Following picture taken with my new camera.

Bug's Christmas program

Bugs had a Christmas Program at school.  We drove up there after we got home.  Laney came out, smiled, and didn't sing anything and then came over to us.  Thanks to the Daycare for trying thugh.  It was worth a shot.
This is the entire thing.

 

Christmas Card Photoshoot

So a friend shared the location where she took some great pics so I dressed up the girls and headed over there.  Spot - great.  Pics - Not so great.  It was too cold and windy and my subjects were not in the mood to tough it out.  Oh well, I still used the pics.

 



















and we were done.

Christmas Program

We are in dance again this year and Kay's Christmas program was very cute.  This was our first one with the new Dance school. 





Grandma and Grandpa Merritt came and brought roses. They are awesome.  They are always there to support her in everything.

Elf on th Shelf

***Since I'm posting this in March (he he) I'm just going to do a recap of all my Elf on the Shelf pics.**** Joey - our Elf on the Shelf was much more adventurous this year thanks to Pinterest.

Day 1




LB wasn't to concerned with 'Joey' until the day he got into the candy and ate one of her 'muffins' aka Reese's cups.  She yelled at him 'Joey, you get out of my candy! Joey, das not berry nice!  Joey, das dust my muffin!  Spit it out!' 



Several pics were taken with my iphone.








This one was fun...



this is what grew from the 'seeds'


















It rubbed off in the night - was red paint on her nose.