Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas Cookies and Kobe's

We made Christmas cookies Thursday night. The girls loved it!
Daddy getting the dough ready
The finished product...the girls got a little "princess gel" happy :)
We've gone to Kobe's with my extended family as long as I can remember sometime over the Christmas holiday. It's getting harder and harder to get everyone there, but we try to get as many as we can. Macey threw up Thursday night so she had to stay at home. She was most upset about not getting to see Mimmy, so when Mimmy volunteered to keep her while Jeff, Madison and I went she quickly was totally fine with that set up.
Uncle Scottie playing with Sam
Madison loved on Brady all night...she did ask me at one point where Sissy was sitting..she had forgotten she hadn't come and was wondering where she was :)
Entertaining themselves while waiting on the cook

The cook had their undivided attention
Smoking volcano...you can tell Merrill in the background looks worried...
and now she's covering her face for the flame
We all go back to Grandma's house for presents...here Austin and Sue Sue are solving the world's problems
Austin, Sue Sue, Jeff, Bruce, Neil (behind Kay) and Kay Kay
Brady and Sam playing
Mad loves her Pops
So excited about her change purse from Grandma

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Christmas with Pap, Gigi and the Tanners

We had Christmas with Pap, Gigi, and the Tanners before they head to Dallas for Christmas. We had a great dinner from Gigi and then a game of Dirty Santa.
The kiddos passing out the numbers for the game
Madison embarrassed with the attention...she was number 1
She opened a snowman purse
Macey had number 2
a lovely scented candle...she didn't really know what to think :)
Jeffrey got a horse that neighed

Pap opened another horse
Papa took Macey's candle which she was glad to be able to open another present
until it was a thing of sausage
Luckily Gigi took the sausage...then Macey played it safe and took the horsey from Daddy
Jeff then opened lotion and a nail file
Philip a lovely light up Christmas necklace
Frances--Russell Stovers candy
Candy cane Joe Joe's for Libby
Biscuit mix and marmalade for Bebe
Libby singing "a partridge in a pear tree"

Presents from cousins time





We love us some new board games!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

ICE!

We went with Jeff's family to ICE out at Opryland Saturday. It was really cute and impressive what they can do with ice. The girls really enjoyed it, but the parkas were a little heavy on them this year.
Dressed and ready for 14 degrees!
Madagascar
Frances, Libby, Macey, Madison



They were like little penguins waddling around in those parkas...they didn't need the mittens they had on already since their little arms only went about halfway down.

The slides
As close as Libby got to going down
Uncle Brent
Frances
Jeff
Macey coming down the kiddy slide...Madison and Papa are at the top watching. Madison should have gone first b/c after she saw Sissy spinning around, she was out.
Macey still coming
Macey at the bottom
"Not too sure how I felt about that"






The Nativity Scene at the end was pretty incredible
Mary, Joseph, Jesus, and the Wise Men



It was really bright back outside, and it seemed really hot after being in the exhibit
Thanks Bebe and Papa!