Our Christmas in Pictures

What's a sure way to know if I've had a great time somewhere? I have very few photos to show for it. : / There are LOTS of photos in this post, but not nearly enough that cover all the fun we had these past two weeks. SO fun. But here is what I did manage to get...

Our Christmas morning...since we were heading to Texas for Christmas, we had our own Christmas celebration before we left, party of five style. ;) When we woke up, Brian read the Christmas story first....the boys were surprisingly patient and engaged, which made my heart very happy.

Then we headed downstairs to see what Santa had brought. Hunter was SO excited about his orange 4-wheeler....

Harrison and Hud both had a major Lego Christmas, which thrilled them to no end. I can't believe they both built their big sets that day. Crazy.

Clearly, Brian was having fun with some of his gifts too. ;)

And at the end of opening gifts, there was a special gift for each of them from Mickey Mouse, telling them that he can't wait to meet them this summer when they come to visit him at Disney World! Not sure who's more excited, me or them. Maybe me because I know just how magical that place is. They are really excited too...Hunter keeps asking me if it's time to go to "Disney Channel" yet. :) He has no idea how much fun it's going to be.

The next day we loaded up the car (and managed to fit all of us and everything else in it, which was a Christmas miracle) and headed fort Texas. We spent Christmas Eve at Nana's, and it was great. Family time, a delicious dinner, and the Christmas Eve service at our old church. Really great getting to go back and see friends...it was nice getting to be with our old church family.

Hunter really loves playing the Wii at Nana's....

Cousin time....

...that night we headed up to the farm for Christmas day. Harrison played his guitar for Mimi and Papa (with the help of his brothers~Hud on spotlight, Hunter was the music stand)... ;)

Hud got involved in a very serious game of Monopoly with his uncles. :)

Todd thought my mom's new cozy socks were a handband....hahaha.

The boys got to drive their new car-thing, and LOVED it. They were very cool.

Hud loved his cozy fort...in fact, he spent most of the day in here, playing his new DS games. The kiddo was in heaven. :)

Hunter ended up sick on Christmas with some yuck upper respiratory stuff. Not fun. Thankfully he was better the next day, and improved even more over the rest of the week. It was pitiful.

And apparently that's where I decided to stop taking pictures. Not happy with myself at all. The rest of the week was great too. Hung out with my friend Tomi, had a dinner date with Brian and our friends Brent and LeeAnn, shopped with my mom and sisters, watched the boys play hard with my dad and their aunts and uncles, taught a class at the Little Blue House, did a family photo shoot (can't wait to update the blog!!!)....we made tons of memories, and are thankful for a fantastic Christmas with our family and friends.

Now we're back home, and there is unpacking, a little laundry, and lots of cleaning and putting away of Christmas decorations to do. I'm going to buy my new calendar tomorrow...can't wait! Love the cleaning, fresh start, nesting thing that comes along with starting a new year. Here we go...bring on 2011!