December 2008

December has flown by! A Merry Christmas was had by all! Ricky and I had my family over for Christmas Eve lunch and presents. All we had to make this time was mashed potatoes and black eyed peas. My sister, Laura brought the turkey and my brother, Tim brought a Honeybaked ham. The 23rd, the kids and I spent the day using Aunt Laura's famous cookie dough to make sugar cookies. Emily rolled, cut and baked them and Brent and I decorated them with frosting and sprinkles...my booty is getting bigger just thinking about it again! And of course Aunt Laura brought boocoodles of more freshly baked cookies and confections(her specialty).
Christmas day we got up with Emily and Brent who ripped through all their presents at a record pace! Everyone was excited about what they got! Santa was good to us! The kids got new I-Pods, I got a jewelry chest and Ricky got an ax! Yes, an axe! I was even able to slip a few things under the tree for Ricky that he didn't know he was getting and believe me, that's an accomplishment! I cooked a quick breakfast and then Ricky started loading the car for our trip to Munson and Andalusia.
We had a nice lunch with his dad and Lucy and supper at his Mom's. Love Love Love Carolyn's dumplings! We had such a blessed and great Christmas . We are so thankful for everything everyone gave us and for being able to spend Christmas with our families.
I didn't take any pictures Christmas Eve, but my sister did, so I have to get those from her, but I got some from Christmas at the Morris'. The boys were adorable learning to push their walker toys we got them. Watch out, Wendy and Michael, they'll be walking in no time!