Merry Christmas Eve 2012

The reindeer are fed, the cookies and milk are out, the stockings are hung, and the children are in bed!  The question is....are they asleep?  :)  We have three very excited little girls and one little boy who is clueless but happy upstairs snug in their beds (well Jack is in his bed and the girls are all piled in Bec's bed!) anticipating Christmas morning.  We had a great night preparing.  We baked cookies.  Grandmama and Popie stopped by to help us spread reindeer food.  Next, we sat around the Christmas tree and read The Christmas Story.  Then we all had a great talk about the true meaning of Christmas.  Happy Birthday, Jesus!  

Playing dress up in their new Cowgirl suits from GiGi and G'Paul!

Ready to spread reindeer food around the yard!

Calling all the reindeer!

Check out Dan's attire in the background!  :)  I can safely type this since I was taking the pic.  I can promise you....I was not looking much better!  

This was right after we read.  They were SO excited!  

This little snuggle bear turns 6 months tomorrow!  He decided to go ahead and snooze through all of the excitement.  I wanted a picture of his first Christmas Eve.  I have a feeling he will be right in the middle of it next year!  

Piled up!  

Going to See Santa.....sort of

I had a great plan for Saturday, so I thought!  Dan was helping Grandmama and Popie move after work, so I was going to take the kids to Bass Pro to see Santa.  Hahahaha  I guess the entire mid-south had the same exact brilliant idea as me.  We did go in Bass Pro, browsed around, bought a few things, and got out of there as quickly as I could!  I talked the girls into getting the Elf on the Shelf movie instead of waiting in the line to see Santa.  

I did manage to get a picture of them dressed in their Christmas outfits before we left the house.  

Merry Christmas!

Bear picked out some camouflage items!  

Date Night

Date Night!  Dan and I went to see Jersey Boys last night at The Orpheum.  What a great night!  We had such a good time.  After seeing Rock of Ages in New York, we decided that seeing some shows in Memphis would be a must do!  It definitely was a fabulous evening with my wonderful husband!  Blessed!  :) 

Eli the Elf

The Elf is back!  He is been up to some pretty mischievous things around our house!  He did arrive bringing very cute Christmas pajamas.  One night he turned the milk pink!  Eli brings lots of laughs and fun to our house as we count down to Christmas day! 

Our Trees 

The "traditional" tree that I seem to be OCD about!  :) 

The FUN tree --- colored lights and totally "kid" decorated!