Christmas Eve we went to Maw Maw and Poppa's house and had a great day opening gifts and enjoying time together. I just love watching everyone open their gifts and it excites Greg and I both to see them enjoy the specific gift we picked out for them....we like giving gifts:)
Greg and I got an amazing new camera (thanks Debbie and Jerry) for our Europe trip in April and May and it takes some great close-up pictures...so excited! We also got a perfect roll-on/backpack/wonder pack:) for our trip....yes I have to pack for 2 weeks in ONE small carry-on (I can do it, I can do it;) Yeah for practical fun gifts!!!
The kids were cracking me up this year with their requests to Maw Maw and Poppa. Abby wanted books and a teddy bear and Reese wanted an art desk, a globe and a bongo drum. Maw and Maw of course delivered and the kids were ecstatic!
Now of course everyone loves to get gifts but it was cool this year to see the kids so excited to buy for everyone else. They raised all their own money and bought for each person and they were so proud. I love seeing them have so much joy in their giving...what a blessing!
Christmas day after opening gifts at our house and eating breakfast we went over to Grandma Reese's house and had lunch with a bunch of our extended family. We were able to spend most of the day chatting and eating then headed to a matinée movie to top the day off:)
Well are you wondering what we got for the kids? Well we got them ONE gift and I was a bit nervous to see their reaction but when they saw that one gift nothing else mattered to them:)
We got them a puppy dog! An 11 week old Havanese girl puppy and her name is Lucy....and yes she is the most precious thing you will ever see....seriously!
She's a good puppy. She sleeps well in her kennel and doesn't cry much at night but needs a lot of attention. Thankfully Reese and Abby carry her around everywhere like a stuffed animal so we are all good in the "attention" department:)
I am glad we decided to take the "dog" plunge this year...hopefully we will not regret a minute of it--well of course we won't:) Right? ha!
Enjoy the Christmas pictures! I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday too! Video of kids meeting the dog for the first time at the end.
**Please excuse the annoying lady voice videoing in the background. Thanks:)
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| me and Grandma Reese |
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| Reese and his art desk, globe and bongos (at his feet)=happy happy boy! |
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| yes I got him underwear....he liked them:) |
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| funny story. Reese wanted this small container of Rewind (hair styling stuff for your hair) SO bad. He thought it was so cute and wanted to put it in his backpack for school. Yes, my son is a bit odd:) He got it from Greg!:) |
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| opening first "gift" while we bring the dog out to surprise them |
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| Lucy! |
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| opening dog stuff gifts:) |
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| Reese made Greg this mug for Christmas |
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| Lucy in a winter vest...so cute! (she gets cold when she goes out to go to the bathroom...sue me:) |
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| funny but long story. To make it short. I ordered some UGGS online, fake site, was sent knock-off UGGS, very sad...sweet husband bought me real UGGS to make me happy....end of story. Moral of story: never buy UGGS that say they are "on sale" UGGS never go on sale. The End |
I got a new heart rate monitor watch that counts calories while I workout (which I wanted:) and got a facial...yay! I'm not getting any younger people!!! And then of course I got the UGGS pictures above...well actually I guess I got two pairs...thank you honey I am a very lucky lady!! (by the way he broke budget....bad boy!! Dave Ramsey would be appalled!!:)
I got Greg lots of manly stuff this year (we like to call it his manly Christmas:) He got cologne and shower gel that smell very yummy (I LOVE a good smelling man, correspondence cards, a beard trimmer and a bunch of grilling stuff. I stayed in budget:) I didn't know I could break budget or I would have....oh yes I would have!!!
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| being goofy |
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| lots of gifts! |
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| Maw Maw and Poppa |
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| Doug and Anglea (Greg's brother and wife) |
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