Christmas Part 1

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas celebration at my parents house. We had a long and crazy weekend but it was loads of fun. The first picture is of Jerrett and my mom making and decorating Christmas cookies. That is a tradition that Mom started with us when we were little. Jerrett loved helping to make the frosting to go on the cookies and loved to lick the frosting off his fingers even more! But in the end we had some pretty cute cookies. The next picture is of TJ and his new toy. He is more than a little excited about the new shotgun that mom and dad bought him for Christmas. Even more excited about the reason for it. Dad, the boys, and TJ are in the beginning stages of planning a big bird hunt in SD. I think that while they go out and hunt, the kiddos and I will stay at a hotel with an indoor pool! Brrrrrrrrrrrr! Hoping that the trip is next year and that we can save enough money that I can give TJ the trip as a gift. But in the meantime, The guys hunt at Grandma's house for quail and go to the Panhandle every year to go pheasant hunting. TJ has a rifle but did not have the shot gun needed to go bird hunting. Now he is all set and ready to go!

Lets see... The next picture is of Jerrett and his Christmas gift from his Uncle Chris. My older brother loves this little guy like crazy and is just a little bit ornery. Chris bought Jerrett a collectors edition of retro Hotwheels. A cool gift that Jerrett loved; however, my lovely brother wrapped each individual car separately and then wrapped them all in one big box. There were like 50 cars in the collection! Poor J sat there and unwrapped these little cars forever! But he loved it. He has not stopped playing with them since he got them.

The next picture is of Jerrett, his Uncle Russell and his cousin Addison. Since she lives so far away Jerrett does not get to play with her very often but they get along really well. She just turned 6 and is the cutest little girl ever. In this pic, they are both using Russ as a jungle gym. Good thing that he is big and strong, these little monkeys were crazy! I was so glad to get to pend time with Russ and Bizzy. They are both super busy with their jobs and we have not gotten to see them since Easter! Russ is a restaurant manager and Bizzy just finished up nursing school and is working at a veterans hospital. I have the best one day to be sister in law ever. Not only does she put up with my rotten little brother, but she fits in with the rest of the family perfectly. I am so glad not to be the only girl anymore. Prayers are going out for her right now though as she is preparing for a trip home for the first time in many years. Bizzy is from Washington state and so it is quite a trip home for her.

And this is one of my favorite pictures ever. It is our first family Christmas picture. I look like road kill but I still love it. Traveling while pregnant is not exactly fun and relaxing! But... we had a great Christmas full of family and fun. Today, Jerrett and I are at home relaxing in comfy clothes and TJ went back to work. Not a whole lot planned for this week. Sort of recuperating from our trip. Thursday night though, I have a date with the most amazing man ever... my husband! I am so excited to be able to go to a grown up restaurant and have a conversation with him just the two of us. I cannot think of a better gift that the Raymers could have given us. Jerrett will hopefully do well without us. He has stayed with them several times when I have doctor appointments and just going over there for playdates so our fingers are crossed that he will do ok for a few hours while we go eat and finish up a little bit of Christmas shopping.

Jerrett has not really been himself since Thanksgiving, a bit extra clingy to me and so we are praying that the night goes well. I will share more of this later when I get into my post for the Folsom's after Christmas. But for now, I am getting off and going to play race cars with my little man! God bless and hope everyone has an amazing week!