Christmas Morning...

Twas the night before Christmas and we were up wrapping ALL the presents and daddy was putting together a see-saw in our living room!

Christmas morning before the sun was even up...

Brenna sneaking a peak in her stocking while waiting for Gage to wake up...

They opened all their gifts together. Brenna's 1st then Gages! It was so sweet...

REALLY??? Do we get to keep this thing in here...

I love it here...

Trying to get pics of them in their matching jammies...

Next, on to living room fishing...

Finally the swimming dollie she begged Santa for...

This year was no disappointment. Brenna graciously came and woke us up to see her open her gifts. Some of you may remember the great story from Christmas 07. Brenna woke up and opened all of her gifts and then came to get us up!

This year I kindly explained to her the rule that Santa made where if your mommy and daddy dont get to see you open your presents they all get to go back to him. She had no problem getting us up (at the crack of dawn, of course)!

T Family Christmas...

Aunt Christies cupcakes after uncle Walker slammed on the brakes. They were super yummy and cleaned up well (lucky for Uncle Walker)...

Famous Uncle Walker and cousin Jackson opening gifts. I am sure Uncle is reading the fine print on the 200 pieces you have to put together. We promise its a cool toy!

Brenna sporting a new fancy purse!

Brenna and Jackson hanging out on the mini tramp.

Brenna being silly with her really big present.


The next morning making cupcakes with B's new cupcake maker. Aunt Kelly and soon to be Uncle Mark stayed over so we had lots of baking to do.

Thank you everyone so much for the fabulous gifts, food and your precious time. We loved hosting and we loved having you all here! Wish the day didnt go by so fast!

(now how on earth did baby Sophia escape my camera this time...)

Shout out to OnStar...

I cant believe I forgot to Blog this! On 12/4 I had a lovely experience. My story is as follows, lol.

So, G climbed in the front of the Tahoe and I knew he was playing with the lock button. I got upset and just put him in his seat and forgot about the button because we were late to pick up sis. YES, I locked my 2 yr old in the car with it running.

So, after about 10 min of sales peeps at Lowes, calls to the pop a lock people I remembered...are you ready...I HAVE ON STAR!!!

One call and my car was open in seconds!!!

Thanks a million OnStar!!!It is worth every cent!!!

Our Christmas Angel...

Brenna had her 1st school play. The 4 year old classes put on a program filled with story and song at her school. Although Gage did not enjoy all the singing (he cant stand singing, go figure) Daddy and I (and even Kel-Kel) were able to take turns watching our little girl shine. She was so poised and perfect. There were kids twirling, dancing and just having crazy fun time. Brenna never broke her stand, missed a word or hand movement and just stayed perfectly in line. She was so proud of herself and so are we!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Stair Sliding...

PSA: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT A PARENT (you really shouldnt do it with a parent either)!!!

So, Geromi and I were down stairs and all we hear is "gu dump dump." We both paused, Gage is giggling hysterical, and we see a tunnel come sliding down the stairs. Brenna has decided that she will start practicing for the winter Olympics indoors! She would slide down through the tunnel and then lift up the top for Gage to dive in. This was a VERY long activity filled with an hour of laughter by us all.

Havent we all slid down the stairs in our childhood. Only difference is we have concrete floors at the bottom!

Ouch.

Christmas Cookies

What fun!!! The kids loved making cookies. Brenna was so patient with Gage. They had the most fun with the flour. After they were able to paint with some edible paint and have fun with sprinkles. We all enjoyed munching on their wonderful sugar cookies when they were done.

Brenna is so ready to make some more for Santa.

Really she is just ready for Santa!!!

The joys of having a big sissy...

He may be totally pissed when he is a teen but it was too cute not to shoot. He was so so proud of himself for being able to walk like sissy. I swear he loves her so much!