The Night Before Christmas

The boys opening gifts from each other, momma and daddy, and Nan Nan!




The best gifts of all

Making Reindeer Dust

Making Santa's cookies


Reindeer Dust


Cookies for Santa


Watching The Grinch with Daddy

McConnell Family Christmas Party

Phillip's cousin, Leanne, hosted the McConnell family Christmas party on Sunday night. There are a lot of people in Phillip's family, so it was nice to have it at Leanne's beautiful, large home. The McConnell's all know how to cook, so of course, we had an excellent meal. Leanne and her sister Amy had put together several games. Lofton won the first one because the candy cane was under his chair. He also made a pretty good guess at one of the Christmas trivia questions, so Leanne let him win again. He not only enjoyed the group games but Leanne and Kevin have a great game room, and the boys enjoyed airhockey, pool, Wii, and they played Kevin's drums. It was really fun to get together with Phillip's family whom many of them we hadn't seen in a long time. I hope that we don't have to wait until next Christmas to see them all again. Thanks, Leanne for a wonderful night.

McConnell Family Christmas

Predators Game

Grandfather took Lofton to the Predators game on Saturday. As I was getting Lofton ready to go, I asked him what he thought he would get for dinner. He said popcorn and cotton candy, and apparently, he got what he wanted. Charlie said that Lofton summoned the cotton candy guy all by himself. They had a terrific time. Thanks, Charlie for taking Lofton to his first hockey game. (I'll post more pics when I get them.)

Let the Christmas Celebration Begin

Our Christmas celebration began this weekend when Mimi and Pop Pop came down for Christmas #1. Lofton was so excited that he didn't have to wait five more days for presents. As soon as my mom and dad got here, he said, "Mimi, I haven't seen you in a week." Surpisingly, he did not ask for a present right off the bat; he made them play Wii with him. After Landon got up though, he asked for his annual one present that he opens before we actually have our Christmas. Landon and Lofton of course racked up. Lofton was exstatic when he opened his Lego Batman game. He tore through his gifts in a matter of seconds, while Landon opened one, sat down by Santa, and gave Santa a hug. Whenever we have taken him to see Santa, we console his tears by telling him that Santa is going to bring him presents; I guess he thought Santa had come through. The boys got so much; some of the favorites were an Elmo laptop, VSmile WAll-E game, Lego Batman, trucks, Spiderman scooter, and a race track. The most interesting was the Curious George 3in1 soap and shampoo. Not sure what third thing it does.

The hit was Phillip's Rock Band, which he played ALL day on Saturday. Phillip did break from it so he and I could go to dinner and finish our Christmas shopping.

Our weekend quickly ended on Sunday when my parents had to leave early because of bad weather their way. I didn't even get a picture of the boys with my mom and dad; I was waiting for church on Sunday when I had everyone dressed up. Well, we'll get that pic in January when they come back. We may actually head up there to see some snow. Thanks, Mimi and Pop Pop for making our kick off to Christmas so much fun.

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas- or Not!

The high on Friday apparently was 72 degrees, and when the rain slacked off, we went outside and took advantage of it. The kids played outside for about three hours. They even enjoyed a popsicle.