Christmas Memories.........................2011

"Santa" and I can't wait to get home after the Christmas Eve festivities and really get down to it! We each have our expertise............"Santa" arranges the many special gifts and makes each boy's area look spectacular and fun! "Mrs. Claus" gets busy with stockings, last minute forgotten hidden gifts, and cookies and milk! We are proud of our accomplishments.........and exhausted and excited all the same time..........this year was especially fun..........and a little"romantic" and sweet with the newly fallen snow that started coming down just as we started out task! We giggled and awed over the excitement of Christmas morning.........coming very soon.............goodnight to you all!!

The glistening of the light falling snow on Christmas Eve..........

Makes the whole world and the magic of the season feel just right!

Baby Griffin's area...........Polar Express Train, front and center...check...

Concert tickets...........check..........
Bryce's corner..............check..............
Pet's gifts.......new bed, etc......check.........

Preston's corner................check....................

Griffin's stocking goodies...trains and more trains!
Bad Santa! Bad Santa! This could be a nightmare.....
Mommy, Daddy, Big brother, Middle brother's stockings....fun, fun!

Wow! Santa really did come last night!
Sneaking downstairs quietly and peeking..............

Santa was very good to Bryce..............
Santa was very good to Preston..............
And Santa knew all of Griffin's little wishes..............
SCORE! Kenny Chesney/Tim McGraw summer concert tickets........and on
Preston's b-day to make it even sweeter!

Hello, hello.........ten , four , over and out!
Every little boy needs a pair of walkie talkies...
The grand gift from Santa............Polar Express electric train............
A very cool popsicle maker..............find one at William Sonoma...
A "big" boy bike.........I didn't ask Santa for a new "big" boy bike with "wheels"!

On the first day of Christmas............................

As tradition would have it, we enjoyed the Christmas service at church..........and onto Mammee and Gran's for a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner of Mexican food from our favorite restaurant Spanish Inn.........yummy , everyone always looks forward to this special treat and we hope the tradition continues..............minus that extra, extra, extra hot sauce our friend included! Ouch!!!!

We then settled down to enjoy the neat and exciting gifts that each of us had to give to one another. Griffin hit the jackpot and unwrapped, threw away his trash and organized his many gifts in a fine fashion!

We were extremely excited to open our Christmas card and included in it was a very generous gift of new wood flooring for our home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you , thank you, thank you...........................................................................

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house.................

Gran and Griffin having a chuckle over Daddy's reading!
Almost gift opening time..........................

Look at our "one of a kind" Griffin handprint holiday tree!
Thank you Madi, this is so special! I think
he is very proud of his project!

Look how sweet! Literally, a yummy cold sweet treat Blizzard machine
from cousin Mallery. We tried it and it really works and
produces cold creammy ice cream in a swirl
just like the DQ!!!!

The grandkids "special" gifts have surfaced! Look at their smiles..........little do
they know what's inside!!!!!

Carefully opening the surprise boxes!

The careful opening of the surprise boxes pays off..

what cool gifts Mammee and Gran......
the newest hot item the NOOK!!!!!

On the second day of Christmas............Santa visits Grandma and Papa's...

What a wonderful picture of such sweet and generous parents....love you!

My sweet adorable family..........I love you all so much!
My dear Mom and brother........I adore you two!

Merry Christmas grandkids at Sweetwater Christmas


My sweet trio..........how handsome!