Christmas 2013

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Talley's

Grandpa telling the kids about the meaning of the Christmas Tree

 Gabrie, Ashlyn, Parker, Livvy, Sammy, and Zack

 

The girls ready to open some presents for all the grandkids.

 

One of the cool new toys

  

Two Annas (from Frozen)

 Another cool toy!

 

Dash and Liam opening their presents from Grandma and Grandpa

 Patiently waiting for them to be built

by Uncle Corbin, Alec, and Daddy.

 Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

 They love them!

And so did everyone else!

 Beautiful Gabriella

 

Mommy and her boys

 

Well we tried to get a picture of the kids.. Livvy is holding Liam and Gabrie is holding Dash.

  

And we tried for a whole family shot...

Looking at the wrong camera...

Grandma and Grandpa Talley

Gabrie back at home Christmas Eve with our stockings all hung and ready for Santa!

 Christmas Morning!

Dash's favorite thing was the candy canes, he would eat through the plastic!

Liam's favorite part was the oranges in their stockings, he ate through the skins of several of them!

The girls where very excited for their Power Rangers Costumes that Santa brought along with dolls from the movie Frozen.

 

Dash enjoying pacifiers and a box.

At Grandma and Grandpa Williams that afternoon.

Livvy, Sydney, Elizabeth, and Gabrie each holding one of theirs presents they brought with them.

 Liam and Caleb and Mathew and Dash

Gabrie and Evan passed on the roles of Mary and Joseph, Mamie wasn't interested so Livvy and Ben took over and did a great job!

Rosalie was baby Jesus, Gabrie and Uncle Seth were shepherds and I think that is Evan as a angel.

For most of the month of December all Livvy asked for was a "Lamby", a stuffed lamb character she likes, but as Christmas got closer she changed and wanted a pink Power Ranger Costume and her "very own pink iPad"! So she was a little dissappointed that she didn't get the iPad. Once she said "Gabrie are you so excited for Christmas to come after Thanksgiving? With the presents? It's so fun!"  And another cute quote was "It's so hard for me to wait for Christmas!" 

Gabrie wanted everything she saw in a magazine, commerical or store! But she specfically asked for a "Anna" doll and a dog. I informed her that Santa doesn't get kids presents unless it is okay with the parents and I was not ok with a dog (although Luke is on board).

It was a crazy year, probably one of the hardest we have had but we made it through and have so many fun memories to think back on.