Here Comes Santa Claus!

How is it possible that Christmas has come and gone? It happens so quickly...all that hype and it is gone with the blink of an eye. The preparation, the parties, the shopping, the wrapping, the decorating, the baking, the travelling...so much goes into Christmas and then it leaves us like a shooting star that you barely caught a glimpse of. We are so thankful for the time that we have had celebrating this wonderful season with our phenomenal friends and family.


This year was extra special for our family in that it was Harper's 1st Christmas. Of course all she really cared about was the wrapping paper, but it was still so much fun to have her be a part of our family's celebration. She has been such a gift to us this year that we can't imagine our lives without her!


There is just so much that has happened over the holiday season...so instead of going on and on, here's our Top 10 List of the holiday's most memorable moments....

10. Rearranging furniture to make room for the extra large tree that consumed our living room and then watching Adam try to get it out the door by himself when it was all said and done!

9. Hearing Graden scream at the top of his lungs when Santa walked in to Adam's company Christmas party...how come the rest of the kids just acted like it was just some old chap with a white beard...it was SANTA people!

8. Apparently Graden was feeding a small army of reindeer as well as a Santa with a hearty appetite when he loaded the plate of goodies on Christmas Eve.

7. Our slumber party with our wonderful friends, the Nooe's. We have played Cariboo a million times since then...our boy loves his gift! :)

6. Seeing Graden "perform" for the first time with his preschool class. He was not too enthralled by the idea of singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and a number of other favorites in front of a crowd of over-enthusiastic parents who were snapping pictures and getting it all on tape. I think he jingled his bell once and then he was done...we know it's a lot of pressure, bud!

5. Losing the Be-Otch chalice to Chad at our annual State Christmas party...Adam bought that because he so wanted to take that puppy home with him...it was bedazzled and all! I was definitely devastated that it had to go in the Moore's china cabinet instead of our's!

4. Freaking out when our son tackled his Granny literally to the ground from behind as she bent over...she was such a good sport, but very sore after the fact! Will never live that one down!

3. Watching Graden decide to go digging for gold once he was up in front of the entire congregation at church at the Christmas eve service...we were so proud!

2. Adding our sweet baby girl to our celebration of this wonderful season!

1. Celebrating with my parents in Dallas and the McIntyre's in North Carolina and witnessing their love for their grandbabies.