NYE' 09

Not sure what to say or how much to tell about this holiday..We went to a party at our friend Jennifer's and lets just saw that I had a really really good time,even did some singing from what I hear.The kids had a blast! Poor Gage passed out on the floor with his head on the wall.The whole family had a super great time,and I paid for it the next day.

Christmas Night....

We spent Christmas night with Papaw and Nana.I can not say enough about the wonderful fillet mignon that Nana cooked for us..
The kids once again waited patiently to finish a meal before the presents.
Nana gave them each 1 gift at a time to open.Of course they were spoiled by all the good stuff.Austin was super excited about his new youth bow! Between that and the sling shot Aunt Taryn and Uncle Kyle gave him , he is sooo ready to go to the land and play with his new things.
The big gift this year was their trampoline! They are super excited about it and as soon as deer season is over the ground dries up,Shawn will put it up.
This year we decided to stay the night instead of worrying about leaving and getting home to put the kids to bed.It was so nice to relax and enjoy the evening and once again assemble a ton of toys.
This Christmas was nothing short of fabulous!

Goulding Chritmas...

We had a great Mexican lunch at Kyle and Taryn's on Christmas.All the cousins were thrilled to be together and could hardly wait to open presents after lunch.When it was time they all tore into the wrapping and the fun began! Everyone was pleased with all their gifts and us adults assembled everything that was bought.
They all played hard with the new things! The basketball goal Kyler got was a big hit with the big boys as well! It was a fantastic Goulding Christmas and it could not have been any better.

Christmas Morning!!!

Finally at 8:30am Shawn and I woke the kids up! They were thrilled with Santa's gifts and their stockings.The twins each got a laptop and that was a big hit! Its also nice not having to share MY computer anymore.
They had so much fun playing with their new things that breakfast consisted of the candy in their stocking..Oh well its Christmas!

Christmas Eve....

The roads were getting icy so it took a little while to get back home from dinner that night.When we did we discovered a ton of snow in our yard! The kids were so happy and had the best time playing and Gage loved eating it all!
We played for awhile then we had coco and the kids got to open their gifts from one another and there jammies from Shawn and I.The kids even had gifts for us too.Shawn got 3 key chain #1 Dad flashlights!! LOL!
Nana had sent ahead a special gift to open that night too.She had bought the recordable books and recorded Twas The Night Before Christmas in her voice for the kids.It is truly a unique thing that I am sure we will cherish through the years.
The kids went to sleep about 10:30 , then Shawn Santa and I went to work!

Visit With Grandma...

After lunch we went and visited with Grandma.Earlier in the month Austin had picked out a special gift for her from the schools Santa shop and he was really excited about giving it to her.It was a necklace with a cross on it and she put it on right away,he was thrilled by that.She enjoyed the kids and had special Christmas treats for them as well.
After our visit we met Papa and Gran for dinner.We were supposed to all go to Prairie Lights after dinner but it was closed due to weather.That was disappointing indeed but we had a great dinner visit none the less.

Cookies For Santa...

We started our celebrating by making cookies for Santa Christmas Eve morning..The kids had lots of fun decorating special cookies for him.They of course ate more icing than they spread!We sat them out even though Shawn was very adamant that Santa likes Oreo's instead!