Alford Family Christmas

This year was a bit different...we spent Christmas Eve with the Alford family and Christmas Day with the Lewis family.  This was so nice because it kept us from dragging the kids a zillion places on the same day!  We got to spend ample time at both houses and enjoy family and make memories.  On Christmas Eve, we all gathered at Memaw and Pop's house and had a fabulous meal, took time to admire Memaw and Pop's snow village, and then opened presents.  We changed the kids into Christmas jamas (which didn't last long on Colson) which was a fun tradition to start before we sat down to open gifts.  I was very pleased and proud of the kids!  They were so excited to open presents but waited their turn each time and said, "Thank You" for each present!  Brooklyn was chosen to go on the fun annual treasure hunt for one of her gifts from Uncle Philip, Aunt Crystal, and Isa!  She had several clues leading her to rooms in the house and finally led her to find her very first pets...TWO HERMIT CRABS!  She is IN LOVE with them and takes care of the daily.  She has named them Hermie and Shermie which I thought was very creative!  Colson is IN LOVE with his big boy Bible and wants it to sit on the side table next to him every night!  It is so cute!  It was so fun to have my great nephew's first Christmas!  Colson and Edward played with some of his toys together and it was just fun to have a baby around again!! 

So excited for our first family Christmas this year!

The kids LOVE all of Memaw's singing and dancing decorations!

He is my favorite little man too!

They love the huge yard to play in at Memaw and Pop's!

Brooklyn was so proud of the flowers that she picked!

The four grandchildren and one great grandchild of the family!

Brooklyn was so thrilled!  She asked all day to go to Memaw and Pop's!

She saw this Cupcake maker the day before in the store and wanted it so badly!  She was thrilled to get it from Memaw and Pop!

Brooklyn's new girls Bible

Clue 1 on the treasure hunt!

She was pretty good at figuring out most of the clues!

Her treasure!

Colson showing Edward how to play with his new toy!

Colson wanted his Bible opened immediately...so cute!

Thank you for a great time Alfords!  The kids had a blast and were thrilled to be with y'all!  Memaw ended the night with reading Twas the Night Before Christmas and a Bible story and we went home!