Christmas Eve

Wesley and I are all about making traditions! We woke up this morning and Wesley said "Whatever we do today will become our Christmas Eve tradition."

So after much consideration, we decided to head to the Y for  a Christmas Eve workout and then to Chick-fil-a for lunch. Nothing counteracts a sweaty workout better than waffle fries!

After lunch and naps, we all dressed up and headed to a Christmas Eve service. Our friends Ashely and Todd were going to Ashley's parents church for this service so we (along with the Hazlewoods) joined them. Ashely's dad played the drums (which Jackson found quite interesting) and her mom sang in the choir. It was a beautiful service.

After church, the four of us headed to Kate and Ben's for a Christmas Eve dinner. We did this two years ago and had plans to join them last year before the stomach flu hit. We enjoyed eating, playing and laughing together before heading home to wait for Santa!

Addie, Jackson and Tucker before the service began

They called the children down for a kid-friendly lesson. 

The Bender Family

Happy Boy! 

Seriously? How cute is he!

And Sam, too!!

Ms. Martha with our "Ms Martha!"
Kate's mom was down for the holiday and we enjoyed speeding time with her too!

After Ben and Kate's, we rushed home to read "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
The first picture I took was better, but Jackson wanted Blankie and Patches to be in it so we had a retake!

Jacksonisms

Story #1 - Every morning, Wesley asks the boys if they had any dreams last night. Side Note: Every morning, Philip responds that he didn't have any dreams but when Wesley says "What did you dream about?" He always responds "Mel-Mo" It's really cute.


Well, one morning, he asked Jackson and Jackson said "Yes, and I just had one yucky dream." Wesley was a little concerned and asked Jackson to tell him about his yucky dream.


Jackson's reply: It was about pigs in mud!


Story #2 - Wesley broke down and bought the new I-Phone. It has a neat personal assistant feature called/named Siri. You can tell Siri to do pretty much anything, and she will. Tell Siri to call someone, and she dials for you. She will even text or e-mail what you say. 


Right after Wesley purchased it, he, Jackson and Philip were in the car. He needed to get a message to one of his co-workers so he told Siri, "Text Alverez and tell him I am headed to the Y."


Siri's reply to Wesley:  "ok Wesley."


Jackson's response to Wesley:  "Who was that girl and how did she know your name!"

Preschool Christmas Party

Today was our preschool Christmas party at church. I put it together and I think the kids had a lot of fun. We had crafts, coloring, cookie decorating, and a lot of running around playing!!

It was fun to celebrate with friends from church and some from our preschool too!

Craft Table

Philip about to color...or really just dump the crayons out over and over and over again! 

Caroline and Jackson
Caroline is a friend from Jackson's preschool

Kim and Matthew
Caroline's mom and brother

Kerek and Asa
From Jackson's preschool

Dena and Justin

Emerson, Cammie, Brooke and Addison

Cammie and Baby Haven

Lindsey, Ashley and Haven

Michelle and Riley

Matthew and Jackson

Philip

Deb and Noah

Katey and Alayna

Riley and her cookie

Carter

 

Jackson did a great job with his cookie!

Shepherd

Philip - what a mess! He got into the markers!! 

But still looked cute! 

The Daniel Family

Yesterday was a day of emotional get togethers as we said "Til Next Time" to the Daniel Family.

Katey, Kate, Ashley and I organized a little chili lunch after church to honor Todd, Priscilla, Addison and Tru. A good crowd stayed after church to eat and share memories of the past 7 years at Grace Chapel with the Daniels.

No, we didn't plan this but how cute!
Our green Christmas boys!

Jackson and Tucker

Audrey and her mini-me (Evelyn)

Lydia, Addie and Addison

The Doty and Butler family

The Latsons and Johnsons

Angie and David Wilson

Olivia and Sierra

Tanner and Tristan

The Burks

Jack 

Allison and Chuck 

Todd and Tru

Addison and Priscilla

Todd did a great job telling the Daniels "Bye...for now!" from their church family. 

Sam

Cammie

Riley and Lindsay

Cory and Ashley 

Then last night, Kate, Katey, Ashley and I took Priscilla out to dinner to toast her and her friendship once again. We dined at the Melting Pot for FIVE hours!! It was a fabulous time. These four girls mean the world to me, and we aren't going to be complete without Priscilla! We will all miss her sooo much but it just means more time spent planning weekend get togethers!

Melting Pot
December 2011