I'm trying to keep up with my blogs, so here are a ton of pics of the kids from Christmas weekend. We had a wonderful time, and I was again reminded just how blessed that we are. I have a wonderful, caring husband who knows me inside and out and does so much for me....I have TWO beautiful children who amaze me everyday at how they are growing, and make me laugh at the hilarious stuff they come up with....we have good jobs, food to eat, and a more than adequate roof over our heads....those things alone leave me so content. I have to remind myself constantly that we would have none of these things if God had not decided to bless us so much...he takes such good care of us, and I am so grateful for that!
Christmas Eve we spent at the house with my mom. We had a great time opening all our gifts, the kids big gifts from her were their tricycles...they can't quite reach the pedals to go by themselves, but are really close!
Christmas morning Kevin's parents and his Grandma Hutchins came over early before the kids got up so they could see them open presents. Our big gift to them was a play kitchen, which they absolutely love. I had been researching kitchens for them for months, and actually found the one I wanted on craigs list (of course), it turned out to be in amazing condition and barely used. It came with two huge boxes of play food and dishes...the past few days they have been in total "pretend" mode-Hunter will get his little plate and load it up with whatever he feels like and then will go sit down at his table with it to snack on, Hannah's favorite thing to do now is pretend to make Kevin and I coffee....we had about 20 cups this morning. Kevin's parents gave them motorized four-wheelers-they took a little bit to figure them out, but were a huge hit! (although our cabinets are taking a beating, because they haven't learned to steer yet)
Later on on Christmas day we headed over to my dad and Kims for lunch. We had a great time over there, and the kids did really well for skipping their nap. As soon as we left my dads house the kids fell asleep in the car, so we decided to just keep driving for a while and took a mini sightseeing trip through Sam Houston State Park. It was a such a beautiful drive, and there was not a soul in sight....so peaceful. I ended up falling asleep too, so we got a good nap in (except Kevin). After recharging, we headed back over to Kevin's parents to eat leftovers before going back home. Needless to say, we were all exhausted-but it was one of the best Christmases that I can ever remember! On New Year's day we are heading down to Houston for Kevin's extended family's Christmas get together, so we're not quite done yet! Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and has a great New Year's-Love, Mandy
Christmas Eve we spent at the house with my mom. We had a great time opening all our gifts, the kids big gifts from her were their tricycles...they can't quite reach the pedals to go by themselves, but are really close!
Christmas morning Kevin's parents and his Grandma Hutchins came over early before the kids got up so they could see them open presents. Our big gift to them was a play kitchen, which they absolutely love. I had been researching kitchens for them for months, and actually found the one I wanted on craigs list (of course), it turned out to be in amazing condition and barely used. It came with two huge boxes of play food and dishes...the past few days they have been in total "pretend" mode-Hunter will get his little plate and load it up with whatever he feels like and then will go sit down at his table with it to snack on, Hannah's favorite thing to do now is pretend to make Kevin and I coffee....we had about 20 cups this morning. Kevin's parents gave them motorized four-wheelers-they took a little bit to figure them out, but were a huge hit! (although our cabinets are taking a beating, because they haven't learned to steer yet)
Later on on Christmas day we headed over to my dad and Kims for lunch. We had a great time over there, and the kids did really well for skipping their nap. As soon as we left my dads house the kids fell asleep in the car, so we decided to just keep driving for a while and took a mini sightseeing trip through Sam Houston State Park. It was a such a beautiful drive, and there was not a soul in sight....so peaceful. I ended up falling asleep too, so we got a good nap in (except Kevin). After recharging, we headed back over to Kevin's parents to eat leftovers before going back home. Needless to say, we were all exhausted-but it was one of the best Christmases that I can ever remember! On New Year's day we are heading down to Houston for Kevin's extended family's Christmas get together, so we're not quite done yet! Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and has a great New Year's-Love, Mandy
Hannah posing in front of the "baby bed" (my mom found this in her attic-it was mine when I was a little girl)
Hutner saying cheese and eagerly awaiting his presents
Hunter's "surprised" face
still all smiles-so handsome!
Hannah on her tricycle...pink of course!
Hunter in his Christmas jammies-my mom got them matching jammies...Hunter will NEVER wear a hat for me, and he put this one on himself and wore it until bedtime!
short pause for a milk break
playing with their kitchen on Christmas morning...they look like little jailbirds to me in their striped jammies!
riding his new four-wheeler from Gammy and Pa-pa
making circles around the house
opening gifts at Dads house
passed out on the way home...
can you tell we had a busy day?
