Before & After

I really like the panorama option on Chris' iPhone. So here is our before & after gift opening photos this year using the panorama.

Merry Christmas!!!

Brushing teeth

So I really think our little elf must dream of being a dentist. He's left tooth brushes & timers for the kids before & then last night he must have feel asleep brushing his teeth because this is where we found him this morning.

Straight from the North Pole

Straight from the North Pole our Hadlley arrived with a pit stop in the high school parking lot for a little tagging fun.

Stephanie went right after school to a friends house for a gag gift Christmas party. So she gets to drive around with all that. :)

Silver Dollar City

"Santa" brought us season passes to Silver Dollar City last year. We have put them to good use by visiting in March, twice this summer, & then again yesterday. Possibly Chris & I will make a quick trip to ride a few of our fave rides if we go to Branson for our anniversary.

The kids, myself, & Retha decided we wanted to see the Christmas lights & we made a quick trip yesterday. We arrived in West Branson a little before 4. We had already planned to eat fast food dinner as to not have to eat in the park. We encountered lots of traffic. The line to park was backed up to Hwy 76. Even though it was crowded we had fun. The weather was wonderful. Just a little cool (almost hot in line for Wildfire).

We rode:
Wildfire
Thunderation (twice)
Fire in the Hole
Train
Swings (only kids rode)

We enjoyed:
Christmas tree lightning
Funnel Cake
All the lights

only 15 more to go

No I'm not talking about days til Christmas. Here is the reason we have been getting our daily recommended intake of fruits each day, lol. These are little cans that pineapple was in. Open the bottom w/ a safety can opener so the pull tab stay intact. Fill w/ candy for your favorite person or in my case your childrens teachers. Reglue bottom back on. Only 15 more to go! Good thing a friend is coming over tomorrow afternoon & we are having a can making marathon :) I usually do the big soup cans however w/ 16 total teachers between both kids I decided to go smaller this year. Hopefully the teachers all like them. Sure wish my friend was helping me make my cans, but no I'm showing her how to do hers :)

White Christmas

This is the first time since 1975 that we've had a true white Christmas. A few years we have had snow remaining on Christmas morning from a previous snowfall though. So this was Stephanie & Logan's first white Christmas. And the first one for me & Chris to remember. Not sure about him but I sure don't remember being 2 & having a white Christmas, lol.

As you can see it wasn't a lot of snow, but it was snow on Christmas morning & we loved it!