over the river and through the woods

to see MY grandmother....

And this would par to Disney World in my boys eyes and mine too for that matter!

a WHOLE lotta land, big pond, deer, BB guns, big tractors, BIG lawn mowers, 4 wheelers, a boat, fishing poles, balls, outdoor fires, more children than you can possibly imagine, more food than you can imagine, and more LOVE than is able.....

(but first things FIRST. we promised to open THESE gifts so.... we did.)

then straight outside... I had GOOD help taking down Christmas. 

 a mean game of bowling, followed by golf, followed by tennis......

 doesn't my grandmother look great?

AND AFTER 3 LONG, VERY LONG months withOUT my camera lens... I got it BACK... the day AFTER christmas..... So i decided i would sit in the floor in BAD lighting and take close ups of baby Caroline anyway.... I was just excited to have it back in my hands.... 

Look at her teethys...

And our other beautiful baby boy...

And another sasafras baby girl.... 

Our Aunt Neet tells the boys they can do "whatever"... She too raised a house of boys and mostly boy grandbabies... And says "there is NOTHIN' that has not been done twice.... and NOTHIN' that will break... 'cause they have all tried"... Needless to say, the boys ran wild and did NOT want to leave... 

"please aunt neet can we come back soon"

And Aunt Neet always replies ANYTIME you want too......   

I wish for you and yours a very happy new year full of wonderful memories and moments together!

Santa's big Scene

 Our Big Daddy helped Santa re-do an old kitchen.....It is even cuter in person!!!

 santa brought all boys a new tool box to call their OWN and a bench to do some work!

 And its always SO COOL to have things that shoot 120 feet into the air....

we had a bit of a WHITE Christmas.... it was beautiful and really set the scene for a wonderful day!

 I mean... Batman really SAVED our Christmas day through the eyes of this little indian boy!

My monkey was over the moon to have his FIRST REAL set of golf clubs.... We have had the plastic, then the scooby doo, now the real deal.... Come on spring like weather!!!

 And some babies for our babies....

 And one should ALWAYS wear safety googles at our happy home. smart girl.

 "happy birthday to Jesus"

 From this side of the table, it was all too too funny.....

And on the other side of the day..... some more celebrating...

NO ONE was excited about getting a BIG bucket of dinosaurs....

or a REAL spiderman

 And did your kids get THOSE gifts you make them WAIT to get home to open???  its similar to SLOW torture....

Thank you to EVERYONE.  we had a wonderful blessed day and received WAY TOO MUCh as always.