Merry Christmas!!!

Santa Came!!!

Hugs!  Or we aren't opening anything.  :) Just kidding...kind of...

But first...we read "God Gave us Christmas."

Then Presents!  Nerf Guns for Everyone!

Another collectible tractor for Dad and Jace...

Connor got her horse!  Sort of...

And a semi for Jace!  Even with JJ Farms on the side!

His excitement level was through the roof!  Santa did good on this one!

A helmet and goggles so he can go.... SKIING!!!!

And the kids picked out coffee for Dad.  When they were picking it out, someone walked by and suggested that Chocolate Cake Donut was the best ever, so of course when someone tells your kids "donut" they have to get it.  So they got that one and an old favorite, hazelnut. *For the record, the chocolate cake donut was not very good....

And I leave you with this...hand in the popcorn bucket!

Let the games begin.....

We are ready to kick off two of the fastest, wildest, most exhausting, but SO MUCH FUN days of the year.

I give you......Christmas Eve.

And the two cutest kids ever.  That tie? To die for.  That necklace?  Swoon.  These kiddos are dressed to the nines.  :)

Like tradition, we spent Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa B's.  We went to church in Atchison, then back to Grandma's.  Pictures first!

Grandpa always has something fun for the grandkids!

Speaking of Grandkids....they are all looking at the same time!

 And they continued to smile with Grandma and Grandpa!

We don't quite all fit on one couch anymore!

The Powell Family...

And the Luedke family!

And during the night we played our usual guessing games (with a kids division) and BINGO...fun evening before we all went home to wait for Santa!

Christmas Happenings....

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!  We got to bake cookies in the Luedke's basement.  Lots of space...easy cleanup!!

Even Alexis helped!

Connor has been helping wrap some presents...

No matter what our intentions are...we always end up making cookies right before Christmas.  Santa needs cookies though! It appears as though we got up early to make cookies (dark windows, orange juice) but more likely we made them in the evening, and had one of our favorites--orange Julius for supper!  Either way, the cookies got baked and we were ready for Santa!

Awesome Mom scheduled Jace's dental checkup for the first day of Christmas break.  But the reward? Breakfast at Big Biscuit.  YUMMMMMM!!!!  Jace finished off his plate of biscuits and gravy, and Connor ate most of her sausage and pancakes.  We LOVE breakfast!

Brook got to spend some time at our house!

And Max did too!!

A Christmas Program...

Jace had his Christmas Program at the beginning of December.  They got to sing the 12 Days of Christmas!  Yippeeeeeee!

Colton got to use some instruments during his performance!

Most adorable kids at the concert.  Seriously.  And Connor's shoes?  "They're SPARKLY Mom!"

Every once in awhile I try to get a picture of Jace by himself...

And playing in the snow with the Luedkes.  We keep hoping for a lot of snow for some awesome sledding, but this will have to do!  Cassidy didn't last too long outside...

Connor could care less what the temperature is.  Where's my kitties???

And Jace got Colton to walk all over the pasture looking for a high hill to sled down.  Sorry boys...we need more snow, not more hill......

Meanwhile Kyler stuck to the hill in the backyard (smart girl....) so she could practice snowboarding.  For some reason they all think they are great at snowboarding.....maybe someday they will be!

School's Out For Christmas!!

Those last days before Christmas break are exhausting....and apparently was pajama day!  Good thing since he was snoozing on the way home!

Santa came by to visit us!  Jace asked for a Semi-truck, and Connor asked for a horse.  We will see if they are good enough to get what they ask for!

Just doing a little shooting from the kitchen door...and sending Jace out to fetch the crow that was shot...

We weren't able to get together with Richard and Darlyne Johnson family, so we had our own little present opening at the Luedke's house.  It was snowy the day we were supposed to have it!  Connor got a puppy and Jace got the game Kerplunk!

"Make America Great Again"...Jace helping with the Christmas cards...

Who's that little birdie eating off of Jed's spoon?

We had the Johnson family Christmas with Erma over the weekend.  As usual, Grandma got a ride on the couch while we made room to open presents.

Great family photo with Grandma!

How cute is this?  Uncle Jed and Max admiring the tree.

Family photo from one of our many Christmas celebrations!

And another Johnson family photo I happened to catch!

And snow?!  Doesn't look like much, but we better take advantage while we can!