CHRISTMAS DAY

Nathan's parents always have Santa gifts for the kids, so he made sure to send a text to Santa reminding him where the kids would be on Christmas Day this year. Cole asks too many questions and seems to want more definite answers now that he's getting older. Text messages really saved us this Christmas.

Christmas morning started bright and early. The kids were so excited to find what Santa left for them.

I can already picture the grass stained knees from Cole diving through these pylons. He finds any excuse to jump, fall, dive, or flop on the ground. Why do boys do that?

Haha...A snuggie for dogs!

Nana and Pa had a special bracelet made for Brooke. And Pa really did go to Dixie's to help pick out the charms. That makes it even more special!

Brooke was in her own little world lathering up those pretty lips with gloss and telling her new toys all about it.Cole threw on his new Longhorns shirt as quickly as possible and was playing his new video games before anyone even had breakfast. Typical. Cole and Christopher

Quick check to make sure the car didn't roll away. Notice the way our car is parked in the grass with the wheels turned? The drive way was iced over by the time we got there, and the car kept sliding back down. There were already too many cars in the street, so Nathan came up with this idea. It worked and kept the car in place. I, on the other hand, busted my butt on the ice heading to get stuff out of the back. That hurt. Nathan didn't see me until I was already lying on the ground. He just said, "What are you doing?!"