Christmas and New years...man am I behind!

First, sorry for the lack of order and possible duplicates. I've been having trouble with the blog website and so hence the disorganization :) We had such a fun Christmas morning!! Papa and Grandma came out to experience the FUN-ness...we first begin with Christmas rolls -- we put birthday candles on them and sing happy birthday to Jesus :) then read the story of Christmas before anything else. It is of greatest importance that our children understand that JESUS is why we do Christmas - not gifts, not treats, not food, not even family. Jesus is CHRISTmas :)
He loves ANYTHING lightning McQueen :)
My amazing, beautiful, gorgeous RED mixer. Love love love. Haven't named it yet... boy or girl?? hmmmmmm
Lightning McQueen scooter :)
FUN!! Charles worked Christmas Eve and Day so he slept an hour then got up, did the fun with us then went back to bed. It wasn't our most...fun Christmas, but it was still nice.

SMOKER! yay!! we love love love the smoker :)
Auntie Leslie et al gave us each a bag of books...so fun, so personal!
Officer Johnson....
 Happy birthday to Jesus!!!
Reading the Story....
 No idea what Papa is doing, but I love the look on Wy's face :)
Auntie Alesha and Uncle Scott :)

Uncle James and his "dangit" Doll. Auntie Alesha made EVERYONE a "Dang it!" doll -personalized to look-ish like them. They are AMAZING. She designed them and made them all by herself...with some stuffing help from Uncle Scott ;) I can't believe I don't have a picture of our "family" so I'll work on getting one up.
 LOVE!

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