Merry Christmas (alas, belatedly) and a Happy New Year! We were able to spread the Christmas festivities over three days of family gatherings. It was one of the most relaxing years we've had in a long time. Or maybe ever. On Christmas Eve we spent the early part of the day with Grandma Karla and Auntie Michelle's families. But, first the kids had to get fancied up and take a picture for Mom! Cheese! 
We took the opportunity to have someone else take our family picture for once. Uncle Matty was nice enough to let us borrow a flash for our camera so that we look more natural. It must have been a magic lens, because we look pretty decent with Photoshop! 
We wrangled the kids together and had them take a picture with Grandma before they could open presents. Bribery! 
Lucy and Quillan both got dolls that resemble them. That's just too cute! Grandma Barbara is lucky that the girls don't know what an American Girl doll is. Those things cost an arm and a leg and we like Grandma all in one piece!
Little Baby Evers! Zach was having too much fun taking pictures of Everleigh. Most of them are of her! But, that's okay, because she's too cute.
When we got home on Christmas Eve we put the kids to bed and hoped and prayed that they would stay asleep. But, lately we've been having sleep issues and Christmas Eve was no exception. Where's that Christmas magic when you really need it?! Mom was in the kitchen making monkey bread for the next morning...and luckily that's all Mom was doing...and the kids came out and did this. We were really close to leaving them out there and letting them just wake up to Santa's gifts in the morning. But, who knows, that could have forced festivities to begin at 4 a.m. 
I want to say that Lucy was excited here...
Tyler made up a new dance. The Mighty Bean jig...
Leave it to the homemade gifts to bring tears to your eyes. Well, that and the credit card bill...
Another homemade goody. It's so much fun to have both kids in school! 
This is Zach's excited face. He actually really liked the gloves and got pretty spoiled this Christmas.
Even Mom got spoiled! We all did really. It was a very nice Christmas at home. We stayed in our pajamas all day long and enjoyed our toys. Shoot...it was such an inviting holiday the ants even decided to partake in the fun. Even though they weren't really welcome.
We took the opportunity to have someone else take our family picture for once. Uncle Matty was nice enough to let us borrow a flash for our camera so that we look more natural. It must have been a magic lens, because we look pretty decent with Photoshop! We wrangled the kids together and had them take a picture with Grandma before they could open presents. Bribery! Lucy and Quillan both got dolls that resemble them. That's just too cute! Grandma Barbara is lucky that the girls don't know what an American Girl doll is. Those things cost an arm and a leg and we like Grandma all in one piece!Little Baby Evers! Zach was having too much fun taking pictures of Everleigh. Most of them are of her! But, that's okay, because she's too cute.When we got home on Christmas Eve we put the kids to bed and hoped and prayed that they would stay asleep. But, lately we've been having sleep issues and Christmas Eve was no exception. Where's that Christmas magic when you really need it?! Mom was in the kitchen making monkey bread for the next morning...and luckily that's all Mom was doing...and the kids came out and did this. We were really close to leaving them out there and letting them just wake up to Santa's gifts in the morning. But, who knows, that could have forced festivities to begin at 4 a.m. I want to say that Lucy was excited here...Tyler made up a new dance. The Mighty Bean jig...Leave it to the homemade gifts to bring tears to your eyes. Well, that and the credit card bill...Another homemade goody. It's so much fun to have both kids in school! This is Zach's excited face. He actually really liked the gloves and got pretty spoiled this Christmas.Even Mom got spoiled! We all did really. It was a very nice Christmas at home. We stayed in our pajamas all day long and enjoyed our toys. Shoot...it was such an inviting holiday the ants even decided to partake in the fun. Even though they weren't really welcome.Santa left Lucy some makeup for Christmas. She had a GREAT time applying it to every crevice of her face and then singing like a rock star into her microphone. The look is interesting, but hey, it works for Lady Gaga, right?!
Tyler really loved his penguin Pillow Pet. He sleeps with it every night, along with the Pluto that Santa left. Wonder if he would have liked the original Panda Bear he asked for... 
On the day after Christmas we went over the highway and through the side streets to Grandma's house. Dad, Rebecca, Flip, and Grandma were there to celebrate and eat a good meal. It was a very nice time to spend together and we wanted to commemorate it with a picture. Well, some of us did. Grandma wasn't too keen on the idea, but too bad!
We had a very nice holiday filled with family and lots of love. In addition to celebrating Christmas we celebrated our cousin Jonathan turning 21 and the marriage of another cousin, Courtney. It was a lot of family time! Do you think our resolution was to spend less time with family?! Nah...resolutions are always broken, so that wouldn't really work, would it?
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