Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Wow it has been a while since I have posted! Ryan was able to take two weeks off for vacation and we did absolutely nothing, and I mean NOTHING!! It might take me a week to get my home in decent shape. But it was great having him at home and the boys loved it. We started out the Christmas holiday at my family's house in Hobbs. My brother and his wife and kids came down so it was great to see them and catch up. Man have my niece and nephew gotten big!!! My mom comes from a family of 12 kids and usually 5-8 of the siblings plus their kids and grand kids meet together, so for the past 6-7 years we have rented a dance hall to accommodate our huge family. Its always great, lots of food, dancing, and Santa always shows up with a gift for each kid. We used to stay there until midnight but now Ryan and I have gotten to old and we make an early exit so we can help Santa set up at our house.

My side of the family.

Benjamin, Nathan, Isaac, Emily, and Kent patiently waiting for Santa.

Yay Santa is here and has presents for every kid.

This year we were all going to have matching pj's for Christmas. I know dorky but I loved the idea! So with the help of Nana my wish came true, we all wen to bed with our matching pj's and Christmas morning pics were going to be extra cute. That is until I walked into Isaac's room and realized he gotten sick during the night, and now his super cute pj's were covered in puke. Not a fun morning for mama. After we opened presents we went over to Nana and Pops to visit for a while, not to long though we didn't want Isaac spreading his Christmas cheer. Then off to the ranch for more presents and of course more food. Over all Christmas was great like it is every year.

Nathan and his gun. Santa did not fully thing this one out.


Benjamin and his Thomas the train set.

Sick Isaac and his Mickey race track.


Uncle Greg and Nathan do not kid about Christmas lunch!! Nathan did eat the whole thing!!!

New Year's was also a blast!!! We did our traditional game night, which Memaw and I totally dominated at Nerts!! Take that Ryan and Barry! And we were bad parents and let our children stay up till midnight. And although I'm not proud of our parenting skills that night I did not regret it new years day when my kiddos slept in till ten.

Ringing in the New Year with the boys!!

Ryan look more tired than the kiddos!!

Krystle and I had WAY to much Sparkling Cider!!!