We got to be "home" for the holiday's this year and it was Fabulous! Sure, we love to see family, but it was just nice to not have to go anywhere, or try and divide up all our time equally with all the family members. We had to go off no ones agenda but our own. It was just perfect being home with the people I love most.
We had a Christmas party at our house with a bunch of our friends who were also staying home for the holidays. We ate way too much good food, cleaned up lots of spilled egg nog and just really enjoyed each other. I think there were like 20 kids running around my house for about 4 hours. The girls all kind of clustered together (typical female behavior) and the men all grouped up as well. The men talked Politics, books and other important things affecting our society. As for us women... well, we talked a lot about bodily functions, body hair, warts, breastfeeding, you know, all the important things.
A major highlight of the month was that Paul had two weeks off work, so we really got to make the most of his time home. I really put him to good use. The garage is now clean, every closet in our house is organized, his office is finally put together and we painted and put together a crib. Am I nesting or what? It's going to be a hard adjustment having Paul back at work and the kids in school again. Gone are the days of staying up late and waking up late.
CHRISTMAS MORNING! Look What Santa brought for Christmas! "Santa" thought it would be a great idea to buy a trampoline on a whim at the black Friday sales in Utah and then drive it all the way back to Texas and set it up Christmas Eve, all without the kids knowing, we totally pulled it off! The kids' reaction was priceless!
Our humble little family tree, I love it! I totally keep all of my kids dorky hand made ornaments, they really are my favorite.
Bright and early Christmas morning
Jumping on the Trampoline after all the presents were opened.
Jumping some more
Bouncing ZZ
...and still some more jumping. Lucky for us it was 65 degrees Christmas day so the kids had no problem spending hours outside on the new toy.
Z and his beloved Thomas.
love the Christmas morning hair!
My Lego obsessed boy, told us over and over again that this was the best Christmas ever!
Lulu trying out the new tea set from Mimi
New Christmas suits from Mimi and Papa, they really spoiled us (no surprise there!)
Some awesome air force sky divers making an entrance to the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl on New Years Eve. It was a busy day. After the football game in Fort Worth we attended three different new years parties and didn't get home until after 1am. I had elephants feet at the end of that day, they were awesome, I should have taken a picture.
Eating hot dogs, cotton candy, licorice, and hot chocolate.
The Armed Forces Marching Band. Playing something patriotic no doubt, and I'm probably holding back tears. I have a very tender spot in my heart for all of the fabulous men and women serving in the Armed Forces.
We feel loved!
The cousin gift exchange with items purchased at the dollar store.We really wanted a picture of the kids with Santa, so we took the kids to see him at the mall, waited in line for an hour just to find out that you couldn't take any pictures! You could however take pictures if you bought the smallest portrait package of $20. I'm too cheap for that. I'm not spending $20 bucks to get some crappy picture of my kids with Santa. I was so mad.
Neighbor gifts. Pretzels dipped in caramel then chocolate, yum.
36 Big ones! (I saved the best for last) This picture really doesn't do justice to my very large belly.
The next time I post, I'll probably have had a baby. I'll try to put pictures of our little gem on the blog asap. Two more weeks people!
Happy New Year everyone!
12 comments:
Wow! Great post! Christmas is the best time of year. Can't wait to see your belated Christmas gift. She'll be darn cute like the rest of the kiddos:)
p.s. How on earth did you hide a trampoline in your car??? Amazing!
How cute are you? I think that you are looking adorable. I'm pretty sure I'm headed for a February birth. My biggest fear? That Baby Boy will try to arrive on Groundhog Day, see his shadow and decide to wait. Six more weeks of pregnancy... how morbidly horrible.
Seriously- how did you hide a tramp in the car? That is amazing! And 65 degrees? It is a whopping 9 degrees right now. Can I move in with you guys?
I like the arch of the back to make it look like you actually have a belly. Glory you don't even look like you are even 4 months along. I am really glad that I am not around you. I think that would make me totally depressed. It is bad enough I have to be pregnant with Merry. You Smith women are in a whole different category when it comes to pregnancy.
I have been doing a lot of nesting as well. There is something with being pregnant that really gets things done around the house. That is a great thing about pregnancy. You look like you had a great holiday season. There is nothing like being home for the holidays. I guess that is why they have a song about it. It is truly magical.
O.K. so the trampoline came in this big box that barley fit in our car. Luckily we have an suv with a third row so we put that down, put a sheet over the big box and squished the kids and whatever else wouln't fit in the back into the middle seat. And there you have it, that is how we got a trampoline from Utah to Texas. The kids had no clue, it was awesome!
Love it, love it! What a fun December, it makes me miss Christmas already! Your family is sooo cute, I can't wait to see little Ruby!! You are such a good mom Glory, I just love you!
Sweet! I can see our Christmas card!! Glo, you are truly the most adorable pregnant woman I've ever seen. Your 36-week picture is me at the end of my first tri :-). Best of luck! We need to get together with you guys!!
Glory you are just so darn cute. You definitely don't look 36 weeks. Are your babies like 5 pounds or what?
Thanks for sharing your fun Christmas stuff and good luck with the new little girl!
I love that you guys stayed home and did your own thing. We need to do that soon. Traveling is getting old. I remember the year we got a trampoline for christmas. It was the best Christmas ever. Years of entertainment.
You look so beautiful. I cannot wait to see how gorgeous your little Ruby is.
I'm excited for you and your family to add a sweet little girl! How are you feeling? Based off your posts, seems like you're having fun! I'd never heard of the carmel and chocolate pretzles until this year, I guess they're always a hit, my mother-in-law did them for her colleagues. Yours look fabulous! And, trampolines are always a blast! That's why Aunt Suzy had 2!
Look at you with your little update! I just finally blogged this morning too. I've been SO not in the mood.
Greg asked me what we talked about at your party. I totally forgot to tell him warts. HA! We really did talk about warts and even compared them. EEeew!!! Hee hee!!
you look so good. i hate you!! jk. glad our card could make the door - looks like we weren't the only ones to choose that card either! and what a fun christmas. a trampoline. isn't it so much fun to be able to actually use your fun toys on Christmas because it's so warm? I love texas!
What an awesome Christmas you folks had! There's definitely something to be said about staying at home for the holidays (though we definitely missed you).
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