December 15th - Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa

We had our rescheduled Christmas dinner with Grandma and Grandpa last night. We had a yummy dinner with the traditional and family favorite 7-up with grenadine to drink and mint brownies for dessert. Yum! Afterwards we exchanged presents and had a great time watching the kids reaction to their new things. Brody is great...he found a reason to make every gift his favorite. It was so cute! And Ella just looks older and older to us - especially when she is dresssed up in her princess clothes.

Ella found a new girlie hat for her under the Christmas tree

The kids could hardly stand the wait to open gifts - we barely made it through dinner.

Thanks Aunt Stephie!

She is going to be a pro at opening this year - as long as the bows aren't too tough!
Ella in some of her new princess dress up clothes - she looks so grown up!

Ella helping me open a gift from my Grandma and Grandpa in California

Me and Ella showing off our new steam canner - I am SO excited to head to the farmers market and use this!!

Grandma with the kids gift...a snowman tupperware. Brody quickly told her she needed to fill it with candy canes.

Dad with his Bill O'Reilly "American Patriot" shirt

Brandon with our new steam canner accessories - yeah!!

Brody and Grandpa with a Scooby Doo air freshner. This was the gift that Brody saw and instantly said it was for grandpa. They love watching old scooby doo movies together.

Ella with an outfit for her baby

Brody opening new fireman sweats from Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Mullin - I think he wasn't too sure about clothes at first - but when he saw they were fireman sweats he said, Wow! I love them!

Ella feeding her new baby doll

YEAH!! Our new sonicare toothbrush - thanks mom & dad - hopefully this will save us lots of money on future dental bills!

Ella soliciting some help to feed her new baby doll from Grandpa

Brody learning how to play his new leapseter with Dad