Favorite Christmas Gift

"52 Reasons We Love Mom"

Oh, you better believe I'm documenting this.

Is that a good thing?

Crapola

"for your age"

They got that right

Pffffff

Now for Dad...

Malt Maker

Cheapo

Rob's "photo face," haha

That Christmas gift is hard to beat in my book.

Christmas Dinner at Granny's

Kids opened Granny's presents right away

Uncle Rob figured out Avery's fairy flyer. 
Elle would've gotten one of those....

Granny looks like this at least once every get-together. What am I forgetting?

Benzo is the best entertainment

Then we had Christmas dinner, and afterward the adults attempted to do a gift exchange. "Attempted" because no one knows what the rules are, but everyone wants to change them. So like that.

To be honest, this Christmas was no party. Maybe a work party... in the sense that you work and don't party.

But it kept my mind off of missing Elle like crazy. And we're learning some of those life lessons with our teenagers that are dreaded but character building. This, too, shall pass....  

Christmas Brunch

After brunch we watched "He Is the Gift."
(Josh and Clint are cozy... ha!)

Grandpa and the Mrs. off to Nashville for their 

honeymoon at the Grand Ole Opry

White Elephant gift exchange

Soda was determined to trade for the "Control Your Family" spray.

"Mom, I'm gonna use it on you, but I'm not telling you how," he said as he sprayed and sprayed his mouth with it. And then he made sure I knew, "It works on extended family, too..." [spray, spray, spray....] 

Josh and Clint. Here we go again....

... "Elf Joy?" ... and pretty sure that's not gangsta. 

...but I wouldn't know about those things.

'Bout time for Christmas Dinner at Granny's....