We went up to the mountains to get our Xmas tree - a family tradition from Mamma's side that she is trying to continue against Dadda's wishes ;-) This year we invited Gammie to join us for some more family fun. We were lucky to have NO rain before we went up to the mountains, which meant NO mud to trek through. We did have VERY cold weather, but we just bundled everybody up and went up the mountain - thank god for 4 wheel drive, because we found a little tree farm that had one lane roads that were a little scary!
We ended up with a little 12 ft tree for our house - which was gorgeous with just lights on it (with all the sickies in our house before Xmas there just wasn't time to do ALL the decorating!)
And whoever didn't believe us when we said our kids have horns - take a look, these sprouted when they were supposed to be nice!!
Christmas morning was really fun - Em came and woke me up whispering something about a HOUSE being in the living room. When I asked her who had left it she whispered SANTA with wide eyes - the joy kids bring to life is so much fun!! We got dadda up and let her play with the new doll house while we made coffee and woke up. Once Allie was awake it was present time. They ripped through the presents pretty fast - Even Sally knew which presents were her's (how she knew that I have NO idea, but she ONLY ripped opened her 3 presents and nothing else.)
After presents Mamma made Maple Crumb Muffins (another tradition) while the kids played with their new toys and dadda 'watched' the kids
The girls got all dressed up to head over to The Piazza's house (aka Aunti Jen, Uncle Steve and MADI)
And trying to get one of them together, is so hard!
We spent the day with cousin Madi, Aunt Jen, Uncle Steve and Gammie - it was a very relaxing day with LOTS of fun. It was nice being with family watching the kids just enjoy the holiday. We wished we could have had ALL the families together, but it wasn't in the cards this year.
