Santa left us some presents

Santa was good for us once again this year. The girls were super excited when they woke up. Grace came to our bedroom and told us that she saw presents in the den. Olivia kept telling us Santa didn't come yet...I think she may of thought she was going to physically going to see him.

The first think they both went for is their stockings. Excited about every little thing down to socks. Harper sat in her bumbo enjoying all the commotion.

Harper got a toy, backpack and sippy cups from Santa.

Olivia got a remote control bus, Alphie (a robot) and singing animals.

Grace got a Nintendo DSi, a clock, and a baby doll.

The girls picked out two things for daddy. The first was a superman tshirt. Grace told Chad on Christmas morning that he needed that shirt because he was their superhero. The second was a toolbox. Grace was set on getting him the toolbox. When I asked what needed to be put in there she told me candy. So we filled it up with some yummy treats.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve day and evening were wonderful and slow pace. We started the day going to see a 10:30 movie, Tangled. All three of the girls were extremely good. We then walked about the mall, had lunch and rode the merry go round.

We came home and dressed in our Christmas best for our church service at 3:30. Grace sat with us during big church. Two moments cracked me up...one was when the pastor told the kids that he heard it might snow on Christmas day. Being a true southern girl, she looked at me and said, "Yeah, but will it stick?". The second was Grace begged to sit on the front row, we compromised and sat on the second. In the middle of the sermon, when it is extremely quiet, Grace let out a very loud poot. Being who I am, I had the uncontrollable giggle. Next time we may need to sit on the back row.

After church we came home and ate a yummy roast that had been cooking all day in the crackpot. Christmas pjs were then put on and then we rode around to look at Christmas lights. When we got home we put out cookies and milk, wrote letters to santa and hit the pillow. The girls were tired and fall asleep quickly. Santa then took care of business and was in bed by 9:30.




"Presents. I made these cookies for you and milk. Love Harper, Grace and Olivia"

The first line is suppose to say, Thank you for the presents.

Cookie Party

The Maddox girls had the joy of decorating cookies with the Rubio boys. We just love this family and are trying to go ahead and make sure arranged marriages.

The girls had SO much fun at their house and the boys were so good with them, helping as much as they can. Great day, hope this will become a new tradition.

Christmas Lights

This year we went right around the corner to see Christmas lights at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. All three of the girls and both adults seemed to enjoy it.

(No Harper does not have a black eye...I have a crapy camera)

On the way home...two tuckered out girls!

Church Program

Grace participated at her first church program at our new church. She had practiced with a CD for several weeks and was very excited. The preschool kids did an AWESOME job and I was very impressed watching them on stage. My favorite part was listening to Grace sing with all her heart, "Oh, How I Love Jesus."

Harper and Olivia watching

The older kids came up after the preschoolers and were part of a living tree.

Random December Pictures

Grace and Austyn at the Happy Birthday Jesus Party at Church

Celebrating Asher's Birthday

The Girls Hanging Out on the Sofa

Gift Exchange with all the kiddos I keep

Cookie Decoration with friends

School Christmas Party

I had a friend keep Harper, Olivia was in her classroom and I was able to spend time with "just" Grace during her school party.

She enjoyed the edible craft

Opening a present from the teacher

The book exchange

Still together

Grace and Erin at about seven months old above and almost five years old below. When they were younger we thought it was so cute to dress them alike. Now, it is the girls that think it is pretty cool to dress alike.

These two have a sisterly relationship. One minute they LOVE each other and call each other best friends, the next minute they are on each others nerves. I hope they have this relationship for years to come.

Olivia's first performance

Olivia had her two year old Christmas program last Tuesday during the day. I was nervous about her getting on stage but she did great. She started off singing well, then she saw us and yelled "Hey Mommy! That's my mommy.". Too cute. She also started taking her arms out of her sleeves. I was very worried a shirt was about to come off but it didn't!

We had her Christmas party afterwards in her classroom. The girl out ate all the other kids.