our family minus Mom by the tree
SK & Shep in their matching p.j.'s
SK trying to hold down Shep for a good pic!
SK loves her Christmas present from Granddaddy, Charlie!
love this one!
girls dancing in the aisle at the Nutcracker
Naomi & SK before leaving for the Nutcracker
Nathan & Eric putting together our Christmas tree
me with my little elves, they were so sweet to help put out all our Christmas this year.
my little snowman
snowman & santa
snowman trying to escape!
helping decorate the tree
Sara Kate LOVES to rearrange my ornaments and does it daily!
before the Nutcracker
Daddy & SK making their ginger bread house
So this next picture shows what happens when you leave 2 little girls alone with presents under the tree. Rachel and I were busy wrapping gifts in my room for the breakfast with Santa the next morning. We heard the girls giggling and didn't really think much of it. Well, little did we know they were having Christmas early! They unwrapped ALL of our Christmas presents from under the tree! My Mom sent a bunch of wrapped gifts that the girls had a blast unwrapping! Sara Kate & Naomi both said they had so much fun unwrapping the gifts! This is what we found in SK's room...
Eric & Shep at the breakfast with Santa
so excited about Santa!
This was the first year that Sara Kate was truly excited about seeing Santa. For the past couple of years she would not sit with Santa or go and get her gift. Well, what a difference a year makes. She was so excited this year and I loved seeing her so excited!
waiting patiently for their names to be called by Santa
Shep was excited too!
Bennedetta loving on the girls
Shepherd fell asleep right before their gifts were handed out. So glad Santa brought Mrs. Claus, she was happy to hold him!
SK & Nomi loved her skates from Santa
face paintingAfter breakfast with Santa, the girls went to Bennedetta's 2nd birthday party. She had a cowgirl themed party and had animals from Fiesta Farms for the kids to pet and ride. Here are the girls anxiously waiting for the animals to arrive.
Sara Kate's first time on a horse! I couldn't believe she actually got on it and rode it all by herself!
checking out all the animals
Can you tell that the girls were pooped from their busy day? Love that they fell asleep holding hands.
the girls giving Nathan some good practice before his baby arrives!
Shepherd's new favorite thing is riding in Sara Kate's car, of course sis only lets him drive for just a little bit!
such a big boy!
look what I found underneath our tree!
