Ho Ho Ho! We are in the FULL swing of things!

What a MERRY MERRY weekend! It was set up to be a BIG weekend and it was awesome! We started with Lucy's birthday party on Saturday. We LOVED having family there and were thrilled to have ALL the grandparents! That was so special for sweet Lucy! After we cleaned up from the party, we started working on our yummy dinner to celebrate Christmas with Grandbubba and Aunt Neese! We had turkey (straight off the Big Green Egg), macaroni and cheese, broccoli casserole and sweet potatoes! It was really great! While dinner was cooking...Grandbubba, Aunt Neese and Jack worked on a gingerbread house. It's the 3rd year we have done one with Grandbubba! Jack really looks forward to it and sat there and really decorated the house! We opened presents and had such a fun night! We are so grateful for Aunt Neese and Bubba coming up to celebrate with us each December!

Big sister helping out putting lights up!

3rd Annual Leonard Gingerbread House

Am I supposed to eat the decorations?

What a beauty!

Hey Elmo! Can we be friends?

I have a present!

Seriously...is that a figure or what?

I am the present!

Loving my baby sister!

Sweet girl!

Grandbubba and his babies!

Sunday morning we got up and got all dressed up to go have breakfast with Santa! It's our fourth year going to the Nance's to see Santa! He comes to visit us each year and listen to each child's wishes! It is such a great time! Jack was VERY excited to see Santa come in the door. As all the children were sitting wide eyed watching him walk in...and Jack yells (loudly), "Santa Santa! Look at my shirt! I have a shirt on with you on it! Look! Look!"  He was so proud of the shirt Nunno made for him! He and Lucy looked so cute in their matching outfits! Jack was not shy at all and kept raising his hand to be the next to go sit in his lap! He told him that he wanted a kitchen, puzzles, books and games. (He actually said, Ummmm.....Ummmmm. several times trying to come up with something else!) He told Santa that Lucy wanted a baby doll! I thought Lucy would scream when we sat her in his lap, but she did great! I think Jack being up there helped!

Here I come!

LOOK LOOK! Santa, see my shirt?!

There he is!!!!

Santa, I would like some new puzzles!

Merry Christmas!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Leonard Family with Santa 2011

We headed home for naps (very short time) and then got ready for Mimi and Papa Tilley to come see us! We got some good time visiting with them and had a nice dinner! Then we headed to some neighbor's house (actually outside in a cul de sac) to celebrate all the fun Christmas lights! We are very fortunate to have some neighbors that go ALL OUT with Christmas lights! It is awesome and Jack likes to go each night to see them! It is very impressive and gives us lots of entertainment! Everyone hung out and drank hot chocolate and checked out the lights! We got home and go to celebrate Christmas and open gifts again!

Who me?! What did I do?!

Look at this Lucy!

Thank you Mimi!

We are very lucky to have such great family! It has been a FUN season so far and it's only December 5! We are packing it in and love it.....now it's time to get some rest!

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