It's so fun to celebrate with family!

It's hard to believe that it's JUST one week until Christmas! We try so hard to fit so much in to the holiday season! It's bittersweet to see some of our favorite things come and go! We get so excited about each tradition and event coming up...then it quickly comes and goes! That is how this weekend was for us! It's become a tradition to celebrate Christmas at Poppa and Nunno's the weekend before Christmas. We went up early Friday morning (Daddy worked while we played) to spend the weekend! It was great to start our fun times early.  Steven and I went out on a really nice date Friday night (it was pretty unplanned which made it even more fun!) It was so much fun to have dinner and talk! Saturday we got up and everyone came over to celebrate! All five grandchildren were together and were so excited to see all the Christmas decorations and tear into their presents! Jack has been so excited about opening all of his presents! He has even slowed down a little and gets very excited about each thing and usually tries to get someone to "Look! Look!" (He even did that today with a sweater! He asked three different people to LOOK WHAT I GOT!!!"
Lucy, on the other hand, doesnt really care about opening presents (Jack does this for her!) but she LOVES the bows!!! She picks up any bow and tries to put it on her head. It is really funny! If it falls out then she will bring it to you to re-stick it to her head or she will try to get it back up there! Once they are stuck... then she leaves them there!

LOTS of love between cousins!

Lucy and her bows!

LOOK Daddy! I got a new game!

Aunt Anneke and sweet Anna

Lucy checking out her presents!

Jack got lots of dress up clothes and they loved trying them on!

Dancing in circles to "Jingle Bells"

Too much fun!

Today we got up and had a big breakfast and then slowly got ready to head to Cousin Jennifer's to celebrate Christmas with the WHOLE Buffington family! There were six great grandchildren there and they are FULL of energy! It's always fun to see them together! Jack and Lily immediately started playing and never stopped. They marched around singing and telling everyone they were trying to figure out who is naughty and who is nice! They said they were elves and they were working for Santa. They told most everyone if they were naughty or nice! (It seemed that most people were on the naughty list! Jack reasoned that because there were two lists then people had to be on both lists!) It was so fun to listen to their reasoning and imagination! It was a really happy day to see everyone together! We are blessed to have our family!

Lucy and her bows.....again!

Great grandchildren!

Granny her the kids!

Nunno and Poppa with the little lady!

Look Lucy! (Sweet brother stopped to show her toys!)

Jack opening his LONG present from Granny!

All the kids had fun with their LENGTHY unwrapping! (Great job Maegan!)

Jack concentrating on his unwrapping!

The Leonards!

We finished up our gift exchange and had a great lunch! We played some more and then everyone took a little rest! When we got up, Jack and Lucy headed downstairs to play with their new toys and the adults had yummy snacks and drinks! It was a quiet night and so nice to relax!

Now....just one week away from Christmas day and we are happy to be together and thankful for all of the blessings in our life!

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