Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is always spent at my Nene and Pa's house in Henryetta. My cousins come from Florida and spend a week or so, we have lots of food, later in the day the rest of the family comes, we eat, we hang out and we open presents. Probably one of my favorite days of the year. Honestly, my cousins are my best friends and since they live in Florida, we don't see each other much. Once or twice a year usually, so seeing them is the best!! This year, we were super excited because Colton is older, so we thought he would love opening gifts. Well the week before Christmas, he kept trying to open them under the tree and we would tell him no. So Christmas rolls around and he wouldn't open them. Haha, oops. At least he listens ;) Anyway, it was a great day and we enjoyed every minute! Thankfully, Adam was able to be there as well. Here are some pictures from throughout the day...

Me and Coby

Playing a little football

Wagon ride with Papa

Then Joe wanted on, but that's ok, because Colton wanted off.

We played outside for a little bit with the kids. Let them play on the tractors, play with the football, run around, go for wagon rides. They loved being outside! Since it's been cold out, we haven't taken Colton out much, so he enjoyed running around. And of course Joe (our cousin), he lives in Florida, so he's outside a lot and he kept begging to go outside. So cute!

After that, we all relaxed and tried to get the little ones to go down for a nap, but that was definitely not happening. So they just played inside with everyone. Once everyone got there, it was time to eat and open presents.

Joe playing around before opening presents...



Me and Sami

After opening presents

Colton played with the paper more than anything

Love them!

Colton's gifts



Christmas Eve came and went by really fast! It was so fun being with everyone and letting the kiddos play. Colton and I are headed back to Henryetta tomorrow to spend time with our Floridian family before they leave.

I hope you all had a great Christmas Eve as well!

Stay tuned for a post about Christmas Day....

Thanksgiving week

Let's see...we returned from Wisconsin on Monday...

Tuesday evening, our friends in our neighborhood got together for a dessert feast. Everyone made a dessert and we all had little bites of everything! It was all soooo yummy! I'm sad I don't have any pictures from that night.

Wednesday evening, we went to our friends house for a "Friendsgiving."  Chris has hosted this for the past 4 years. It's so fun getting together with everyone and seeing our group "grow." When we first started doing this, there were only a couple, couples married, and 2 kids. Now, more are married or about to be and the kids have tripled.

This picture only shows some of the kiddos...there are 2 more that are not pictured. Everyone brings a side dish and Chris (or his wife), takes care of the turkey. This is like a full Thanksgiving dinner...with friends. The food is so great and the company is even better. It's so nice to catch up with everyone.

Colton and Colt, they are almost exactly a month apart. So cute!!!! They were beyond exhausted at this point.

We finally left after 11. Colton was asleep in no time. It was a great night and one of my favorites out of the year!

Thursday, of course was Thanksgiving. We had lunch at my Aunt Pam's house. Of course, more yummy food!

It's hard to believe this was Colton's 2nd Thanksgiving. After full bellies, we all left. Colton didn't have a nap that morning, so he was getting pretty tired. That evening, we headed to the lake with my family. We went over to spend a relaxing weekend at the lake. It was actually quite nice. Friday evening, we went to eat dinner at a mexican restaurant in Grove. They seriously have really good food!!! Then that night, we entertained ourselves...

It was a great week leading up to Thanksgiving and a great weekend after! I hope we end up going back more often during the "off season." But of course, I can't wait to spend the summer there as well. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family as well!

Trip to Wisconsin

Yikes, it's been a while since my last post. We've been busy around here. (I feel like I say that a lot) Anyway, after my last post, a couple days later, we went to Wisconsin. We got there Thursday afternoon and immediately went to the store to see Mary and Al (Grandma and Grandpa). Of course they were super excited to see Mr. Colton, and us too I guess ;) but let's face it, they just wanted to see the little man. As I said before, Adam went up to hunt and Colton and I hung out with everyone. Thursday afternoon/night was pretty relaxed. We were tired from the trip, so relaxing is good. We had to "baby proof" the house. We forgot a baby gate for the stairs, so we Adam came up with a little barrier.

 He looks happy, but he wanted to go up the stairs so badly and got so irritated that he wasn't able to. He was quite the little trooper and did really well on the way up. Of course, he got tired of being in the car, but after 12 hours, who doesn't? He was a worn out boy and had some catching up on sleep to do...

The next day, we went to visit Adam's Grandpa and we went to get a few items that Adam still needed for hunting, and went to Kelsey's (my sister in law) new house. Adam was like a giddy little boy on Christmas morning, waiting to go hunt! It had been 3 years since he had been with this group of guys, so to say he was excited, is an understatement. He left Friday evening with his friend Matt. I've never seen him want to leave so fast.

Saturday, Colton and I went to Kelsey's house for the morning.  Colton got to play with her boyfriend's little boys. He had a blast playing with them and with their toys!

We stayed there for a while, until Colton was exhausted, then we headed back to the house for nap time. Which ended up being nap time for me as well. That afternoon, Mary, Katie, Colton and I headed to where Adam was staying with everyone, so we "could see the deer."  Not gonna lie...I wasn't exactly excited to see dead deer...hanging...possibly skinned. Ew. But Adam wanted to show us, so we went. Yes, it was gross...I won't go into details, but I will be fine if I never see that again.

Ok, I apologize for the graphic photo. I didn't realize that was in the background. Like I said, EW! We didn't stay long, because it was pretty chilly outside. We went back home and had an amazing dinner. I will say, one of my favorite things about going up there, is the yummy food! My mother in law is a great cook! I love the food! She also, always has great dips and snack food! Seriously great!!! But on the downside...I come back with a couple lbs attached as well.

Sunday, they hosted a Packer Party. Which, of course meant, more great food! I think I seriously ate for a solid 3 hours. Just munched and munched and munched. Adam decided to come back as well. Which was good, since we were leaving that evening. We visited with family and friends some more until it was time for us to head back home.

We had a great trip! I enjoyed spending time with my in laws (without Adam for a change) and I KNOW he had a good time hunting. I'm sad we weren't able to see more friends. Hopefully we'll be up again very soon and we'll get to see everyone!