Christmas Night

Christmas night we celebrated Christmas at Grandma Sharon and Papa's house.  We had a delicious prime rib dinner, some dazzling conversation and then it was time to open presents!  It was a fun night!

Ainsley showed her belly to signal the opening of the gifts :)

YAY!!!  Anna got farm jammies!

And so did Ainsley!  She put them on all by her self - again with her shirt on like a skirt.

Santa's little Elf - delivering presents.

Aunt Kelli and Uncle Ryan - poor Uncle Ryan wasn't feeling well:( We were all hot and Uncle Ryan had a blanket on!

We have a streaker!

Grandma Sharon gave everyone piggy back rides!

Addysen was so excited to get a fancy cow necklace from Anna, Aunt Mary and Uncle Nate

Anna was bound and determined to make this a white trash family Christmas! :)

What are those two nuts doing?  And what happened to Anna's pants?

Ainsley is trying to put on the baby clothes that Uncle Nate and Aunt Mary got for their new baby, due in June.

I think Ainsley is sharing her new chair nicely with Anna (never mind... now i see her arm up, ready to push her out)

Addysen is always asking Papa to buy her a horse... looks like he did:)

Awe!  Now Anna is sharing her new baby bed with Ainsley!

two crazy girls with a lot of sugary/grandma/cousin/Christmas induced energy!

Christmas Morning

Addysen is still scared of Santa Clause, so we sent him a letter and we asked him to bring her a nice gift (because she couldn't think of anything specific) and asked him to leave her presents outside, because she was still a little bit scared of him.  And can you believe it.... he got the letter and left the gifts outside!  I forgot to take a picture of it, but he set them on the back patio table, just like she asked him to do.  It was a magical morning for Addysen, she woke up, ran into our room and yelled in Aaron's sleeping face, "SANTA CAME! SANTA CAME!  GET UP!" 

Santa brought Addysen a walking puppy

her very own hot cocoa mug!  She is still asking me where I found one with her name on it:)

Ainsley got a baby music player.

still checking out her baby music player...

YAY!!!  a farming shirt!

Watch out!  Addysen got a microphone stand!

Ainsley got a new farming shirt too!  She put it on all by herself... like a skirt!

Ainsley with her farming skirt/shirt, while standing on her new toy.... weird kid!

Hope got Addysen a book and this cute apron!

Daddy picked out this wall decoration for Addysen, it says "Cowgirl"

Daddy and Ainsley, say CHEESE!!!

Ainsley got a bilibo.

Addysen got a sparkly giraffe necklace from Mimi the giraffe.

There she is... The next Taylor Swift!!!!!  She has her sparkly guitar, her strap thingy and a microphone stand!!!!

Christmas Eve

As we do every year, we celebrated Christmas with the Link side of the family on Christmas Eve.  This year we were over at Uncle Mike and Aunt Barb's house in Abingdon.  It was so nice to see everyone, as we don't see each other too often.  Cousin Lucie was even there, all the way from New York!  After, dinner, presents and some visiting, we headed over to Altona for Christmas Eve Service.

Addysen, Lucie and Ainsley

Addysen and Lucie - having a tea party

Awe!!!

Time for presents!

That's weird... Ainsley's hanging out in the kitchen with all the food.  I bet she is hoping that Aunt Barb will drop something:)

Gingerbread Houses!

Before Christmas, we had a girls + Beau and Tate day.  We went to Lindsay's house to make gingerbread houses.  Lisa had just got home, so she got to join us for the festivities!  It was a fun day, hopefully we can make it a tradition.

Team Addysen and Lisa

Team Lindsay and Pepe

Lisa and Ainsley snuggling on the couch!

Our finished products!