Christmas x 3

We had a very Merry Christmas in Texas this year. It was so nice to be in town already and not have to endure a long day of travel to be here with family! To start the festivities, my sister Cory and her boyfriend Derrick got into town Christmas Eve, and I had them and my parents over for lunch. I had heard a lot about Derrick and it was nice to finally meet him. We really enjoyed his company, and it is great to see Cory so happy.

We had three Christmas celebrations this weekend. First off was Christmas Eve over at Walkers'. Jeff's brother and sister came with their families, and we all had a great time together. It started snowing that afternoon and came down pretty heavily into the night. Pictured, clockwise from left: snow at Walkers', Jeff trying to figure out Tyler's transformer (hehe), cousin Mavrick, cousin Presley applying pretend lipstick to Aunt Tiffany, Princess Presley with Nana, Tyler happy as can be with his new transformer and bakugan. We also had a fun time laughing at...ahem...with each other during a game of Mad Gab. Always a fun time at the Walker house!

Christmas morning was so exciting. Tyler woke up and was ecstatic to see that Santa came and left presents under our tree. He ran into our room and told us we needed to come check it out, then scurried down the hallway as fast as he could, yelling, "come on! come look! come look!" We had to wake Colton up so we could get started with the unwrapping. Check out the before (neat and pretty) and after (disaster) pics. The boys were thrilled with everything. Jeff and I were happy and surprised with what Santa brought us too. You can see below that we also woke up to a white Christmas, which was really pretty cool!

Later Christmas morning we headed over to my parents' house for breakfast, a family Christmas celebration, and another round of present opening. Once again a fun time! The boys were really overtired, so they went home for naps in the afternoon and I came back over to mom and dad's to hang out and we played a game of pictionary man. My family can get pretty goofy, and mom and dad are really funny to play games with. Later that afternoon I went back home to get Jeff and the boys and we enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner.

Thank you, family, for making our Christmas so fun and special. We were so happy to be here to celebrate with you!