Oklahoma Christmas/Blakes 1st Christmas

Since we were going to be out of town for Christmas this year, we called in a favor and had Santa visit us early so we wouldn't have to travel with presents.

Christmas Eve jammies:



Opening presents "Christmas" morning:









Presents from G&G Brown:





Santa did not disappoint:

Blake was not into the wrapping paper at all, but he could not get enough of climbing on boxes!








Here's Kate in her Christmas dress from Grandma Brown:





Blake started getting sick that morning and by the time church rolled around he was pretty miserable, so he and I stayed home.



Ah-CHOO!

Give Thanks!

We are so happy to finally have family living by us, and by that I mean a 6 hour drive, but believe me, that feels close to us! This year for Thanksgiving, we got to join my parents and little brother Mark at my brother Matt's house for Thanksgiving. We had an awesome time! The kids all had a blast together, the guys enjoyed the Lord of the Rings trilogy (almost nightly) and the girls got to shop! And all that was in addition to the amazing feast we had!



Grandma, of course, came bearing gifts:







Grandma also had a fun, edible craft for the girls to make, turkey cookies!





I don't know if the girls had more fun making or eating them!



Aunt Lisa helped the girls make super cute/fun paper bag "indian" vests!





Blake in his Thanksgiving garb...never mind the huge wet spot, he was having so much fun, he must have forgot to tell me to change his diaper!



Lisa did an AWESOME job on the turkey!!! Matt, carving the "roast beast"



The three Turkey Princesses enjoying their meal!



Thanks Matt and Lisa for being amazing hosts!