Christmas Day

I was so excited for Christmas morning!!

Kennedy normally sleeps til about noon (it helps where I work nights)

and I finally had to wake her up at 930

I had been awake since 830 and couldnt take it any more!

When we woke up Santa had came!!!

This little peanut was SPOILED

The tree was covered in candy canes and hair bows for her

The first thing she opened was her chest of princess dresses

Books

Santa found not only one but two Cinderellas with pink dresses

One big and one small just like what she asked him for!

Sparkly Littlest Petshops

Cute new outfit and shoes!

Tangled figurine set for her castle

I was having so much fun watching her open her presents I wasnt opening any of mine

She stopped opening hers, handed me some of mine and said here Mom you open yours!

This kid was absolutely spoiled by everyone!!

She thankfully got a bunch of new clothes which she needed

She had outgrown most of her jeans!

Kennedy kept telling me

"Mom I got spoiled!! My Grandma and Grandpa and you spoiled me!"

She went with her dad at noon and I headed up to the Archery Range where my family was

My parents decided to open the range for the day since there were a lot of single people in the group who didnt have their kids or family close

Gave them an archery family to hang with

It was pot luck style, Dad grilled up burgers.

Elysha and Dane were there

We just hung out and had fun!

What a great Christmas! Definitely were very fortunate this year!

Party Numero Dos

The second party of the night was at Elyshas house

Elysha, Dad, Grandma Julie and Dane showing off their fishtanks downstairs

Kennedy opening her present and Dad and Mom showing the slideshow they made

Nic came from his families Ugly Sweater Party

Parker was so excited about his presents he got!

Grandpa Doug, Dane and Grandma Julie

And whats a picture with out Dad!

Aunt Kathy and Elysha Lou

The girls of the party

We took about 4 pictures and this is the best one we had..

Suck it in

Stick it out

Then my mom started talking about putting her boobs on my Grandmas shoulder

Aunt Kathy started talking about tea bagging..

I lost it by this point

I was laughing in all the rest of the pictures

My Grandma Barton, Mom, Me, Aunt Kathy, Elysha and Grandma Julie

The men of the party

Nic, Dad, Grandpa Doug, Parker, Grandpa Barton, Dane and Uncle Danny

Uncle Danny and Aunt Kathy

Dad, Nic and Mom kissing Nic

Kathy and Danny playin pool in the basement

Kennedy and Parker lovin on Felony

Shes such a good dog!

They just love her

Someone started to get sleepy!

Needed a little mommy time

Christmas drinks of the night

Thanks Elysha and Dane for letting us get together at your house!!

Felony wanted a hug too!

Reindeer

This week has been SO full of BAKING!

I swear thats all we did several days in a row

We made mint truffle balls, reindeer cookies, chex mix, reindeer cookies and another batch of reindeer cookies,brownies and chocolate dipped marshmellows on stick pretzels!

We had treats for the neighbors, treats for 2 different parties and not everything could be baked at once.

No one wants 4 day old cookies!

Kennedy was my little helper

Her job was to put the noses on Rudolph

She got a little sugar high and was putting the chocolate chips on her own eyes!

At the first party we went to Kennedy got a bag of reindeer food from Kellie

We had to make sure and feed Santas deer

Kennedy was exhausted by this point

She'd had such a long day!

The last thing before she could go to bed is she wanted to write a note for Santa to go with the cookies

All ready for him to come!

Poor little girl crashed

She didnt even want to watch a movie in bed

She said mom I just wanna go to sleep ok



Work Xmas Party

The Association at work threw a Christmas party this year at the Kottage owned by the OPBA

There were so many kids and so many things themed towards them!

The nice part is so many of us have kids all in the same range so they all had someone to play with

and we even had a few tiny babies to get to play with too!

The kids were all lined up waiting for Santa!

Yep we had Santa there!

Kennedy, Livi and Aiden

Heres Santa!!!!!

All the kids got to go up and sit on his lap and get a present!

Santa whispering in Kennedys ear telling her if she doesnt quit drawing on the walls she wont get any presents!

Youre never too old to sit on Santas lap!

The party was a big hit

Everyone had fun

Lots of good food!

Thanks to those who put in the hard work to make it great!

Clubbin

Ive heard a rumor about my parents lately

My parents have been clubbin a lot..

Its starting to become a problem

Every time you turn around they're out at the club

Now they've started taking friends with them

I mean come on..

You're not 21 anymore!

Oh wait..

Its the pheasant club

Never mind!

Its ok!

Grandpa Dennis and his bird

Dad

Dennis, Mom and Phill

Dennis, Dad and Phill

They had an awesome day this hunt and totally cleaned house!

(These were the birds Alex saw when he came up and Dad and Dennis were cleaning them)