Merry Christmas, Part 2

Celebrating Christmas with our family is simply so special.  This is truly my favorite time of the year!  Experiencing Christmas through the eyes of our precious grandchildren makes the time even more memorable.  It is almost magical!  We celebrated here with everyone the weekend before Christmas, and then traveled to Alex City to be with the babies when Santa came!


Josh and Reed enjoyed some fun times and a few snuggles before bedtime!

 Lindsey shared the Christmas story.

 And Reed helped Pop find his nose, eyes and such!!

Santa's reindeer have to be left some food before bedtime!

And then sometime during the night, Santa made his way and left loads and loads of presents!!

And that sneaky Tinker evidently hopped aboard the sleigh and left with Santa, much to Josh and Lindsey's delight!!

 I just love this!!  They were totally amazed by Tinker's last antics!!

Each Christmas comes with its own special memories.  One of  these memories will be the frantic last minute search for the Elsa castle!  Santa's contract with Toys R Us and the postal service obviously had a break down!! And other than a ball, this was all this sweet girl asked for!!

 Checking out everything!  Lillian was just a little unsure at first!

Reed loved his new special toy!! And so did his sisters!

Another special memory will be this John Deere Gator!  Maddie actually called Santa during the summer and requested this.  Santa just happened to be in Florida watching his reindeer play in the ocean when she made the call!  He assured her he would get right on this as soon as he returned to the North Pole, and he did!! 

And then there's these roller skates!!  Maddie added these to her list 2 days before Christmas!  Josh told her that the sleigh was loaded, and she'd have to wait for her birthday.  However, Pop and I took the babies to see Christmas lights after Christmas Eve supper.  Right after she had looked up at me and said, "I love you, Nana", she told me she wanted two things-her John Deere Gator and roller skates!  I also told her it was probably not going to happen.  Well, she said, "Nana, sometimes Chirstmas miracles happen!"  Needless to say, a Christmas miracle did occur.  Luckily, Santa was able to make a quick stop at the local Walmart!! He also brought Lillian a pair!!

Surprise!!

Checking out the presents!! I love Reed's "I'm the boss"!  

Soon, we ventured out in the 75 degree, wet weather!!  Shorts, pajamas and rain boots were the perfect attire!!

Zoom! Zoom!!  

Lillian was a little slow to warm up to Gator rides, but she enjoyed it once she tried it!!

These two ran the battery down twice on Christmas Day!!

Pop and I delivered the roller coaster that we gave them!  I had never seen one of these before, but it is lots and lots of fun!!

Pop and I headed back late morning.  We were able to see Papa and Caleb and Taylor.  That was the perfect way to end the day!  Merry, Merry Christmas!!