A Kentucky Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone!!
Look how this family is growing! Two new babies since last year's Christmas picture!

As usual, we headed down to Kentucky for all of our "pre"Christmas celebrations. Christmas Eve is superbusy for us in Kentucky, so we try to go down at least a day ahead so we aren't in a dead run the WHOLE time! :)

My BFF (aka Becca) was in with her Fiance' (Hi Aaron!) and stopped over to see the boys - and so we could exchange gifts. I swear, we could go a year without seeing each other's face and it would be like we didn't miss a beat when we finally do!

We went down on Christmas Eve Eve this year so we would actually have a little time to "hang out" before the madness began. The boys love being at MimMim and Pap's house, and why shouldn't they?!

Buzzing like a bee - hence the funny face!
Once the madness did begin, our first stop was Christmas Eve Breakfast at Mammaw and Pappaw Vincent's. This is always our first stop on Christmas Eve. A big breakfast is made and we all stuff our faces to death, then go to the living room to open presents (or take a nap in Pappaw and Pap's cases).

Dad always gets volunteered to make the eggs... I don't know what he does to them, but they are SO good!

Mom took care of Annalee while everyone was cooking - I mean SOMEONE had to volunteer, right? ;)

We never ever remember to take pictures together... I don't remember how this came about?

That little Annalee slept through everybit of the excitement!

This family is growing by leaps and bounds! Three new babies since last Christmas!

After Christmas Eve breakfast at Mammaw and Pappaw Vincent's house, we headed back to mom and dad's for snacks and opening gifts. We kinda crammed all three Christmas' into one day this year - which worked fine - just a little more hectic than usual!

Lincoln spotted a dinosaur in his stocking before we could even get started. As you can see, he was a *little* scared of said dinosaur's teeth!

Of course the first thing he opened was a horse! Once he figured out how to hold onto it, he ran it around the living room until we had to make him stop and open more stuff!

Liam, still going strong at this point, had tons of fun in the floor playing with paper and ribbon. He even helped open a few toys! He really loved his little john deere set, and the blanket (see pic) that Aunt Kissen made for him.

And Lincoln's favorite was the digger! Lord knows the child loves construction equipment.

But, then again, when he saw Liam's new car (which he now refers to as the "toon car" thanks to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) he was pretty much all about it too! Look at Liam's little face - can you tell he was about to give out?

"Take it outside, I need dirt for it!"

Final stop for the day was Mammaw and Pappaw Douglas' house. This is always our final stop, and we were actually late this time! That's what we get for trying to cram all three into one day!

That's a lot of people to fit into that living room! We sure do have a crowd!

We always have a big dinner, then do presents last. Chase was SOOO ready to open presents this year! The whole time people were eating, he was going person to person asking, "when we're done with food, we get to open presents, right?"

We finally got a picture of all the grandbabies!! Liam, Tyson, Lincoln, Chase, Kaitlyn, and Annalee!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!