On Saturday night, we had our first Christmas this year! Since we are flying to Chicago this year, we had and early celebration with Mark's family.
The boys were super excited to give and receive gifts this year.
(Nolan LOVES Brooks! He just adores his little baby brother. Here he was trying to get him to smile by tickling his head!)
Smiling with Oma & Opa before opening their stockings.
Brooksie got sippy cups! We really need some new ones...we've gotten a few new over the years, but this poor guy doesn't need everything to be a hand me down!
Heathy digging to the bottom!
Nolan excited about a new car and some money!
Brooksie was trying on Payton's new "koala" hat. I think it looks like a fuzzy Mickey Mouse hat!
Playing the pickle game I introduced them to. We just did a kids round and Payton won. But the pickle was up high, so she had an advantage! Ha!
The kids all draw a name and buy a present for each other. Brady had Heath and he bought him a Bullseye toy. Heath gave him the best hug after opening it.
Can you believe there was a Toy Story character we didn't have? Nolan informed me, though, that we still do not have Stinky Pete! Ha!
Nolan got the game, "Guess Who?" A childhood favorite of mine, but now there is even an animal version, that he is super excited to play!
Heath had Landon and we got him this cool Payton Manning shirt! Landon was SO excited to get it!
The second he opened it, he said, "on, on, on" until Cara put it right on him. He matched his big brother who was wearing the same shirt.
Brooks got this BIG golf ball bank for his room! He didn't have a bank, so it was perfect, and big enough to save enough money to send himself to college! Ha! Yeah, right!
Us adults, pull a name too. Mark was so proud of the gift that he made for Wes. A Notre Dame Bags set!
After a fun and late night, we got the boys into their new p.j.'s and let them play for a few minutes with some of their new presents.
We had a great night celebrating with the Jansen fam! Thanks for throwing a fun party just for us! We will miss you on Christmas!
And just for fun...here are a few pictures of what our Elf on the Shelf, Eckabee, has been up to...
One night, he took down all of our stockings and hung up our underwear instead! That silly elf! Nolan was laughing hysterically at 7 a.m. when he found this! He woke us up with laughter! What a great way to start the day!
And this morning, Eckabee was reminiscing on Christmas' past! Love this pic!
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I don't even remember what I wrote the first time, probably something about having a good time on Saturday night with you, and thanks for the great presents! Wes LOVES his bags game...it meant so much to him that Mark made a handmade gift just for him!
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