Tuesday, December 30, 2008

We're still celebrating!!!

The plan was to head to South Carolina and celebrate Christmas with Casey's parents and Grandma on the 26th. Unfortunately, 3 out of 5 of us came down with the flu the day after Christmas so our trip was delayed a couple of days. When we finally got there, there were more presents for everyone. The kids got new FSU sweatshirts and Casey and I got new FSU shirts. We're ready for some college football!!!
One of our favorite things to do in South Carolina is ride the 4 wheeler. Whitney and Hailey switch off being the driver and passenger. They are both pretty good drivers.
Tyler taking aim with his slingshot filled with a paint ball. His new thing is to get with a bunch of friends and have a slingshot paint ball war.
Casey and I getting ready to go for a ride. I've become a little more "outdoorsy" since marrying Casey.

Christmas morning - 7:00am!

One thing on Hailey's Christmas list was a new purse and wallet.
Whitney had been hoping that Santa would bring her a new pink North Face jacket - I guess she had been a good girl this past year.
Tyler really only had one wish this year and it was an electric guitar.
This Christmas Kathryn slept over at our house on Christmas Eve and opened her Christmas presents with some of her favorite neices and nephew. Mom and Dad were at Michelle's house watching her kids open their presents on Christmas morning. I think Kathryn's favorite gift was her new cell phone and her vest. I was hoping she would forget her vest when she went back to Michigan so I could wear it!!!

The festivities continued...Christmas Eve

After decorating sugar cookies, everyone (the Price family, Grandpa and Grandma Snow and Kathryn) headed over to our house to celebrate Christmas Eve. After a yummy dinner of fried turkey, thanks to Casey and Tyler, Casey and Grandpa showed the kids where Santa was delivering presents.
Jackson and Grandma and Grandpa Snow.
Grandpa Snow feeding Jackson one of many bananas over the holidays.
A tradition that we do every Chrismas Eve is have the kids put on a play about the night that Jesus was born. In the cast we have Tyler as the donkey, Jackson as baby Jesus, Kathryn as Mary, Emily as a shepard, Whitney as a wiseman, and Hailey as the angel. They all did wonderful!
Since Grandpa and Grandma would be at the Price's on Christmas morning, the kids opened one of their presents - brand new homemade blankets from Grandma Snow. Everyone has been sleeping with their new blankets plus the ones she made them when they were born ever since!

Decorating Grandma Snow's homemade sugar cookies

We all went over to Aunt Michelle's house Christmas Eve morning and decorated sugar cookies made and brought all the way from Michigan to Georgia courtesy of Grandma Snow. They are the best sugar cookies ever!!
Emily licking the extra frosting off her finger.
Jordan testing the frosting before she frosted the cookie. I think she ate more frosting than what she got on the three cookies she decorated.
Hailey creating a Christmas cookie to leave for Santa tonight.
Whitney decorating her cookies to bring home for dad to eat.