the staggs

12.27.2013

Christmas 2013 Re-Cap

This is all for my recollection!

The Week of Christmas!

Wednesday, December 18th

Work/School

Meeting at 8:30am

Stratton School Party at 2pm

Frozen with Stratton

Church

Thursday, December 19th

Work/school

Arden’s 15 month appointment & shots @ 2pm

AFA Meeting @3pm

Friday, December 20th

Work/School

Arden’s daycare Christmas Party @2pm

End of the year office meeting @3pm

Jarrod’s work Christmas Party @7pm

Stay night at Mom and Dads

Saturday, December 21st

Get up and head to Searcy

Christmas with Staggs

Spend the night in Searcy

Sunday, December 22nd

Church in HR

Dillon’s Birthday Lunch at mom and dad’s

Church @ VV

Monday, December 23rd

Work/School

Armor Christmas party in Weiner

Shop for groceries

Cook/Clean/Finish wrapping

Tuesday, December 24th

Christmas Brunch at our house with Mom & Dad and Dillon & Brandye

Christmas Dinner with the Wilson side of the family in Hickory Ridge

Back home to prep for Christmas Morning!

Wednesday, December 25th

Christmas Morning

Lunch and Christmas with Gibson’s in Hickory Ridge

HOME!- Whew!

Christmas Day

We headed for Hickory Ridge for lunch and spent most of the day there, eating, opening more presents and visiting.

Stratton, Laney, Cooper and Arden

Grandkids- 7 out of 8, not bad.

family shot

Photo bomb!

The only two pics I got of my kids:

There was too much going on to take pictures! We left later that evening, neither kid took a nap all day! So they were both so tired! We were all glad to be home.

12.26.2013

The kids actually slept till about 7 am. . . Late for them! Well, I say "they", Arden usually ends up in our bed around 4 or 5 am. We have every intention on breaking her from this as soon as we aren't so tired! Stratton woke us up and he had of course already scoped things out and Santa had indeed visited, the evidence was clear, eaten cookies and Milk and most importantly, Presents!

I think he was more excited to show Arden her Santa gift than he was to open his!

Of course he was ecstatic about getting a chocolate bunny and a chocolate bear, just liked he asked Santa for!

Here he is doing a happy dance. . .

Then after they saw their Santa gifts and stockings I tried to get a picture of them together. . . .

We all opened presents, ate breakfast and then it was time to get ready to go to Hickory Ridge for lunch and Christmas with the Gibson side of the family.

Christmas Eve :: Part 2

Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandmas is always my favorite get together. The entire family comes in, we eat (way too much) the kids open presents and then the adults play Dirty Santa. We always have such a good time. For the most part it's the one time of year we are all together, so it's just nice to get to visit with those that we don't see as much. 

It's probably my favorite also because its still Christmas Eve, the best part of Christmas. I like the anticipation I think better than the actual event! It was late by the time we got back home and got the kids in bed. Although Stratton really didn't fight us! When we went out in the yard to sprinkle his reindeer food he was certain he saw Santa's sleigh way up in the sky, I'm pretty sure it was a plane or star. . . But who knows!

Christmas Eve :: Part 1

Christmas Eve morning Pops and Gigi and Dillon and Brandye came to our house for our Christmas. We had a light brunch and opened presents.

Stratton was so excited that he got soccer goals! And shin pads, which he wears around the house now.

Yes. My daughter can fit in a shoe box. And was happier playing in the box than playing with any new toys!

We had a good morning, then everyone left and the kids took a nap to get rested for the party at Grandpa and Grandma's house that night!

12.23.2013

Dillon's 30th birthday present

This is Abe! Dillon and Brandye's new puppy! Dillon got him for his birthday from Brandye. They brought him to mom and dad's house on Sunday. We had a birthday lunch for Dillon's birthday. The kids really liked playing with Abe!