Christmas Eve

My parents always gave us gifts from them on Christmas Eve and that is a tradition Brandon and I have continued at our house. This afternoon we opened gifts from each other and the children were so excited to get to open the gifts. Will kept saying, "I want another one." He was definetely the fastest opener. Emma Tucker was very gracious and would hug and thank you after opening each gift. They each got a collectible.. Walker got a Santa, Emma Tucker got a new nutcracker and Will got a new water globe. They all got a new book and Christmas ornament. Emma Tucker gave the boys a new t-shirt and the boys gave her a new sweat suit. Mommy and Daddy gave the boys some sweat suits too. As you can tell.. we really like sweat suits around our house.

At church last week, Emma Tucker got to go shopping for us. She bought Brandon a flashlight and me a picture frame.

Brandon got up at 6:00 a.m. this morning to start cooking our Christmas Eve dinner. He smoked a Boston Butt and it smells so yummy. We are having corn pudding and butter beans to go along with it. I can't wait to dig into it.

Happy Birthday Jesus

This afternoon we read the Christmas story from the Bible and had a birthday party for Jesus after the children woke up from their nap. If you know my children well this will be humurous to you too. We were all supposed to be sitting on the blanket listening to Brandon read the story. Emma Tucker is listening, Will is spinning in circles on the floor and Walker is running around the room. Brandon procedes to read that the shepherds watched their flock by night. Emma Tucker chimed in to tell him, "No daddy.. they watched their sheep by night....not flocks." It cracked me up and made me proud that she knows the story so well. Afterwards, we had cupcakes we made earlier to celebrate His birth. We sang Happy Birthday 3 times so they each could blow out the candle. Happy Birthday Jesus! I thank you for giving me the three best presents and needing to sing Happy Birthday 3 times!

Zoo Lights Safari

Monday night we took the children to the Birmingham Zoo to see the Christmas lights. A great time was had by all. Unfortunatly, my camera died, Jacy's ran out of space and Randy forgot his so we don't have many pictures. Afterwards, we went to Newts for dinner and had the best potato soup ever!

Tuesday, Brandon took me to Tuscaloosa for an early birthday lunch. We went to Cypress Inn and had a very yummy lunch!

Christmas with Grandmother and Pops

Saturday night we had Christmas with Grandmother and Pops. The children racked up and had a great time. They all LOVED the fishing poles the Dustin and Jacy got them. They "fished" all night long.

Emma Tucker's Christmas Party

Emma Tucker was such a big girl last week as the boys kept having Christmas parties at school and coming home with gifts. Her party wasn't until Friday but she did a good job getting excited for the boys. She did have PJ day on Wed. though. Friday was her party and they had McDonald's Happy Meals for lunch and then decorated cookies. Afterwards, they had a book swap.

Emma Tucker's Christmas Program at School

Thursday night was our school's Christmas program for 3 yr olds through 1st grade. Emma Tucker was on the back row so she didn't show out as much. Here are a few pictures from the evening.

Will and Walker's Christmas Parties at School

Last week was full of parties for the boys. Since they are two classes, they had 2 Christmas parties. On Thursday, the had PJ day also and watched the Polar Express.