Christmas Overload

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year. We are so blessed to have such wonderful families on both sides and we just loved being able to celebrate Christmas with them. Last year we missed out on a few big Christmas get togethers because of a big snow/ice storm that came through Iowa. So I was very thankful to be back in Indiana this year. Their is nothing more important at Christmas time than being with family.

Mike and I were on top of the Christmas shopping this year. We started early and got the things on our list taken care of quickly. The only problem with that is that we didn't stop shopping. We would be out and see something little or not too expensive and pick up another gift for the boys. They ended up with a pretty big Christmas, much bigger than we had intended in the beginning. Oh well, the boys sure did have fun opening presents.

Santa was good to our boys :-)

Jude was pretty excited about the candy in his stocking

Eli was the most excited about Boomer!!!
New slippers from Mommy
I love his face in this picture
Jude loves his little "cd player"
Alphie is what Eli asked Santa for!Jude LOVES his pillow pet!Cuddling on the couch with Butta, Boomer, and his pillow pet Christmas morning

After the boys napped on Christmas we headed over to Mike's parents to celebrate with them. Eli had to take his new Boomer to show everyone :-) We had a wonderful time with them. Both boys just adore their grandparents.

Eli helped Grandma pass out some of the presentsJude was excited about his new blocks
Eli got pretty excited when he opened up this present..It's Batman's House!!!!!!Jude got a very nice Mickey Rocking chair that he LOVES!

On Sunday we headed over to my sister Tracy's house to celebrate Christmas with my mom. It was another wonderful Christmas. My mom has 15 grandkids so it can get a little crazy when we all get together but it is so much fun. And the boys love all their cousins.

12 of the 15 grandkids

Me and JudeEli got a few costumes from my mom and he LOVES them!

The Flash

Hiccup from How to Train your Dragon
Eli opened up a big kitchen from Grandma

And Jude opened up a big bucket of food to go with it!

When we got home we got out the new blocks to play withand knock down :-)

Yesterday we hosted a Christmas get together for my dad. This is only the 2nd time that we have hosted a family get together at our house and I think it went pretty well. Again the boys had a great time playing with their cousins.

Eli was really animated about a lot of his presents this year :-) Jude got a big Buzz!Eli got an Explorer and a new Pacer's Jersey!Eli and Jude with Papaw (Eli refused to smile)

Tonight we got out Eli's box of costumes that he got from Santa and let him try them on. He had SO MUCH FUN!!! The box came with Superman, Batman, and Robin so of course he had to try them all on and then run around in them.

Superman

Batman

Robin