Let's make a Poor Attempt to Get Caught Up... Here's Christmas! (2 months late)

Our Christmas was a little different this year, thanks to Mother Nature. We had grand plans, which all went out the window with the blizzard. So it was a different Christmas this year, but a wonderful one. We had lots of time at home, just the 4 of us (or 5 since I can't forget sweet mimi). It was really very relaxing! Here's just a few pics..

On Christmas Eve, we spent the afternoon decorating Christmas cookies - always a favorite tradition at our house. We then went to my Dad's house to celebrate with him. The boys loved getting to play with the pinball machine they have there, and ate more cookies than I thought an almost 5 and 20 month old should safely consume. (THANKS Grandpa for the sugar high) They got some great gifts, and we all loved staring out the window at the incredible snow.

Leyton just prefers eating cookies to decorating them. Surprise, surprise.

Present opening at Grandpa's with Trenton... I just love the magic look to this picture, even if it is a bit blurry.

Britton and Leyton each got a HUGE beanbag with their names monogrammed on them (more pics of that to come). Leyton preferred to just hide behind them. :)

My Dad is not one to smile in pictures, so this one just cracks me up. Grandpa and two cheeseballs.

Normally, we go to church in the evening and then to PJ's Parents for the Garcia/Acuna family shindig, but no such luck this year. PJ's family had all gone to El Paso for a funeral a few days earlier, and were stuck in transit on the way home. PJ's grandparents actually slept in their car on the side of the highway Christmas Eve when the highway they were on was shut down! PJ's parents managed to get to a hotel in Waco, but that was as far as they could get. It was actually ok with us this year, even though we were sad not to see PJ's family on Christmas. "Santa" was able to get all the gifts set up under the tree at a reasonable hour, and I think we might have actually made it to bed before midnight (a new record for us on Christmas Eve)!

Christmas morning, Santa delivered big time with snow boots under the tree, and we braved the snow and ventured over to Gigi's house. The boys had a wonderful time playing ALL day with their cousin, Trenton, and we made it home just in time to play in the snow.

Here's a video of Leyton and the boots. Let me just preface by saying, he loves them now. At the time, not so much. :)

Leyton and Gigi (notice the boots? see, told you he liked them later):

Britton's big Santa gift - Golf Clubs!!

Leyton's Little People Airport - which he refers to as "People"