Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Christmas for us actually starts the day after Thanksgiving. It's the day our decorations go up, and it's also the Parker Christmas party at the senior center. It was also the first time Parker got to sit on Santa's lap, too bad his mom forgets everything and forgot to bring her camera:(. Parker wanted nothing to do with Santa until he saw the bag of candy and then he hopped right into his lap..it's kinda scary really, it takes so little for him to sit on some stranger's lap. Anyway, as tradition Christmas Eve is always spent with Grandma Pulley. The last two years she hasn't quite felt up to the task so we do it at my in-laws house which is actually a little more roomy, although I don't know how roomy it can feel with 40+ people in one room. Like most families, all the kids have pajamas to open up and of course they all have to put them on and take a pictures. It's always good to see everyone together. My husband's family is full of get togethers and fun traditions. My family on the other hand is a little crazy. My immediate family is normal, but there's only me and my brother so there's only so much our little family can do. My extended family has been a little up in the air these days, sadly. Anyway Christmas day is the only day my family gets together, and sadly that was even canceled this year due to my mom having bronchitis. Instead we celebrated Christmas on New Year's Eve. It actually turned out nice, we got an extra turkey dinner thanks to my mom who is amazing to put it all together, because again her daughter can't remember anything to save the life of her. I forgot the ham!! So my dad went and got one and she cooked that as well as stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, and my grandma made pies.
We were so blessed as we are every Christmas to spend time with family and be spoiled with lots of gifts from everyone. These are just a few of my favorite pictures, sadly I forgot my camera, AGAIN!!! so I don't have any from my mom's.

Parker couldn't still long enough to take a picture so unfortunately I'm in the pic as well!

Helping Dad put together his new toys

Parker's new favorite toy:)