(Yay! Last post for 2013!!! Slowly but surely, I'm playing catch-up on the blog!)
At the end of December, we made a trip to to Memphis to celebrate Christmas with my family. Here are some quick highlights of our trip...
the moment we arrived, the boys (and cousin Reese) quickly found the chest with all the beanie babies in it! they each picked out a new pup to bring home!
so, my boys are easy to please...
anthony stated "gatorade" as the gift he most wanted
lucas has been eyeing this football ever since we played with a friend's ball just like it
they were SO surprised santa knew EXACTLY what they wanted!!! ;)
(as Anthony hugs his gatorade)
Lucas kept saying over and over, "I can't believe it!" "I can't believe it!"
"How did he know I wanted an orange football?"
They took a break from opening presents to play with these mini monster trucks with power key launchers that james, reese, and conner gave them! They've had a blast with these!
After the Christmas morning commotion settled down, they took Lucas' new football outside to try it out.
These two big guys supervised. ;)
sweet boy loved it so much he didn't want to set it down!
a little Christmas brunch in front of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
this is how little conner spent most of his morning
cousins!!!
(left to right) Conner, James, Anthony, Lucas, Reese, and my 1st cousin Jeff's daughter Cara
grandad with all 6 of his great-grandkids
meme made a special candy cane shaped fruit treat
and of course, the boys got their usual tractor ride with papa! they look forward to this one at every visit!
One of Anthony's favorite gifts was this razor scooter. He tricked it out with the super hero duct tape he also received as a gift--he made it all his own, and he is SO proud of it!
this kid played with his scooter for a few short minutes, and then--you guessed it--went right back to playing with his new football
one evening, we all bundled up and took a horse-drawn carriage ride through Shelby Farms' Christmas light display Starry Nights
we had so much fun! good thing we brought some blankets to stay snuggled and warm!
there was a sign inside the carriage the said "tip", and anthony asked if that was the horse's name! sooo funny! at least he is starting to read! :)
but our most favorite memory was a couple days after Christmas when we heard a mysterious knock on the front door...
the boys opened it to find a large box surrounded by lights and pixie dust
the tag said, "to anthony and lucas, from mickey mouse," so lucas ran out into the yard to see if he could catch a glimpse of the sneaky rascal
once back inside, the boys were full of chatter as they discussed how mickey got there, where he went, and what the big box was all about
things got a little quiet as they ripped open the paper and got to the box
as soon as they opened it, a huge mickey balloon popped out!!!
the boys pulled out special notes written for each of them...
along with some stickers and t-shirts!
I sat down with them to read their special notes
It was a personal invitation from Mickey asking them to come to Disney World and meet him!!!
They immediately shrieked like girls and started jumping around--at one point Lucas even did a belly flop onto the hardwood floors! They were SO excited!
And what a coincidence!
Meme and Papa had one last present for the boys--brand new luggage for the trip!
Here they are practicing their roller coaster screams!!!
So, our big gift to the boys--Disney, March 2014--was a success!
before we left memphis, we met up with the cousins one last time to go see Frozen at the theater
and as soon as we got back home, we began our Disney countdown calendar!
the boys enjoy another Christmas gift from Aunt Michelle--Fruit Loops and Lucky Charms--WHAT a special treat!
and they loved "shaving" like daddy with the shaving cream and pretend razor that Santa gave them in their stockings!
Merry Christmas to my sweet boys!
And (finally!) moving on to 2014!!!
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