Merry Christmas

So now on to Christmas Day happenings....

Let's start off with the coolest happening of the day - it snowed.  So, it may not be much but I considered it a white Christmas and was pretty excited about it.  We even got more of it the next day.

So basically, Santa came, Elaina got all sorts of cool stuff including this Barbie Jeep and the pillow pet in her lap.  Her face we priceless when she came downstairs to see all her stuff.  She was as solemn as she could be - no smile, no expression, no words.  She didn't want to touch any of it.  It was like she was in disbelief that it was all happening.  Then she said "Did he eat my cookies?"  :)  She eventually warmed up and started touching/playing with all of it.

Jumping on her new trampoline.... This has been a huge hit

With her new umbrella - she is really into this too

A shot in the jeep outside for the inaugural run.  Let's just say she needs some practice steering.  Her main issue with steering is that she doesn't do it.  I've got some pretty funny video of her driving it that maybe I'll share later.

Then there were presents and more presents - she got lots of paint/drawing stuff for the bath which is pretty fun, a stamp set which she LOVES A LOT, and other toys/books/etc....

My mom stopped by Christmas morning to say hello and brought Elaina another gift.  It's this quarter collector set that you put the state quarter in the hole where the state is.  Elaina thought this was really cool.  My mom and Gale got all their grandkids one of these for Christmas along with all 52 quarters.  They have been gathering quarters for a while.  She said they have been just going to various banks trading in dollars upon dollars in quarters.  Now that's determination.  I wonder what those bank tellers thought of them :)

Then it was off to Erik's mom and dad's for Christmas with them.  Elaina got more gifts, of course.  We ate a delicious meal and enjoyed time with them.

I decided while I was there that I hardly ever post pics of Erik's parents/siblings/nieces/nephews on our blog (or at least not as much as my family) so I thought I'd get some pics of them all and do some intro for those of you who don't know the Stringfellow bunch (the rest of them).  This is his mom and dad, aka - Mamaw and Papaw

Erik's sister Melanie and her husband, Kevin

Erik's sister Melinda and her daughter, Brittany (left)

Erik's brother, Brett, and his wife, Lisa, and kids Zach and McKayla

You know this crew....

Melanie with her youngest daughter, Cassie

Melanie's oldest daughter Jessica with her husband, Brandon, and daughter, Kelsey

Cassie with her daughter, Liana

And finally, Kevin's children - Aaron and Ryan

So that about wraps up Christmas Day.  We were blessed once again with wonderful time with family.  We hope you all had a fabulous Christmas too!!!