Christmas Festivities

Christmas came and went like a whirlwind. We were lucky enough to have Cody's parents, and his sister's family come and stay with us for Christmas. It was fun to have family here with us and cousins here for our kiddos to play with.

Max with the cookies he decorated. I was impressed with his artistic abilities. He did these completely by himself. 

We had to go to Bass Pro shop so the kids could see Santa-plus it is one of Grandpa's favorite stores so it was a win win situation.

We took a trip to the park on Christmas Eve with all the kids-they had some energy that needed to get used up! 

My Uncle and Aunt who live about an hour away came over also on Christmas Eve for food-and then for an attempt at a little Nativity puppet show. Max was so excited to do it...however it was a little crazy as you can imagine. The picture below is a pretty accurate depiction of how it went down. 

After our little family home evening we opened up new pajamas. Max's jammies are covered in the Marvel comic characters. He was pretty much a super hero the rest of the night. 

Layla, just sitting on some presents in her new Jessie and Bullseye jammies. I don't even ask her to explain what she is doing anymore-it is just Layla.

Cody's cute sister Angie-she and Cody look so much alike it is crazy!

I'm pretty sure that by now I was just counting down the minutes until it was bedtime. Look at Max's face, not quite sure how to interpret that smile!

Best picture of the four cousins....I know it is hard to believe this is the best one! Most of the time Layla was doing things like the below picture. She is only 2 and is already not cooperative for pictures. We are seriously in for it with that girl. 

Layla with her Tinkerbell.

Max or Ironman, you really never know who he is going to be. He just really liked all of his muscles.

Our family after church....pardon the glare!

Our little princess finally got a dress to show he true colors. It is a little immodest-but we can work with it.