We continued our Christmas vacation by attending Grandma's annual Christmas eve dinner. We had four generations attending the party with Gillian being the first of the great-grand kids of the Garmon family. As always the food tasted delicious (Elijah's aunts are examples to me of how to be an amazing cook), the company was delightful, the gifts were thoughtful, and the entertainment brought a lot of fun (not only we had newborn babies to bring joy into the bunch, but Gillian and Elijah sang a few songs for us that added to the spirit of Christmas). We had missed Grandma's parties, and were so glad that we made the decision to spend Christmas in Georgia. Elijah and I were so happy to see his extended family and spend some time with each of them. When all is said and done, life isn't complete without our family.
Christmas morning was a lot of fun. The kids were so sweet and waited up the stairs till we gave them the signal to come downstairs. We had all agreed to wake up at 8:00a.m. and no kid came to wake us up. Santa was going to be very generous to them for being so thoughtful toward their sleepy mom. Speaking of Santa, when I got downstairs I was the first to peek in my stocking before the kids got there. I guess I'm still a kid at heart.
Santa had brought my children plenty of fun games, legos, fashionable clothes, belts, socks, hats, pajamas, candy, transformers, watches, and goodness, I don't know what else. Sufficient to say, my kids were very pleased. From us Gillian got a pair of boots, the book Fairest on CD, and a CD player; Jefferson got an air hogs radio control battle tracker and helicopter, a home depot construction legos, and a really snazzy fedora hat; James received a pair of radio control buggies, home depot construction legos, and a pair of genuine cowboy boots; Charlton opened one of his presents at home since we couldn't take his Thomas the Train table and tracks with us to Georgia. On Christmas morning, he opened a set of motorcycles with a racing track. He was very content with it. My kids were also very pleased with all of the gifts that their grandparents and aunts and uncles gave them. They are still playing with all of them.
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| Waiting patiently for their gifts |
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| Having fun opening them |
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| Giving thanks for their gifts |
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| Playing with their gifts |
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| Trying their clothes on |
Adults' turn
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| Some of us received the best gifts, those that were not expected. Here is a happy Melita receiving a Nexus 7 tablet from Jeremy |
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This was Mama Lu's favorite gift. I wish I was so easily pleased.
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| Abel's gift from Jeremy - Who wouldn't want a Tuxedo shirt and bowler hat?! |
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| Elijah is the hardest person to get gifts for, partly because he doesn't care much for things, and partly because what he wants cost thousands of dollars. However, here is a rare picture of Elijah smiling with an armful of gifts. Now whether that smile is because he is happy with what he got, or whether he has been pleasantly surprised, or whether he is just happy because it's Christmas, that is something you have to ask him. |
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| This was the Christmas of fun surprises: Mama had gotten for Jeremy the same gift that Jeremy had gotten for Abel. Way to go brothers! |
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| His face says it all!!! |
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| I bet neither of you received a gift such as this. Yes, we all wondered, but then again you can't look a gift horse in the mouth, or in this case a gift shark in the mouth. It might bite. |
Christmas morning continued with some needed breakfast, chatting with each other, playing music, and watching the kids quietly enjoy their toys.
After lunch, we all headed to Elijah's granny to wish her merry Christmas and celebrate some of this day with her. She was so happy to receive us. We exchanged gifts, sang carols, and yes, even dance to a Ricky Martin tune (la Vida Loca) with some funny Christmas lyrics. What a riot!
Here are some sweet pictures of our crazy family:
Merry Christmas 2012!!!
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