Christmas Day 2014

We spent Christmas in Panama City Beach at my sisters house. We had such a wonderful time with my parents, my 2 sisters and their families, my grandmother,  my aunt Becky and Uncle Greg and two cousins Graham and Gretchen. Such great memories were made!

We went to the Christmas service at Church at the Springs a few nights before Christmas.

We arrived in Panama City about 6pm on Christmas Eve, just in time to have some family fun & get the kids ready for bed. Here's some silliness with Popeye, Emmett & Cameron

Loved the nightly family chats after the kids were in bed

Christmas morning craziness! Santa brought Olivia a basket for her guinea pig and a picture of a guinea pig for her to pick out when she gets back home

Cameron's gift from Santa, a wall decal of Charles in his racecar

Legos

Opening her guinea pig cage

Bouncy horse toy Olivia got

Super Reid!

Matching bicycle shirts

Using their walkie talkies, lol

Heather's beautiful Christmas tree. Her house was decorated like a model home, so beautiful!  

My sister's boys all got scooters for Christmas & couldn't wait to try them out!

My sister Becky arrived Christmas morning with her husband & Grace. Everyone was so excited to see Grace, especially Olivia!

Olivia opening her gift from Grandy & Popeye, baby Jesus

Cameron's gift from Grandy & Popeye, a remote control truck

Olivia loved helping the adults open their presents :)

Got a little chilly on the porch, lol! We got a kick out of them all bundled up.

Two sweet girls!

Beach fun the day after Christmas

The Bowling family, so special to have them in FL for Christmas!

More evening family chat time :)

We also celebrated my dads retirement while in Panama City at a fun bar & grill. 

We are so excited for him!

The Ambrose Family

They had a great band & we all enjoyed dancing 

Happy Retirement Dad!

Olivia pulling Davis around in the wagon right before we headed home. Davis loved this!

Here's our new family member, Buttercup!

Pre-Christmas Fun

MOPS Christmas party I hosted at the beginning of December

 Ocala Christmas Parade, always a fun time for the kids. We went with our neighbors, Mike and Angela and their 2 children Meryl & Graham 

Olivia giving Graham a hug. She loves Meryl & Graham and they both equally love her. Graham is so cute; any time he sees me or Olivia he yells out "weewa!" (his way of saying Olivia.)

I tried something new this year with an advent activity calendar. Each day counting down to Christmas the kids opened a box with a slip of paper containing a fun activity or craft. We all had a lot of fun with it, I loved seeing their excitement waiting to see what we would do during the day & they loved all the activities.  

This activity was making edible Christmas trees out of sugar cones. 

Painted vases (gifts for their teachers.) Didn't turn out as well as I liked, lol!

Cameron's school went Christmas caroling at local nursing homes. Such a sweet experience!

Cameron's school Christmas program

My MOPS group doing Christmas crafts at Chambrel, the assisted living community where Mimi lives 

Mimi and my friends daughter, Kate

Mimi with Olivia and Cameron

Olivia's school Christmas program. She did a great job & when they sang her favorite song, away in a manger, she was the loudest in the room!

My sweet little girl!

Olivia's class Christmas party

Super cute photo booth that was set up at her party

I loved this Christmas plate Olivia made in her class

Another favorite Christmas activity, the living nativity at a local church

The empty tomb