The Bright Eyed Brunette

After opening presents at our house, it was time to move on over to Nanny and Pop's to have Christmas and breakfast with them.  Of course the kids got WAY too many presents, but we are appreciative of everything they got..and so were they :)  Waiting to tear some presents open!   Carlie with her mountain of gifts    Trey didn't want his picture taken.   Makena Faith got her fiddle!!  She was super excited. And Carlie got her Hunter boots!     And Trey got a game camera just like Daddy's!   One Direction perfume (of course)     Carlie got a chess game...it's kind of an inside thing!   Nerf guns are always a win!    Nanny, opening her presents.   Pop with his new gun   Thanks, Nanny and Pop for our presents. We love you both!! Much Love, Beth

Coming down the hall with excitement in their eyes! Carlie got a new iPhone 6s Trey has been begging for a skateboard forever. Makena got her Ariats Happy. Happy. Happy! My preppy girl. Remote control track hoe. Rock on, little dude! We had a great Christmas at home. The kids got most everything on their list and were extremely excited about all of it. The highlights were a GoPro Hero, a new iphone, uggs, a wii u, and a guitar. Next stop, Nanny and Pop's house!

After getting home from Wynne, we had to change and get ready for Christmas at Grammy and Papa's house. We had a good time getting together with almost everyone. Noah and Trey Maxee Parker was trying to remember what she asked Santa for. Carlie and Kristen Grammy, opening her presents. The kids, tearing through their presents! Papa, opening his. Trey with his present. Grammy got all of the boys remote control helicopters. They LOVE them! Christmas Bingo!

On Christmas Eve we drove to Wynne to have Christmas with Carl's family. I made it a point to speak to almost everyone and I even took pictures of most everyone (which I haven't done in a few years!). Carl with his Mama I was taking pictures of everyone eating The Maggard family Trey and Riley Kyle and Keely Sweet Maggey Our family with Nana and Papaw TR Jeannie and Leslie The Maddens The whole Mötley Crew We had a great time with the family. We probably won't get to see most of them until next Christmas! Much Love Beth

As it turned out, Trey wasn't well enough to make it to our church's Christmas program. I was sad and torn. It was hard not to get to watch the girls in the program, but I knew that if it came down to me or Carl getting it, I would rather it be me (he tends to be the biggest baby)! He did a pretty good job at taking pictures. Looks like they did a good job! If everything goes as planned, the kids are going to sing Sunday so Trey can do his solo. Much Love Beth

Friday night was our school's annual Christmas program. Two of my kids chose not to have any parts that put them on stage, but Makena sang a song with a group of girls on stage. She knows how to make her mama happy!! I always try to take their picture by the school tree. The only problem is that now they are so tall that you can't see the tree! This is one of the only good pictures I got of Carlie. Put a girl with her best friend and she'll cheese away! Trey with his buddies, Atticus and Braden. I couldn't get Makena to look up at me, but here she is singing with her group. I got Trey's attention long enough to snap a picture of him in the choir (while they weren't singing, obviously). And that's all I got! Makena's head was always behind something and Carlie made herself where she couldn't be seen! So glad we're on Christmas Break now!! Much Love Beth

Saturday night we drove to Pune Bluff to do a little shopping and see the lights a Regional Park! He was not happy because he was hot! It was around 38 degrees outside and we had the air in the truck on 60 (so everyone else was freezing), AND the windows were down! I should have known he was getting sick then. Still mad! We got a few miles out of town and had to pull over so he could throw up:( He made it all the way back home before puking and having diarrhea ALL.NIGHT.LONG! I would be lying if I said that we actually got to enjoy the lights that night! Much Love Beth