Merry Christmas to All...

I love Christmas, I can't say it's my favorite holiday, but it is up there.  We don't have any set in stone traditions - we're more of a "wing it" family.  For Christmas Eve we stayed home with the boys and made a big pot of chili and a big pan of cornbread.  Daddy started a fire and we opened presents while periodically warming ourselves!

Jared got Daddy a new handy, dandy, pocket screwdriver contraption - "Now you don't have to ask me every time you need a star head or a flat head!" he says.

It was a great Christmas as usual, we ate too much, drank too much, and laughed just enough to get us through to New Years!!
Merry Christmas.
Luke got more books - this kid is crazy for books!!  These even help him read!

Everyone was well fed and well gifted.  The cookies and milk were waiting for the big guy and the kids were quickly dispatched to bed.  This would've been the time to settle in for some good sleep, but apparently the big guy needs parents to not only BUY the gifts, but put them together TOO!  Why does this red dressed fellow get all the glory if we have to do all the work??
That said...."Santa" did a GREAT job - they are glorious!!

And my Lukers loves them!!

We had Christmas dinner with the In-Laws...

The kids got even MORE presents...

The girls became the stuff of Fairy Tales...

The boys played their stinking video games...

The adults enjoyed their beverages..

I took somewhere close to 75 pictures to try and come up with 1 good shot of the kids and 1 good shot of the grandkids.  Should it really be that hard??  (with our group - the answer is yes!)