Grammy's B-day!

We spent the day in Tulsa for Grammy's birthday.  We did some shopping and went to Sarah & Tyler's for appetizers and then went out for dinner. 

 I love this picture!

 I'm not sure what Lane was getting his sisters to do at dinner, but they were following along!

Grace and her Son's in law. 

She did not seem to enjoy their kisses!

The other side of the table.  Sarah had the camera so she didn't make it into our pictures.  As we get older, more and more people tell us how much we look alike.  People have been going on more and more about it lately, so when our waiter mixed us up, we both said we were twins at the exact same time.  It was a little freaky!

 Isn't she beautiful!

My little performer.

Christmas Day

Lane and Marlee were gated off at the end of the hallway to wait for everyone to get to our house Christmas morning.  It was a long wait for them!

Checking out Santa gifts.

We take a long time to open gifts!  We all go one at a time in a circle.  The kids get to play with their new things or help open gifts as they wait their turn to go again.   Elizabeth just had fun crawling around the packages.

 G & G with big smiles!

Clint got a big gift!  A fancy ladder that I already have big plans for! 

Aunt Sarah and Unc Tyler got E a little chair.  I think she loved it!

I sat the kids down for a picture at the end of the day.  I love the see them loving on each other!

And this is what you get when you add a screaming baby to the mix.

Good night all!

Christmas Eve

It's Christmas Eve!  We began our day with a letter from Santa!  He sent us some special sparkle food for his reindeer for when they come to our house tonight.

We just had to mix the special sparkle food, that helps the reindeer fly, with oatmeal to give them energy. 

Elizabeth kept a close eye on us to make sure we did it right.

We went to Tulsa to Sarah and Tyler's for Christmas Eve dinner.   Grampy and Elizabeth snacked while we helped Sarah get dinner out.

Sarah's nephew Will came for the evening.  He is 12 and he loves the kids!  We only get to see him once a year, on Christmas Eve, but he is always good to play with the kids!

We all went to Church in Tulsa and headed home to get our final preparations for Santa done.  We had to spread the reindeer food.

And we had to decorate cookies for Santa.

This year Lane was able to write a note for Santa.   His note said "Drink your milk and enjoy your cookies".

 All ready for bed!

Woolaroc... Again

We made one more tip this season to Woolaroc with Grammy and Grampy.  This time Marlee was ready to see Santa with Lane! 

 Elizabeth did not like Santa, but he still had a smile for her!

After we saw Santa we rode the big wagon to the lodge for hot chocolate and cookies.

 I tried to get a picture of G & G with the kids. 

 There were ice cicles everywhere.  Lane and Marlee loved crunching on them as we walked along.

Before we went home for the night, we stopped in to see our animal friends in the petting zoo.

Making a trip to Woolaroc is one of our favorite Christmas traditions.  We've gone every year since Lane has been born, even before we lived here!

Baby Angel Marlee

Our little Marlee is a baby angel in the Nutcracker.  She has been practicing every weekend and every night the week leading up to the performance.  Clint has been out of town for all of the fun this week.  It's been a really fun bonding time for me and my girl.  Grammy was super helpful and made dinner for us every night before we had to go to practice, and kept Lane and Elizabeth for me while we were practicing.

 

She had to get a little hair piece for the performance and she looks too cute! 

There were two performances.  Aunt Sarah and Unc Tyler came for the first performance with Grammy and Grampy.  Marlee loved the yellow roses Aunt Sarah brought her!  She had to show them to all the girls!

Time for costumes!  Once Marlee got her heart lipstick on she changed into another person!  Just look at all of her faces, usually I can't get her to even look at the camera let alone pose!

 All cleaned up after the show.  Beautiful girl with all of her flowers!

 And this is the super handsome big brother that went to watch his sister.  Love this guy!

 

Marlee is the third little angel after the sled.  I love that she stopped to wave to everyone.