Thankful for Friends!

Our December playdate was planned by Jackie.  We went to her house and had a book exchange. :)

They are all sitting and waiting patiently to open their present.  We are missing a few kiddos.

Enjoying their books except for Hudson….it took him awhile to open his.  :)  It was fun to get the kids together again.  It feels like we hadn't done it in awhile.

Then, we had a Mommy night.  It was in honor of Hayley getting her degree and because we all just wanted to get out!  :)  We ate at Fuji!

I think it is safe to say that I am extremely blessed to have these ladies in my life.  Also….scarves are definitely in style, ha ha!

After supper, we talked a lot and then went to a couple other places since the establishments kept turning off music and tvs trying to get us to leave. :)  We had a great night and this mommy was out way too late!  :)

Elsbury Christmas 2013

We drove up to O'Neill on Christmas Day in time to have a late lunch with Matt's family and Aunts/Uncles, and some cousins.  

Lily is holding, Bear, Grandma and Grandpa's puppy and Molly is holding Charlee her Aunt's puppy.  Those girls carried the dogs everywhere!  :)

Hudson buddied up to Slayde. :)

Posing by the tree!

It was great to see Chantele (back from Chicago).  

Mark and Jackie just got the basement all done and the pool table together.  It was fun to hang out down there.  We slept down there too!  It is so nice to have a lot of room when everyone is home.

Thursday morning, Jessica and Scott came with Landon and Braxton!

We were loving on Braxton and Landon since we hadn't seen them in so long!

What a cutie!!!

The 4 grandkids

Present time!

I think Jackie liked the knives we got her.

Yay, he got his own UPS truck!

He gave Braxton the truck to play with and gets a kick out of it!  ha ha  Love these boys!

new slippers

The toy we got Braxton.

Landon's Skylanders….my students talk about them all the time.

Their big gifts!  Landon got a trampoline and Lily got a little bowling alley. :)

Aunt Emily gave Hudson some dessert.  ha ha

Our family picture!!!

Not bad for a timer! :)

Playing with his new work bench.

Grandpa is showing him how!

Uncle Scott is putting together Landon's mini foosball table while the two of them wait so patiently.

We had a great time with everyone home!  It was nice to have everyone there and just talk and relax.  What a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas morning '13

On Christmas morning, Lily came to wake us up.  She whispered, "He came! and Hudson is awake too!"  Later she told Matt, "Santa brought everything we wanted."

Lily's pile.

Hudson's pile.

He pulled out Mickey Mouse and said, "MICK!"

She is checking out her loot.

John Deere semi with trailer and tractor.

Woo Hoo!!!  Perfect for the basement.

We finally got it all set up.  I love how you can tell Hudson is saying, "Choo Choo!"

We then opened our gifts to each other.

I was excited to give Matt these pillows, because obviously one of them is for me!  ha ha

Another MICK!

The kids got Daddy some shoes.

American girl outfit for Caroline.

We are ready for snow.

I love her expression.  She got roller blades, helmet, and knee pads for Caroline!

Choo Choo

Merry Christmas!

I got some wonderful gifts too!  Shoes, purse, and an iPhone!  Matt got a power washer, shoes, pillows, and thermos.  What a great Christmas morning we had!  Our house was totally taken over by boxes and wrapping paper!