Christmas with the Bramwells

Although last year Billy said we were going to spend Christmas at home from now on, I was able to convince him to go to Lewisville for Christmas one last time. Not that he doesn't want to go after or before, he just hates packing all the presents to and fro! Anyway, I haven't seen my sister Desi since she moved to AZ, so I was able to talk him into it. We had tons of fun, as we always do, playing games, eating and just being together. Here are a few highlights!

The whole fam on the ginormous LoveSacs. The kids loved stacking them up against the wall, so they were only 2 feet from the ceiling and then jumping off them onto a smaller bag. It was hilarious and only a tad dangerous!

We had the kids line up at the bottom of the stairs just like we used to when we were kids. It seems like just yesterday when Brayden was Landon's age and crawling up the stairs!

Brooklyn and Maren had lots of fun showing each other their presents- especially when they matched!

Landon was semi into opening his gifts, but he did love playing with them.

Billy playing with the Barbie and Barbie car that he bought for himself- oops I mean for "Brooklyn."

My Grandma Bramwell came down and watched everyone open presents just like she did when we were little. She is one fun spunky lady, although it is times like this one when I really miss my grandpa. They were always together like two peas in a pod- Grandma doing all the talking and Grandpa being Grandpa.

Landon was particularly enthralled with his Great-grandma and gave her lots of big smiles- maybe he understood her when she said how handsome he is!

Brayden got lots of Legos and Star wars stuff this year. He wanted a nintendo ds as well as everything else this year, but that didn't happen. He loved all his toys, but said he didn't get a "big" gift like everyone else. He was not impressed when I told him that was true, but he got lots of smaller gifts. Next year I'll buy him something cheap and big so we won't complain. Any ideas?

He was very sweet and picked out very thoughtful gifts for everyone. He made some really nice gifts at school to- including a calendar for the year with all the holidays and school info on it (that he wrote in himself) and a beautiful framed picture of a poinsettia that he did with chalk. He was so excited to give it to us.

Thanks Mom and Dad for hosting all the craziness and letting us invade the house. Thanks for gathering up everything that we left there. Thanks for the fun gifts. Thanks for all the yummy food. We love you!