Christmas Rundown

Okay, brace yourselves for an onslaught of pictures. You've already heard about our drive down to Texas so here's what we did to live it up while we were there. Like I mentioned, this is the last time we plan on celebrating Christmas away from home for awhile, so we decided to go out in style with the Carleton clan. Here goes...

This is pretty much how Delaney spent her Christmas. Problem was by the time we got home, girlfriend forgot how to fall asleep while not being held.

On Christmas Eve we started off with sugar cookie time! A tradition passed down from when we were little kids.
On to the Nativity. We had our wisemen...

Our shepherds.
Our Angel.
And of course Mary with her baby in the manger. Sorry excuse for a manger, if you ask me, but there you have it.
Christmas Eve pajamas, right before tucking these excited munchkins in.
A snapshot of Christmas morning. It was a success, thanks to Santa, Mom & Dad, and both sets of grandparents who spoiled the kiddos rotten.
Such a success that these hooligans couldn't be bothered to change on a quick shopping trip the next day.
One day after Christmas we headed to a local place that had bowling, laser tag, rock climbing, arcade games, you get the idea.
We decided to try Colt out on rock climbing (a certain passion of a certain man of mine). To my surprise, he LOVED it. No fear of heights at all (guess he skipped out on inheriting that from me). Evan's buttons just might have been popping. Well, if he'd been wearing any.
Later that night we put the kids to bed, and while my mom and dad stayed with the kids, my siblings and I (and spouses) headed back to play. We rock climbed some more, played mini golf, and even played a laser tag game at 1 in the morning. I think Evan and I made it to bed around 2:30 am. Problem is we're not teenagers anymore and we were so ridiculously tired the next day. Seriously, we spent the whole day trying to sneak in naps while taking care of the kids. Guess those college days of late nights, no problem are looooong gone for me.

Not pictured are the games, yummy food, date night to see Sherlock Holmes and eat at Chuy's (yay for Tex/Mex!), paintball, birthdays for Ash & Colton, more games, movies, and more yummy food. Such a great time! Thanks to my parents for hosting, my siblings/siblings-in-law for being there, and Texas for the beyond amazing weather.