Drew and Anna Kate managed to stay healthy this Christmas (if you remember, the were both sick on Christmas last year with Anna Kate requiring a trip to the doctor on Christmas Eve). Christmas is a lot more fun when you feel good! Another positive from this Christmas was that we got to stretch it out for one extra day! The Garner side of the family decided to have their celebration on Christmas Eve Eve. We really did enjoy not having to rush from one place to the other and getting to spend time with each side of the family!
Our first stop was to Pepaw & Ann's house. They get the award for fastest growing family! The crowd feels like it has doubled in size from a few years ago! It's a good thing though. You can never have too much family!
Cousin Rylee helping Drew and Uncle Aaron open gifts.
A digger! Someone knows Drew all too well.
Sis got a camera. She loves to take pictures!
On Christmas Eve we went to Mamaw & Papaw's house. They get the award for most overkill on presents! Not a bad thing either! Ha! It felt like we all we did all day was eat and open presents and ate and opened more presents!
Smiling with cousin Raylan. This was the best I got out of about 25.
Sweet cousins watching for Santa Claus.
He's here! This was the big even of the day. Santa came and handed out presents! So much fun! Drew and Anna Kate surprised me with how friendly they were with him. Anna Kate went straight to him. Drew was a little nervous at first but warmed up pretty quickly.
Getting her next present.
Drew had no time for pictures... he had gifts to open!
A Doc McStuffins doll! Her face is cute in this picture.
Drew got more trucks!
We fed the reindeer at Mamaw & Papaw's house before we left because we figured Drew & Anna Kate would be asleep when we got home. We were right!
Really getting in to throwing it. If you look close enough, you can see Anna Kate is throwing half of her's behind her!
On Christmas day Drew and Anna Kate got up and played with their gifts Santa left them over night (which wasn't much considering the loot they had received the previous two days). After they enjoyed their new gifts for a while, we headed to DotDot and Grandaddy's for breakfast and gifts with them and Aunt Ashley!
Another Doc McStuffin's doll for AK and some Cars for Drew!
Silly kids! I couldn't get them to pose seriously for a picture. This was all I managed....
And that semi hug turned in to this!
More presents!
Sweet girl!
One of Drew's favorite gifts. It is Thomas set that you build with Legos. DotDot has to put it together for him when he is at her house and I'm going to go on a limb and say it is one of her least favorite gifts!
Sweet hugs for Daddy! Drew and Anna Kate went shopping for all of their "people" with Aunt Ashley at the Dollar Store a couple of weeks before Christmas. They got to pick out anything they wanted for me, John Clay, DotDot, Grandaddy, Mamaw, & Papaw. I think they had a lot of fun and it was fun for us to see what they picked out. They got me a cell phone carry case, Dot Dot and Mamaw got Santa & Mrs. Claus salt and pepper shackers, Papaw got a candle and Grandaddy got candy. Daddy's gift was the best. It was a rubber snake. The hugs in the pictures were to thank Anna Kate for her thoughtful gift!
Drew got some drums!
Anna Kate getting in on the drum action! I think she was singing too.
Drew got a tool set. He was working hard to help Granaddy put Anna Kate's new kitchen set together.
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