Christmas 2016

Santa came! Look at the stash of presents he left Sam.

Max got his hoverboard!

So did Hank!

The kids slept awesome.  We even had to wake them up.  Love these bed faces.

Max was a little shaky on the hoverboard at first.  He almost gave me a heart attack a couple times.

Luckily he figured it out pretty quick before he injured himself.  I don't dare to step foot on those things.

Sam was surprisingly a hoverboard pro.

Hank and Sam gave Max some goalie gloves, yeah brah!

Playstation 4!!

Max made us a coupon book full of chores he will do.

This has disaster written all over it.  Luckily he's more athletic than me.

Christmas morning at my mom and dads is another tradition we all love.  My dad wasn't a fan of the hoverboard but it's Christmas.

What else could I ever possibly want.  I've got the best family in the world.  I love these humans more than I can express.  P.S. Hank isn't really that tall, he's on his hoverboard.

Christmas quesadillas at our house later that night with the Griffins.

Endless Spikeball tournaments

The Fatheads turned out so cool.

What an amazing Christmas we had.  I'm so full of gratitude and love.  Now I can't wait to get my Christmas tree down!

Christmas Eve!

Our annual Christmas Eve party at Jeri's is a tradition we all look forward to.  Having Rick and Marissa there was icing on the cake!

We can't have a family picture without the Griffers.

Dominique the Donkey!

PRESENTS!

Everyone gave the best gifts.  Jeri does such a great job every year entertaining us.

When we got home, the boys decided they all wanted to sleep in Hank's room.  The excitement was palpable.  Merry Christmas Eve!!

Pre-Christmas Fun!

My favorite part of Christmas is the multiple opportunities to be with family.  The Tucker Christmas party at my mom and dad's house was especially memorable this year. How adorable are these boys!

Santa was grilling Hank pretty hard about his various girlfriends.

Max was cool as a brah can be.

And Sam...I mean look at him. He gets whatever he wants, let's be honest.

After Santa, my parents surprised all of us with their adorable duet to "I'll Be Home for Christmas".  I think I'm finally starting to feel the Christmas spirit.

We enjoyed a delicious meal at the Old Spaghetti Factory for the Wankier Christmas party.  We had to leave abruptly since Max was throwing up in the bathroom.  Poor kid.

My holiday cookie making was definitely minimal effort this year.  I've realized my boys don't stay interested in cookie making longer than 10 minutes anyway so what's the point.  Store bought cookies for the win!

I got to help at Hank's class Christmas party.  This is the last elementary party I'll help with for Hank.  There was no way I was missing this, even though we made disgusting slime.  Which didn't work.  I can't believe how fast his elementary days are flying by.

He's not to old for some selfies with his mama.

There was plenty of December basketball to keep us entertained until Christmas.

Hank is doing so well!  Watching him play is one of my favorite things.

This particular free throw could have won the game for them...but it didn't.  I hate watching that part of sports.  He took this particular loss pretty hard.

A shopping trip to Scheel's with Grandma Jackie was just what the doctor opened.  They love her so much and why wouldn't they, she's the best!

Griff hosted a Christmas party at his place and reacted just as we hoped when he opened his Yeti cooler.  He is so fun to give presents to.

He gave our boys the coolest Fat Heads for the rooms.  Sam got a super hero one.

Max got a Neymar one and Hank got a Russell Westbrook one.  I can't wait to see what they look like in their rooms.  Christmas is right around the corner!

Sam's Final Bear Hollow Christmas Program

Sam came down with a nasty flu bug the day before his preschool Christmas program. I knew he must really be sick to even consider missing it.  He missed the pajama party at school the day before cause he was so sick.  I let him relax all morning and hoped for the best.  Thankfully he rallied and was able to go.  On our way to the mall I got a call from Max at school saying he didn't feel well either.  We picked him up and made it to the performance on time.

Cute little mug tried his hardest to push through his sickness.

Miss Molly was so happy to see him.  She let him wear the Rudolf nose.

Tucker did awesome too.  Between him and Sam, I don't think they missed one word or one action.

Hopefully Sam didn't give Santa his disease.

Grandma Jackie is always there, showing her support.

Each milestone that passes, makes me a little more sad.  The preschool experience is passing by too quickly.  I'm really going to miss this.  I couldn't be more proud of my sweet Sam.