Merry Christmas!

Christmas seemed a little calmer and more enjoyable this year.... A lot of times we're stretched really thin schedule wise.  Our gatherings were more spaced out this year and it was awesome! We were able to spend good time with each family, rather than watching our clocks and rushing to the next house.

The Tumlinson Christmas was our first event this year.  We took some pictures for one of our dad's gifts before going inside.

It was fun having some new babies this year!  They didn't care about the gifts, but loved all the attention they got.

This little guy was definitely into the gifts this year. ;)

We celebrated with my Mom early on Christmas Eve.

That tool bench and those Wreck It Ralph fists have seen lots of play time!

He's gonna "Wreck it!"

The rest of Mom's side of the family came over for lunch and games.

That afternoon, we headed to Nana's house.  Ruston always loves some good Nana time.

We came home and opened up a special Christmas Eve surprise.... New PJ's!

And some slippers!

We got dressed and headed to the church for our Christmas Eve candle light service.

 

When we got home, it was time to put the frosting on Jesus' birthday cake...

 

...and draw Santa a picture.

The next morning, Chippey was gone, but he left a special note for Ruston!

He got some fun gifts from Santa, his favorite being the Larry Boy helicopter!

Christmas day was pretty hectic, but that was due to poor planning on my part. :/  

We started off at my Dad's house.

Then we went to Danny's parents'.

Then came back to Dad's for the Fiebig family's Christmas.

This little boy was done at that point.

He crashed on Pops and Mo's bed for a couple of hours and then woke up ready to smile. :)

We had a wonderful Christmas season and are so thankful to have such big families and lots of love.  Ruston has been playing with his new goodies non stop. ;)