Christmas came!

 

 

We may have started a new tradition for our little family.

Christmas Eve Casey and I decided to take the kids to Cheesecake Factory for dinner.

We were unsure how it would go.

Crazy wild kids at a swamped crowded restaurant?

 Or a good night out just with our little family.

Luckily it went the second version.

It was the most fun we have had together in a long time!!

We waited 10 minutes for our table.

The kids were so well behaved.

It was awesome for Casey and I to see and feel their excitement

for Christmas as we sat together in our little booth.

Plus they thought it was pretty rad that they each got to choose their own

flavor of cheesecake!

Lane chose s'mores.

 FYI, superb. And I'm not a s'mores fan.

Rusty chose cookie dough.

 

 

 

Lindi enjoyed her puff's and bread crumbs:)

 After dinner we made a few more last minute treat delivers then home for bed!
But first Lane wrote a note for Santa and we left him some cookies.
Translation: To Santa, there are some cookies and chocolate chips.

 

And what do you know, Santa came!!!!!!



 

 

Santa brought Rusty: Jake and the Neverland Pirate Legos, Lane: a nerf basketball hop game for his room, and Lindi: a baby doll that has a giggle that sounds just like hers!

 



 

Then it was off to Grandma and Grandpas!

I got my hands on Jeffy's hair:)

 

 The whole gang together on Christmas!

We spent the afternoon at Grammy and Papa's.

Rusty was so excited to give to Kamryn in the cousin exchange.



and it's a bad picture but all of the grandkids got umbrellas with

 money hanging from ribbons!

 

It was a very Merry 2013 Christmas!!!