Christmas Weekend!

The annual pictures in front of the tree for their Christmas scrapbooks. A lifelong tradition in the Smith house!
Poppa, JuJu and Aunt Erin had just arrived from Alabama and it was almost time to go to the Christmas Eve service. It was a beautiful time of worship. Then we came home and had the traditional Christmas Eve chicken and dumplings and the coca-cola cake that JuJu made. yummy!!!

(all pictures on this blog can be clicked on and will open nice and clear. I hate how they look all fuzzy on here.)

Before we left for the Christmas Eve service, Collin asked if they could go ahead and get their pictures done and "get it over with." HA. They know the routine! Same place every year, in front of the tree on Christmas Eve. Get used to it kids!!!!!

Time for sibling gifts!! They have a lot of fun with these. We drew names around Thanksgiving time and I always tell them to keep it a secret. This year, they had it all figured out in about 10 minutes, so the gift giver wasn't a surprise, but the gifts were!
Her 2010 braces ornament!

Collin drew Kaitlynn's name this year. She had guessed it was cowboy boots from the size and shape of the box, but they were horse rain boots. I love his response. :)
HaHa has a Christmas tradition with them, she always gets them something with their names on it. This year was great mugs!! How perfect. They love them and use them all the time.

YES!!! They were so hoping for more coupons!!!
JuJu made everybody something!! The boys got Auburn blankets, Kaebrie got a pink horse blanket, and Kaitlynn got a beautiful vest. They are soft and warm and perfect! Sam and I got great aprons!
Aunt Erin was responsible for the favorite gift of the night....an autographed Auburn football. I love the absolute surprised and shocked look on Collin's face.

Aunt Erin drew us this incredible picture! She said it took her about 250 hours. We love it. It is already hanging in the dining room.

Christopher opened the one present he ALWAYS asks for, a remote controlled car. He immediately threw himself into Sam's arms. Hey Tiff, MOMMY PICKED THAT OUT!!! This one lasted the longest of any of the 5 he has ever had. Three days.
She cried. We actually surprised her so incredibly that she CRIED! We are trying to plan a trip to Norway, we will see if it can work out for this summer, and SHE GETS TO GO!!!!!
A picture of me filming her on my flip. I am multi-talented. :)
All the boys had an Auburn Christmas!! I told them next Christmas they could get NOTHING that had to do with football. :)
Collin surely had a War Eagle Christmas!
Christmas morning breakfast!!! Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage biscuits, gravy, strawberries, cinnamon rolls, and a new recipe; Kaitlynn made an orange spiced cranberry coffee cake that was WONDERFUL!

Aunt Erin ALWAYS has fun new games to play. Here she is teaching them a new version of the ROCK PAPER SCISSORS game. They loved it!
Christmas afternoon we went to the Nott's home for a huge lunch. We had a lot of fun visiting with several families, singing, and of course, more eating.

It was a wonderful Christmas weekend, filled with exactly what it was supposed to be filled with: worship, family, friends, good food and good times. Some very special memories this year.