All Blacks: Christmas in Jay

On Christmas Eve Eve we headed over to Jay to spend a couple of days with my fam. Here are the kiddos eating lunch with PawPaw :)

Play-doh time!

They LOVE to feed the fish :)

Gabbie feeding the "baby fishies" :)

That night we headed over to Uncle Allen and Aunt Kim's for our big extended family Christmas party....

The menu never disappoints :)

Shane and my cousin, Jarod, were extra festive :)

Grandma with my cousin, Brad, and his daughter, Corrine...

Landon is totally attached to his train....he even had to have it next to his plate to eat :)

The girls at the kiddie table with Sawyer and Jackson....

Enjoying the yummy food....

Jocie enjoying her cupcake :)

She looks so serious!

Gabs enjoying the icing on her cupcake....(PS....I know this is gross and innappropriate....but, let's be honest....has that ever stopped me before??...ok, so after Gabs gobbled down this very green cupcake...her poop was Christmas green for the next three days. Seriously. She thought that was SOOOOO cool :)

Chillin' with daddy...

Landon cruising around on the John Deere....

Every year Grandma reads the Christmas story and teaches the kiddos (and reminds us adults) about the real meaning of Christmas and why we have such a great reason to celebrate. I absolutely LOVE that she has done this year after year since I can remember....she is such an amazing woman.

She is just a tad bid passionate and animated....maybe that's where I get it from :)

Afterwards she gave out little gifts to all the great-grands....

All the little kiddos also got a little something from Aunt Kim and Aunt Teresa.....

Taking their new little puppies for a walk :)

Juliana LOVED her gift :)

Still walking their puppies :)

My grandma decided to have a drawing this year for her special gift she has brought. She had a car DVD player to give away and one of her beautiful homemade quilts she had sewn this year.

Jordan won. BOO!!!

I SO wanted this!

And this isn't too bad, either.... :)

Dirty Santa time!!

Our friends Beth and Wayne with their granddaughter, Corrine....

I have an Aunt, Uncle and cousins that LOVE the Crimson Tide. I mean...L.O.V.E them. My dad brought this pillow thingy as his gift to the Dirty Santa so he could taunt them with it....especially my cousin, Christopher...he is by far the most die-hard Alabama fan I have ever met. Seriously.

Well, we all know how the Dirty Santa game can Roll (no pun intended :)....and he miraculously ended up with the Bama pillow. He was beyond elated :)

and he was determined for it NOT to be stolen :)

My Uncle John opened this sweet Camelbak backpack that I ended up stealing!! YES!!!

Uncle Allen pumped about his tool set....which, of course, didn't stay his for long :)

The game was actually quite tame compared to years past....and everyone ended up with pretty decent gifts, which is always nice :)

Trying to get a pic of all the great-grandkids (minus Haley, Houston, and Kacie who weren't able to make it). This is the best we could do :)

The next morning the girls took the truck for spin...Jocie even got to go solo for a bit....

But, not for long....

Gabbie and Landon going for a drive....

They decided to pick up Jocie along the way :)

Gabbie played a game of horseshoes...

Well, kind of....she would take the stick out of the ground at one end and switch the sticks, then throw the horseshoe once and then switch the sticks....and on and on and on.....