December iPhone pics

2015 was an incredible year! Will turned 3 and Luke was born in May after a successful pregnancy and birth. We are blessed to welcome in 2016 and see what God has in store for our family.

 

In the meantime, here are some pictures I took with my phone that I needed to post. 

 

 

Luke's new way of eating

Will fell asleep with his new John Deere hat on

Luke enjoying the Christmas Tree

Luke just a bouncing

Cracker Barrel attire!

 

Will and Papaw watching Mickey at Cracker Barrel

Sitting up in a high chair at Chick-Fil-A

Thankful for these two every day!

Christmas Day with the Smothers

After breakfast we headed to my mom's house to have lunch and Christmas with my family. All the kids were there and it was WILD. Nana and Poppa Bill's always buy way too much for the kids but it's all about the kids. Plus us girls have to have our stockings and so that has been something they can't stop doing. This year, my mother gave my sisters and I mink earmuffs made from our grandmothers mink coats. So we had to take a sister pic with our new mink earmuffs. LOL! 

Anyways, lunch was good and the kids and older kids had a blast! 

Here's the recap:

Sister pic with the mink earmuffs

Nana and Poppa Bill's and all the grand kids

Will's stocking

Luke chilling in the swing

Opening presents

Lots of presents

Will got a pad of his own

And new John Deere boots

More trains

Even a new Mini Thomas the Train track

Tucker had a fun first Christmas

Luke tried to eat the paper while Nana opened her gifts

Will got another new train from my parents and we hooked this all together and made a HUGE train track

Christmas was so much fun and we had a great time! 

Christmas Day Morning

Will was so excited that Santa had come. He woke up at 6:45am but we made him stay in bed till 7:15am. Unfortunately, Luke wasn't up yet so we had a little bit of Christmas with Will before Luke joined us at 7:45 or so. Luke enjoyed his first Christmas and didn't really understand what was going on. It was around 70 degrees and rained all day on Christmas day that it kind of put a damper on the feel of Christmas this year. We made the best out of the day and luckily we didn't have any outside toys to play with. 

Will wanted presents from Santa. He didn't care what was in them just presents. Will got a Thomas the Train Avalanche Express train track with about 5 different Thomas the Train trackmaster trains from Santa. He also got clothes, shoes, a new red robe and alligator slippers. 

Luke got some new toys, clothes, and shoes too. We didn't really know what to get him because he has so many toys and clothes that were Will's but we decided he needed a few new things. Luke got a play table, a musical train, and some other learning toys too. 

After we opened presents we had breakfast with Doug's parents and they brought the boys more presents. Will got a harmonica and Luke got more clothes. 

Christmas was so much fun this year and it's only going to get better with these two crazy boys! 

Here's the recap of the morning:

All the presents left by Santa

Will, Maddie, and Luke's presents

Yes, even Maddie got a stocking

Will checking out his Santa presents

Santa left everything in boxes due to unplanned events of the week

Checking out the presents

Dad putting the train track together

Maddie enjoyed her new bone from Santa

Luke playing with his new musical train

Will opening presents

Will's new red robe and alligator slippers

Opening more presents

Luke just hanging out in his bouncer

Will helping momma open her gifts

Momma got a new MK red purse, jewelry, a new top from Loft, and a caramel macchiato kit from Starbucks. 

Doug got a new desk calendar of the boys from 2015

Will helping daddy open his gifts

Doug got a nice pair of Ray Ban sunglasses because I was sick of buying the cheap glasses from Walmart and them breaking all the time! 

Will's new harmonica

Loved Christmas with these two boys

Luke's first Christmas 

Testing out the new train track

In awe over his new train track

Christmas Eve

We attended Christmas Eve service at Doug's parents church, The Orchard. It was an early service at 4pm and since Doug had gallbladder surgery we thought we would go to an early service and eat an early dinner. This was also the first time Doug had been out of the house since surgery so we didn't want to rush into things by ourselves. It was also nice to have the help from Doug's parents that night too. It was a wonderful service and Will was in awe when we lit the candles. 

After the service we went to Longhorn Steakhouse and had a delicious meal. Doug was actually able to enjoy the foods he had been missing out on. When dinner was over, we rode around looking at Christmas lights and blow up things which are in people's yards. Will and I made cookies for Santa and then we tucked our tired and excited little boys into bed for the night "in hopes that Saint Nicholas would soon be here." 

Candlelight Service

Luke: Hey brother, look at mom she wants another picture. 

Will: If we don't look at her she may not take the picture. 

Got your picture!

Will LOVED the candlelight service

Making cookies. Yes we did slice and bake