A Smothers Christmas

On Christmas Eve, we went to visit my grandmother who is currently in a rehab facility because she is not able to move around like she has been due to being sick lately. We watched her open her presents and spent some time with her since she couldn't be with us on Christmas day at mom and dad's.

Grandmaw Yagel opening her gifts

My mom and Grandmaw Yagel (her mom)

On Christmas Day, we had breakfast with Doug's parents and then went to my mom and dad's house for lunch and more presents with my family. It was a mad house with 3 children, 2 dogs, 2 cats, and 6 adults. We finally finished with everything around 9pm. Enjoy the pictures!

Anna Grace "Miss Priss" decided she would sit in brother's chair

Aunt Mary & Peyton

Anessa & Anna Grace

Papa Bill and his babies

Anna Grace entertained us with her nilla wafers at dinner

Mary & John

Michael & Alecia

Nana Karen & Anna Grace opening gifts

Anna Grace is patiently waiting on Papa Bill to get

her dog out of the box

Miss Priss posing for a picture. She would put the bows

on her head and she looks so much like her mom, Alecia, here.

Peyton woke up and decided it was time for his gifts.

Peyton admiring whats going on

Anna Grace decided to see what Uncle Doug got

White Christmas 2010

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" was the theme song of this years Christmas 2010. We woke up to SNOW on Christmas Day. It really felt like Christmas when you see snow on the ground. It was the first time it had snowed on Christmas day since 1930 something. I felt like a 5 year old kid again and had to go outside and take pictures and of course have a little fun in the snow.

The front of our house

In the backyard

Ellie had to go outside and enjoy it too.

Me outside in the snow

Our neighbors made a snowman!

After we enjoyed the snow it was time for presents. Doug and I are very nosy people when it comes to Christmas present peaking. We told each other this year that we would NOT peak and find out what we got each other. It worked!! It was very difficult for me not to be nosy and not find out what he got me but it was well worth it! So here are our presents we got each other!

Doug got a Linksys Media Hub thingy that he wanted.

It holds a gazillion pictures and videos. Which is good for us because we LOVE to take pictures.

I got 5 Yankee Candles which are my FAVORITE candles!!!!

My biggest suprise was a KitchenAid Mixer. I've been wanting one

for a LONG time and Doug finally got me one!

I've been baking like crazy!

 

He orginally got me a lime green one but it didn't go well in our kitchen.

So I got a RED one and I LOVE IT!!!!!

Plus RED is my FAVORITE color!

Merry Christmas to you!

Christmas Decorations

I love decorating at Christmas. It's my FAVORITE time of the year. My tree is loaded with red and green ornaments. I have red and green decor on my mantle. I have red and green polka dot placemats handmade by my sister, Mary. I have a red and green foyer arrangement and a red and green dining room table arrangement. Do you see a trend here? I LOVE red and green! Oh well enough of my rambling. Enjoy the pictures because I know you are dying to see.

Front door entrance

My tree with all those presents. I even have red and green wrapping papper.

My foyer table. This arrangement is new and I LOVE it!!

My dining room table. Also my sister made my table runner too.

My kitchen table

Of course, we can't forget the nativity scene.

My Christmas cards

Its a Penny Christmas

We had Christmas at our house this past weekend with the Penny clan. Of course, it was a Christmas full of food, crazy group pictures, and the wild and crazy kids. Christmas is always fun when you have Ross and Kalyn involved because as we all know all the attention is focused on them. Why not?!?!

I'll leave you with a few pictures of our wonderful and crazy Penny Christmas.

The entire Penny clan 

This is what happens when you ask the guys to take a picture together 

And this is what happens when you get two brothers together for a picture

Nana and Papaw with their grandchildren

Nic, Kim, Ross, and Kalyn

Doug, me,and Ellie Mae

Now onto the gifts!

Opening presents

Ross got a Buzz Lightyear suitcase

But he wanted to put his bats in there

Kalyn got a baby doll and doll clothes

Ross got 380 pieces of Double Bubble from Uncle Doug

He LOVES bubble gum!!!

Ross ready to go with gum in his mouth and his suitcase packed with his baseball bats

Kalyn decided to investigate the suitcase

Miss Priss in her new boots

By the end of the day Miss Priss passed out in the middle of the floor with her boots, paci, and baby doll! 

Home of the Month

We came home to a great suprise Thursday afternoon to see that our neighborhood had voted our lovely home for HOME OF THE MONTH for November. I cannot begin to tell you how excited my husband was when we received the news and the lovely sign for our yard. We've been in our house for 2 years and they reward Home of the Month every month and my husband gets very jealous and competitive when he sees that our neighbors have gotten Home of the Month and we haven't yet. So he perfects the yard and makes it look perfect. So thankfully all his hard work has paid off and we have FINALLY been awarded Home of the Month. So please enjoy these beautiful pictures of our home and let us gloat in our (mainly his) glory of being chosen for Home of the Month! Thank you neighborhood association because you have made my husband's dream come true!!!!!

The sign in our flower beds

Our lovely home

The front of our home

Our fall "people" made it look better