Our Christmas Week

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The last few days have been filled with really good food, four very energetic little ones, and a whole lot of laughs. Here's a little peak into our Christmas week.

Pioneer Woman's cinnamon rolls. Seriously best thing you'll ever put in your mouth.
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Except for maybe these Pioneer Woman Italian drip beef sandwiches. We're kind of a PW fan around here.
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A sweet 4 year old girl
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Family picture courtesy of Becky
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I returned the favor.
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A mischievous Xavier.
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Since this is our last Tennessee Christmas, we decided it was time to head to Opryland Hotel to see the Christmas lights. Unfortunately, the entire state of Tennessee had the same idea.
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Rory hitched a ride.
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Rory and Grandma at the poinsettia tree.
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Camden eagerly awaiting the light show that never happened. Long story.
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Our two munchkins
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No children were harmed during this photo shoot, but it was a close call.
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Today's agenda originally included passing out some Christmas bags to the homeless downtown and attending a Christmas Eve service, but sleet and snow are in our forecast and we've declared ourselves officially snowed in. After a walk this morning, multiple games of Sequence, and a whole lot of goodies, we're settling in for a quiet evening. Well, as quiet as it can be in a house with three 4-year olds, one 7-year old, and eight adults. Hope your week has been as fun as ours.

Comments

Elizabeth Frick said…
What a week! I'm positively drooling over those cinnamon rolls!
2:22 PM
Joy said…
Awesome photos!! Love the family photos - you and Becky did a great job! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas - and hope your last Christmas in TN is a white one! : )
3:55 PM
KrisJ said…
Great pics! Hope you guys had a great Christmas!!!
8:49 PM
Amy said…
My mouth is watering over those cinnamon rolls...yummy! And the family pics are sooo good! I hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas together!!
3:04 PM
Christine @ 12,450miles said…
Such beautiful photos! I wish I had gotten more lights photos... now I'm really wishing that! And those rolls... YUM!
5:55 PM
Krista said…
Looks like a great week! How much snow did you get to qualify for being snowed in? We have a few inches... but rain is in the forecast.
And those rolls... I think I need to look into this Pioneer Woman...
8:15 PM
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