At Last!

Woohoo! I am back, FINALLY! Who knew it would take this long to get a blog done. I was so proud of myself the last time I did computer work at Pawcaw and Nana's. I didn't have time to do a blog, but I had enough foresight to download pictures and save them. That way all I had to do at Mom's was type in my notes. Then I realized the other day it doesn't do any good to download pictures if I forget all about the typing and posting. Real Good, Brandi!

I am a little ashamed to be posting Christmas pictures at the end of January (when the weather here feels like a spring day), but Hey! I am just glad to finally get to this. We had a fairly spread out Christmas this year. Christmas at Pawcaw and Nana's on the 23rd, Pawpaw and Fifi's on the 24th, and Santa gifts on the 25th. By the time Christmas day came around John Reagan was so overwhelmed he didn't know what to think. Every year I think we don't buy enough because we try to keep it simple and not make too big a deal out of the presents, and every year I am so glad we didn't buy more and actually wish we did less. They get so many gifts from aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas, till it all runs together and overflows. We found ourselves this year realizing it is time to do some serious discussion and research and decide what to do about the whole Santa deal. We definitely don't want John Reagan and Evie thinking Santa is all there is to Christmas. Please feel free to share any ideas. It is always fun hearing what others do.

John Reagan likes dressing up as Santa though. He kept asking, "Where's my other presents?" He had more fun opening the presents than he did seeing what was inside. As a matter of fact, he had more fun putting out cookies for Santa than anything. Christmas morning he ran right past the presents and straight to the cookie plate to see if it was empty. It was so cute. Evie could have cared less either way. She was having more fun playing in my make-up.

Did we tell you that Evie finally decided to walk. She was only 17 months old before she decided it was worth while. And we thought John Reagan waited late at 15 months. What can we say? They are laid back. Thank God!
Evie got a motorized 4-wheeler for Christmas from Pawpaw and Fifi, but as you can see, she didn't get the first loop. I believe John Reagan and Breyden are a little big for it. John Reagan likes riding the 4-wheeler instead of his Arctic Cat. Silly Boy!

We always swap Christmas PJ's with Breyden and Kenden. That's every one's Christmas present from each other...with a toy of course. We couldn't get all 4 of them to take a picture together this year. They were all too busy.

Christmas Morning!

Christmas Afternoon!

We had a good Christmas this year, and it was nice to not have to rent a U-Haul to drag it all back to Tennessee. You know what is scary...I have actually missed the drive to Tennessee. Who misses a 9 hour drive? I might be a little loopy!

The good news is half of us are Louisiana residents now. Greg's truck has Louisiana license and I have a La Driver's License. We still haven't gotten Greg's license deal cleared up, and I have to have a copy of my vehicle title to get myself legal. Long story for another day. Our confession: we both said it made us sick to see the Louisiana license plate on Greg's truck. Oh well!

I do have more pictures downloaded. Hopefully I won't forget to get on in a few days with updates.