Our Christmas

We had the best Christmas this year. It was so nice and relaxing. We did nothing we needed to do, and whatever we wanted to do. So, it was lots of fun! Thankfully, gas prices have come down lots, so we got to travel too. But as it is every year, we stayed home Christmas day. It's so much fun to make cookies, open jammies on Christmas Eve, put out reindeer food, and all the other things we've started, from home.

Christmas Eve starts us off with Santa's elves leaving the girls jammies. They were so sweet too! They even took Santa the letters the girls wrote him. I ran out of time with mailing them. I just forgot, so we just left them on the fireplace for the elves. Sure enough, they were gone the next day.

Mema and Papa joined us late that night. They like to spend the night Christmas Eve and watch the girls open their gifts the next morning. Then we eat breakfast, and they go on to the next set of grandkids. It's a fun tradition, and the girls love sharing it with them.


We have a few traditions we do the night Santa comes. Here the girls are setting out Santa's cookies and milk. There was a lot of taste testing going on, and unfortunately I didn't catch Lily in time before she got a drink of his milk. That stuff does not agree with her. Poor thing.

I have no idea what they were doing here, but it was cute. Aren't their jammies cute? Those are the ones the elves brought.

I can't believe I was taking these pictures and I didn't see either of them drinking that milk. Little stinkers!

And we couldn't forget Santa's reindeers. They get hungry too. So we mixed up oatmeal and glitter (so they could see it) and spread it out on the sidewalk.

Then it was time to read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. It was exciting this year, because Emma read it. She did so good. It was fun listening to her.

Then Emma and Daddy read the real Christmas story. Emma has always been so interested in reading this. The last few years she has asked that we read it to her and Lily. It makes me proud!

So, everything was ready for the big night, and we tucked the girls in bed. Poor Lily was terrified that Santa would walk down the hall to her room, so I had to promise to put her and Emma in our room when we went to bed. And we couldn't forget Po (her worm pillow) and Kitty (her blanket.)

Emma woke up first. I heard her coming back into the bedroom, thinking she was just leaving, and hollered at her to wait. Too late. I heard her telling Lily, "Santa left us lots of gifts!" She sounded so excited. So, Daddy and I got up and grabbed the camera. They were so fun to watch. Santa was really good to them this year. They both got a few gifts of their own from him, and then there was a huge pile for the whole family. Santa has never left Mom and Dad anything, so the kids got a kick out of that.

Santa always leaves his gifts wrapped in shinny paper. I don't have pictures of them opening their stockings, because we forgot them until later. But they couldn't believe that he left them each a letter that he wrote them. That was pretty cool. (The white stocking is Sasha's. She opens her's later, and I did get that.)

Then it was on to the presents from Mom and Dad.

Both the girls wanted a Nintendo DS. So, here is Emma after she opened her's. Santa had brought her Bolt to play in it, so we were telling her we would have to save up money to get her one later. So, she was pretty excited.

The girls are thanking each other for their gifts here. They both got each other a Diamond Castle Barbie. Lily got the pink one (from Emma) and Emma got the blue one (from Lily). They were so happy because when you press their hands together they sing together.

I wonder what Emma is saying here. :o) And Mema is hiding from the camera. She was even in her Christmas jammies. Too cute!

Lily just opened her blue Nintendo DS. She's actually really good at it. I was impressed!

More gifts...

Daddy had to teach the girls how to work their games. He really knew how because he had been playing them all month. It was pretty cute.

And here is his gift card to Sonic. I'm cheap, I know. But he always wants a coke, and never has the money, so problem solved. And I let him buy himself a really nice motorcycle jacket yesterday. I told him "Merry Christmas!" I'll have to take his picture with it on.


And then we remembered the cookies, milk, and reindeer food. So we ran outside, and sure enough, the reindeer had eaten it. It even had hoof prints in it. Emma was the one to notice this. She thought that was pretty awesome!

And of course the cookies were eaten and the milk was drank. Very cool!

And then we remembered the stockings, and I forgot my camera. At least until Neil brought out Sasha's gift. She got bones. She was the most excited I think! They were gone pretty quick. The girls kept sneaking her one.

As you can see, we had lots of fun. We hated that Daddy had to go to work, but the girls stayed busy, so it wasn't so bad. And we ran up there, and ate supper with him, so we got to see him that night too.

Oh, and I did get something, but it was busy taking pictures of the girls. I love my camera, and thank you Neil so much for buying it for us!

We hope your Christmas was as blessed as ours!

Leggings again!

Today was productive! We cleaned the kitchen, laundry is halfway done, and I made more leggings. They are so cute, and so easy. And the best part is, they are so cheap. They are kinda like Babylegs, but all five pair together cost me 1/5 of what Babylegs are. Anyway, here are the girls being silly with the left overs.


Neil made nose warmers out of them. Not a bad idea,actually. ;o)


Here are 4 of them.


And here is my model. They are perfect under Lily's skirts. And you can use them as arm warmers, too!

Thanks for looking!

Games!

I just took a picture of Neil and Emma playing a marble game on the floor. I have a picture of my dad and I playing Battleship on the floor, a long time ago, on Christmas day. I'll have to find it, and post both pictures. I love board games. We played Cranium on New's Year Eve with Ike and Sabrina. We played for more than 2 hours. We had to play until the girls won. All the other games were just practice. We got both the girls a Nintendo DS for Christmas, and they both have a MP3 player. I told Neil, we have made it to where we don't have to communicate with each other at all. But thankfully we love to be together and talk. And Santa and Mema made it where we can play lots together. We got about 5 board games and puzzles from Santa, and Mema gave the girls several games each. The girls love playing with us. Well, as long as we let them win. Which is really hard. Especially when you are really trying to let them win, but they are just not cooperating. It's funny. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know I love games. You can carry on now.


Oh, I have several posts to make about the other Christmas'. I haven't forgotten. The girls and Neil are home again, so it might be when Cade is taking a nap next week. Bye!

My rooster

This little fellow came to live with me over the Christmas holiday.

I have inherited my Mom's insane love of chickens and roosters. I used to think she was weird to like them so much. Now, I am weird.

She bought this a long time ago. She told Neil not to let me get one. And, boy, I had my eye on it! I would walk by them every time I was in Walmart to see what they were marked down to. It was funny. Neil told me he knew what she got me. He is horrible at keeping secrets. Well, actually I am really good at reading him. I thought I knew what it was. I thought she had gotten me these globe things you put into your plants and they water them.


I opened up a box, and sure enough there where these globes. I started laughing, and said "I knew it!" Neil started laughing, and said "NOPE!" And for once I didn't get it right. Because I opened the next box, and this rooster was in it. That was what he knew I was getting. Not the globes. I just happened to get those, too.

Okay, it was funny to us. But I love both gifts. I love my rooster, who proudly protects my nest, and I love the globes! They really work! I already refilled the one in my peace lily. I want more, because those peace lilies really love the water.

So, thank you Mom for my wonderful gifts. You were very thoughtful in what you got everyone!

Love, Camie

Willingham Christmas

I loaded pictures into the computer today, and so, I can post pictures from Christmas now! We have had 3 Christmas'. We are very blessed to have been able to get together with everyone this year. Neil and I had planned to go see Ike and Sabrina, so I called Mom and let her know that we wanted to run to Dumas to see them. She is good! She threw together a Christmas party in less than 24 hours. We had fried chicken with all the fixin's, and all the family was there. It was so much fun! Mom and Dad spoiled us good. Thanks Mom and Dad! And Mom got her Wii! She was so excited! My grandparents were even there, and boy was grandpa being very onery! He is so incredibly strong. And he loves to tickle us. I hate being tickled and I get mean! After a while, I finally got him though. I had him on the floor and I was kicking at whatever I could come into contact with, and all it took was a tiny scratch on the hand. Actually, it wasn't tiny, and it wasn't a scratch. It was a huge gouge. The man was dripping blood down his hand. I didn't feel sorry for him, but I did doctor him up. We didn't take a picture, it was gross, but here he is. He even looks onry!



We love to be with my family! We have so much fun! My girls love their aunts and uncles, and are just so happy to be there. I didn't realize how cuddly they were to them until I was looking through the pictures, and found these. I think they were taken at the same time.


And Mandy and Sabrina just held them like they were their own. I love that my family just grabs them up and treats them like their own. I remember when Lily was little, Isaac was her favorite person in the world. When he was around, she was on his hip. They stayed with us one weekend, and when they left we told her she could go, and she was all for it. She was 1. Emma freaked out, but Lily would have packed her diaper bag if she could. I believe she cried when he left her that time.


Here they are at Wonderland.


Waving at Sister and Destiny as they rode by.

Ok, she isn't in his arms here, but those are Ike's feet. He wanted her to play in the pool with the others, so he rolled up her overalls and stuck her feet in the water. It was so sweet. And he stood gaurd to keep her safe.

I just wanted to show how connected they were.

Ok, back to Christmas...

Mom got the guys t-shirts. She got them two each. One of them was the same as the others, the other, well, they just summed the guys up. At least Isaac's and Neil's did. I didn't see Jeremy's other tee. Dad's was Snoopy. It was so cute!


Ike's says "How can I think outside the box, when they won't even let me out of it?" He is the smarty of the group. Over analizes everything! ;)



And if anyone has been around Neil long enough, you know this shirt fits him to a T. He even has the pose down. It was hilarous when he pulled it out of the wrapping. I think everyone was rolling!

Now the other shirt, all the guys got it. It was cute. It says "I wear this shirt...when I'm a grouch." Of course we made them all pose. Jeremy wasn't in the mood, but he was a good sport and put it on. Thanks Bro! :)


Here the guys are laughing as Dad walked out of his room with his shirt on.


Granpa, Neil, and Ike doing the Las Vegas show girl line dance. I think Grandpa instigated this one.


And here they are. So cute!


And Isaac being a smartelic. I'm not sure Dad knew. No, I know he knew. He probably just ignored it like normal. Ha ha!


Here's Mom trying to get her camcorder going. It's been so long since she used it, that she had forgotten how it worked. The last thing on it was when Dad came down for Kade's first birthday. They were still living in Tulsa, Feb. 2007.


But we got it going.


And here are my lovely grandmothers.


And my sweet nephews.

We had a blast! Thanks Mom and Dad for such a fun day!

This = BAD

So, my computer has been looking like this more and more. Sometimes, we can get it to come back from it fairly quick, sometimes, it takes a day or two. We think the motherboard may be having problems. Thankfully, not the hard drive. So, when my computer looks like this, blogging is a no go.

So, that's one of the reasons why there hasn't been any new post. The other reason is, the girls and Neil have been off for 2 weeks, and I am more interested in being with them than being on the computer. But, right now, the computer is cooperating, the girls are at Mema's and Papa's and Neil is at UMC, so I have some time.

If anyone has any idea what the screen read out means, you are more than welcome to share your knowledge in the comment section! Thanks! ;)

Well, Neil actually got the computer to turn on late last night, so I thought I would jump on here. We are having lots of problems with the laptop, and I can't do pictures from our desk top. That computer is completely full. I can't even add pictures to it. I can still blog from the other, but it's boring without pictures. I will try to add our Christmas stuff later, if it stays on!

Bye!