Christmas 2012 in McPherson

We headed to McPherson Monday morning, Christmas Eve. Luckily no one had to work, so we were able to get together to enjoy food and family.  The twins have gotten so big, and are so entertaining. They are hard to get to sit still for a picture, and their parents have an even harder time getting them to take a nap when so much is going on at Grandma and Grandpa's.

So kids played and chased each other, and adults just tried to stay out of the way.  The kids got some really fun presents, which they are currently playing with as I type. Here are some highlights of the day!

Pretty girl

Handsome boy in his new glasses

Brian enjoying some nephew lap time.

Bren playing with the boys, or at least the boys watching Bren play!

Will. So cute. This was our gift to him. Here he is checking it out.

Tyler checking out our gift to him. His favorite. Cars!

Brandon sitting on the wooden bench Uncle Kyle made him. Dapper boy in that vest!

And Tyler sitting on his bench helping his Dad.

Will hard at work helping his Daddy.

Luke getting good at tearing into presents!

My boy looking sharp in his new jacket.

My girl and her new baby named Bren Pax.

Brandon liking Brenley's new guitar.

Beau showing love for one of his presents.

Bren loving on Uncle Seth for her present from the Ek Family.

Brandon really likes Brenley's presents this year. Here he is checking out her Dora cash register.

Both boys helping Dad unwrap his gifts.

As the kids get bigger, it can be a crazy mess, but we wouldn't trade it for anything!

Levings' Family Christmas

My family got together on Saturday, December 22nd this year to celebrate Christmas. It has been forever since everyone has been together, so it was great to be together again. We usually spend the first 30 minutes gawking at how much everyone's kids have grown and changed. It is crazy how fast time goes by and how much the kids change every time we seem them. But we always have a good time, and always have plenty of good food to eat.  With the kids getting so big, we practically step on each other, but that is probably the part I love the most about our house.

So per usual tradition, and another one that I love, each kid gets their turn on "the chair" and Mom even broke out the Santa seat this year for Ryan.

It is still priceless seeing the looks on their faces when they open up their gifts. Lots of hugs went around.

Makayla. Our beauty with a gorgeous smile. 

Handsome Dylan

Sweet baby Ryan. Busy, busy boy.

Carter.  So handsome.  Loves to have his picture taken. He is precious.

Blake

Jordan

My beauty

Cassidy. Loves her Cowboys. I am jealous of that shirt!

Alyson. Gorgeous glamour girl.

She has such a big heart.

Brady. Loves his legos, and I love his face.

My boy and he was thrilled over this jersey.

Carter loved this truck

Sweet, sweet boy, Ryan James.

Love this pic

Brenley got a book with Me Ma's and Pa Pa's recorded voice. She was in awe hearing those voices.

That's you!

Courtney liked her backpack.

Mom got her smell good stuff.

And Dad got a gift card for his favorite store.

Love this picture of Mom and son.

Well, we tried. This one is not bad, if only we could have got Ryan to turn around.

And another one.....

Look at sweet Ryan's face. So cute.

Brenley's School Christmas Party and Program

Last day of school for the princess today. She celebrated yesterday with jammies and the polar express movie. Today it was a party and her program. Beau went with me, and then Dad joined us later. Sweet kids. Precious program. Awesome teacher and school.

Beau even got to partake in the treats!

Here she is opening her present during the book gift exchange.

And now the program begins.  My girl rocked it this year.  Love this child.

I shot lots of video's, but thought it fitting to end with this one. Merry Christmas!!

Full Weekend

It wasn't our typical clean house, do laundry, run errands, relax kind of weekend.  I think most of our December weekend plans fell on Saturday, December 8th.

Beau played in his first basketball tourney of the season this weekend at the Farha Sports Complex here in Wichita. It was a two day tournament that started at 9:00AM on Saturday morning.  He played again at 11:00AM, and they went 1 and 1.

With pool play complete, they were now going to play at 9:00PM (yes, 12 hours later) against our "old" team/coach, which still consists of several of our friends (meaning Beau's friends and their parents, which are also our friends). That was a bit awkward, and a very intense game.  Happily, though, we came out victorious.

Allow me to back up, though.  After we finished basketball Saturday morning, both kids had been invited to parties. Brenley had a dress up birthday party to attend at 2:00PM that afternoon, and Beau had his end of year football party at 3:30. They went bowling and had a pizza party.  So I took Sis. Brian took Beau and off we went.

In the meantime, Brian and I canceled our date night out (because who knew we would be playing basketball at 9:00 at night!), and we came home to rest before the last game.

Sunday morning brought another game at 10:00AM. We won that, which meant we played at 4:00PM and 6:00PM that evening regardless of how we did at 4:00.

We lost the 4:00 game, which put us in the consolation game for 3rd place in our bracket. We, unfortunately, lost that game too, but the boys did really well considering they have had minimal practice time, and this is the first year this group has played together.

So with all that being said, we were tired last night and still tired today. Here is hoping for a quiet week!

This is my girl playing dress up (it was a fashion show) at her friend Harper's Birthday Party.

#31. Beau Grant

Coach Brian looking over things

My boys

The team

This is my boy on the way home after the 9:00 game. LLLLOOONNNGGG DAY.

Brenley playing with Wrestlers

And we just thought she wanted Barbie's and Babies for Christmas?!?!?