Christmas 2011

For Christmas this year Mark's parents and his Grandpa from Ohio came to celebrate Christmas with us. Mark's parents came up on Friday afternoon and Wesley was excited to see them there when he woke up form his nap. On Christmas Eve we went to downtown Edmond and showed Grammy and PaPaw the ice rink they have set up and walked around the antique shops. After everyone got up from naps we headed to Church for our Christmas Eve service. We brought Wesley in to the service so he could experience the lighting of the candles; we thought he would love that part. After Church service we headed to Old Chicago pizza and enjoyed dinner.

This was the first year that the "Elf" showed up at our house. We decided to name him Elroy. One morning we woke up and found Elroy on top of the pendant light.
On Christmas Eve we spread reindeer food out on the front lawn so the reindeer would have something to eat while Santa delivered presents.

cookies for Santa

Wesley woke up bright and early Christmas morning; we woke up to excitement (OOOOOO trampoline OOOOO chainsaw) about what Santa left. Trampoline and chainsaw. He was so excited I wish we were up and waiting for him in the living room so we could get pictures of him.
We had homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast. While they cooked we opened presents. This year Wesley really enjoyed opening presents.


He enjoyed helping PaPaw and Grammy open their presents.
Papaw pushing Wesley through the house on his new tractor.
Wesley waiting patiently on Papaw to get his marshmallow gun working so he can shoot it.
Mark and Wesley got a chainsaw for Christmas.
Grammy made Wesley a super hero cape that he will be able to play with for a long time.

On Christmas night Mark's grandpa flew in late and we showed him around the Chesapeake campus on Monday morning. Everyone left on Tuesday morning. We had a great time with Marks family this Christmas.