Happy Birthday, Jesus!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Brace yourself for a gazillion pictures!

Rach had a "Happy Birthday, Jesus" Party for Jace's class last week, and the pictures make me happy!  That pic of Jace and the girls blowing out the candles is the very cutest! =) Then it's him and his good friend, Ryer. Then him and Ryer with all the ladies! lol

Mom took these also, and I cracked up hard at him trying to make "snow angels" in this ridiculously tiny amount of snow!! LOL

Okay, on to Christmas weekend!  The MWC LifeChurch has this lovely photo area setup - didn't get a family pic there, but it's pretty even without people in it!

Rach made this awesome chalkboard for them (by the door as people leave)!

This = my gifts for Triston, Carter, Jace, Kyndal, Sam Puff, & Ella Belle! lol  

Dad and I got to go see them for about an hour yesterday afternoon!  It was great getting to play with them and see that they're being well loved, and I brought them some of their favorite edible bones for a Christmas Eve treat! =)

Carter Lee was excited about his Space Scooter - (it's a scooter you can pedal by putting both feet on it and pumping back and forth rather than having to push off the ground) - a bit pricy, but it was his Christmas and B-day gift from me! =)  Jace and Kyndal got the Junior version of that, and T-man asked for money from everyone, so he did pretty well this year! lol

We had Christmas Eve dinner at Pelican's, and the Miss K came to sit by me for a minute!

This pic makes me laugh every time - Uncle Mike is a funny one, and JB being so cheerful right beside him as he's lamenting more pictures = hilarious!

I sat by T-man at dinner, and he was full of entertaining commentary! =)

Kyndal:  Are you gonna sing Happy Birthday to Jesus?

JoBug:  Well, sure, I will! Just let me put down my wine first. 

Jace:  I'll sing it with you!! =)

The fancy pink bike with fun streamers, the Princess Poppy helmet, the walkie talkie, and the adorable Miss K!

Babah made Rach laugh right before this pic was taken!

Grandkids with Babah and Grandad! =)  Blake seemed happier and lighter than I've seen him in a while, and that really made me happy!

Carter Lee on his new hoverboard... craziness!!  

The Parrish fam actually all smiling at once... it's a rare treat!  The Miss K recently learned to snap, so she's proud of that! lol

They decorated  A LOT, but didn't actually put up a Christmas tree this year... so Jaceman bought this tiny one at the CHA school store and told Rach he'd "made all her dreams come true!" So I had to get a family pic of them "under the tree!" LOL #savingChristmas #gottahaveatree

Josh and Rach wanted to get me something nice as a Christmas gift and thank you for taking their family pics... they did really good!!  I'm super excited to try the Instant Pot, and I already know this book will be one of my favorites! ❤

Soooo, in the super-awkward and memorable department... Rach bought Christmas sweaters for all of their fam, then Josh's coworkers asked yesterday why he was wearing a pentagram... (they looked it up to prove to him that it was indeed a pentagram)... Rach got it on Amazon, and it was labeled as a  "Hail Santa" sweater, which is an atheist, anti-Christian thing, but she didn't know that and none of us noticed that morning...

Josh: I wondered why Santa had red eyes!!

Josh again:  I wore it to church this morning. Proudly! lol

Mini Miss K with her new Barbie doll... so much cuteness!

Mom and JB getting ready to serve dessert!

Jaceman hugging Grandad after Grandad opened his awesome handwritten note. =)

A little blurry, but I like that this captured the chaos of Christmas and everyone passing out the gifts!

"Night vision goggles!!!" Jace was super psyched about this gift from Mamaw! lol

Our family pic turned out great! =)

JB with her new Integrity Security mug! =)

Some petit fours from Babah... these are better than others I've had. The red ones are mini red velvet cakes, the black are chocolate, and the rest are white cake. Yummers.

Triston has been emailing me lately, and this one cracked me up... they went to Brooke's after opening all their gifts last night, so they missed our Christmas morning breakfast...

I printed this sign and got a family pic to email back to him at breakfast this morning!! lol

The Jaceman said the Christmas morning prayer for us:  "Dear God, thank you for all our presents, and tell Jesus that I said Happy Birthday!  Amen." 

I love his prayers and I need Rach to write them all down for me. lol ❤

He tried scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes this morning... big stuff! lol

And finally, here's J&K in their awesome bike helmets! =)

We were at the Parrishes till noon, then Dad and I went to see Jumanji at Harkins (much better and funnier than the first one), and now it's about time for our Christmas dinner of pizza, followed by chocolate cake... for Jesus' birthday, of course! lol