Merry Christmas from the Rockwells! We started off the weekend with Christmas with the Rockwell family, well... most of the Rockwell family - JJ has one sister who lives out of state, we miss them so very much and hope to see them soon.
JJ's little sister Caitlin and her family.
Genevieve just LOVES jewelry. She wandered all over the house with these pearls, just smiling so big. She's a princess for sure!
We gave her some books for Christmas - the green one is called "Panda in the Park," once the paper fell off and she could see the panda she scrunched her face up into a smile and kissed the book, so stinkin' cute!
My dessert! My family has had this cake recipe around for years and I finally decided to try to make it... it was very stressful... I can't thank my sister Amy enough for letting me bug her at 11:00 at night asking for directions, tips and a calming voice. I couldn't have done it without you - and look how pretty it turned out!!
Getting a little tipsy for the holidays? Don't worry - it's just Martinelli's. He gave her a little sip and put the bottle down - she threw a huge fit until he gave her more... She gets her way - a princess for sure!
Onto the next party...
My brother blessed his baby girl on Sunday - this is the cute family!
Cousin Wendy!!!! This amazing girl lives on the East coast these days, being brilliant, living life and getting more gorgeous every time I see her. She came home for the holidays so I had to snag a picture. Love you Wendy Girl!
Gorgeous. That's just what she is!!!
Me and my baby sister! We used to spend sooooooo much time together, but now we both have grown up jobs, houses to take care of and husbands to adore so we don't get goof off as much. But I'll take any time I can get! Love you bug!
And one more picture of my sweet niece - I just can't get enough of her!! I sat next to her on the floor and just took picture after picture because she kept smiling at me - that's heaven right there!
Onto Party #3!
Christmas with my Dad's family followed the blessing, here's me and my sisters getting everything ready in the kitchen.
Every year everyone is to bring a $5 gift to exchange. For the kids I printed off different holiday pictures, the kids move in a circle while we sang Jingle Bells, Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, etc. We stopped singing, pulled out a picture from a hat and whichever kid was on that picture got to pick a present from the pile - turned out to be way fun! 
Alex was so excited he got playdoh! Merry Christmas!!
Shianna, Kelsey and I are having F-U-N!!! (And so is Kacie there in the background :) silly girl!)
The big kids played "Bad Santa" this year- all the gifts go in the middle of the room, the youngest to oldest we pick a present from the center or steal from one of the gifts already opened. I picked the harmons bag because it was so cute and was very happy with the inside! I was a lucky duck that no one stole from me!
My Grandpa ended up with a barbie doll!
After my post about my quilt made by my Grandma, she called me telling me how wonderful it was to see such a tribute to her and to the quilt. So being the sneaky grandkid that I am, I put together a scrapbook of that weekend. I also added pictures of all the quilts she's made with a note from each person to her about their quilt. I started reading the note for her that was just inside the box and lost it... tears galore. We were both pretty choked up and hugged for a long time - a very special moment between Grandma and Granddaughter for sure.
I had complained to my dad about struggling with my tiny crockpot, it hardly holds a 3lb roast and if I'm gunna be a good housewife I have to do better than that! So I was soooo very excited to open this from my daddy - bring on the good meals baby!
What a weekend! Time for a nap I think!
Christmas with my Dad's family followed the blessing, here's me and my sisters getting everything ready in the kitchen.
Every year everyone is to bring a $5 gift to exchange. For the kids I printed off different holiday pictures, the kids move in a circle while we sang Jingle Bells, Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, etc. We stopped singing, pulled out a picture from a hat and whichever kid was on that picture got to pick a present from the pile - turned out to be way fun!
Alex was so excited he got playdoh! Merry Christmas!!
Shianna, Kelsey and I are having F-U-N!!! (And so is Kacie there in the background :) silly girl!)
The big kids played "Bad Santa" this year- all the gifts go in the middle of the room, the youngest to oldest we pick a present from the center or steal from one of the gifts already opened. I picked the harmons bag because it was so cute and was very happy with the inside! I was a lucky duck that no one stole from me!
My Grandpa ended up with a barbie doll!
After my post about my quilt made by my Grandma, she called me telling me how wonderful it was to see such a tribute to her and to the quilt. So being the sneaky grandkid that I am, I put together a scrapbook of that weekend. I also added pictures of all the quilts she's made with a note from each person to her about their quilt. I started reading the note for her that was just inside the box and lost it... tears galore. We were both pretty choked up and hugged for a long time - a very special moment between Grandma and Granddaughter for sure.
Merry Christmas Grandma Lee Lee - I Love You!!!!
I had complained to my dad about struggling with my tiny crockpot, it hardly holds a 3lb roast and if I'm gunna be a good housewife I have to do better than that! So I was soooo very excited to open this from my daddy - bring on the good meals baby!
What a weekend! Time for a nap I think!
Grandma's book turned out just perfect. Don't you just want to steal that Peyton! Freak she is adorable. Hope you had a Merry Christmas, love ya!
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