Three Wishes Granted!

 John Hall was pretty insistent when it came to telling Santa what he wished for this Christmas: A Tractor, Buzz Lightyear, and a Flyboat.  Santa Claus came through and also brought some other goodies for JH as well.  We got to spend Christmas morning with cousins Kade & Khloe which made it all the more fun.  There's nothing like kids on Christmas morning!  What a blast!

                                             

                                  
                                  
 Pop had a special breakfast surprise and gave JH an official John Deere green hat to wear when he's driving his tractor.  John Hall loves it and actually wears it quite often!  Thanks for the tractor accessory, Pop!

                                              

John's tractor

Havard Christmas 2011

We spent John Hall's third Christmas in Lufkin with Jason's family.  He was so happy to see his Muddie & Pop along with his cousins, aunts, uncles, and extended family.

Thanks to a recommendation from Kim and a trial run at the Hall Christmas, Jason and I brought a few "minute to win it" games to play.  I think everyone enjoyed it, but particularly the "belt and ping-pong ball" game where they had 60 seconds to get as many balls out of the opening of a Kleenex box fixed onto a belt around their waist.  The ways they had to jump and twist to get them all out were priceless! 

                                  
                                  

 Pop, Muddie, & kiddos: Brittany, Khloe, John Hall, Abby, and Kade.

 Presents!!!

 I found a neat gift idea on Pinterest for teenagers where you roll up dollar bills and print out a poem about "wanting to bake them cookies but didn't have the time, so you just had to give them the dough."  That was basically the gist of it...Khloe told her mother she needed another Barbie house so her barbies could visit one another.  We gave her a vacation Barbie house complete with a pool.  We gave Abby a Karaoke machine along with cd's for hours of music fun in response to the gift they gave JH last year which was a ball mower; not exactly the quietest present so I figured they wouldn't mind the noise, ha!

                                  
                                  
 John Hall learning the "in's and outs" of fruit ninja from cousin Kade...

It was a Christmas full of Pinterest ideas...I also made a quick housewarming gift for Alyson.  She is always notoriously late, so this clock was just right for her!!!

Hall Christmas 2011

Mom and Dad decided that we would open presents before we did anything else for our family Christmas this year.  The main reason was so the kiddos could enjoy playing with their new toys.  The kiddos were ready to go and wasted no time ripping apart packages when it was their turn to open!  Pa and Ose were excited to get a new grill and camera from their grandchildren.

 

After presents and naps, everyone ventured down to the lake.  I love these pictures of the boys on the dock.  John Hall and James are expert spitters!

                                       
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                            
                                    

Play Time!!!

We had a blast with the kiddos and the karaoke machine!  James was absolutely hilarious! 

 The impossible cousin group shot!!!  Not happening!

Crackling fire and Christmas Carols...