Christmas Day

Christmas is as everyone says, so much fun with kids. For the boys the opening was just as fun as the gift inside. Brooks loved helping everyone open. There are always too many pictures. We all enjoyed Christmas and were just so thankful to be with family.

Checking on the reindeer food before seeing what Santa left.

Running to check out the loot. You can imagine why our luggage going back to Doha is way over the pound limit!

Barrett very upset that Santa left the scooter for Brooks.


Santa must have stopped in Doha before Dallas. Guns only to be found in the middle east of course.

The usual...mom's to-die-for rolls and dad carving his perfect Mr. T


Present Time







Lou Lou Bear

Christmas Bath

I have a hard time picking pictures but here are a few from Christmas Eve!

Brooks and Papa

Barrett enjoying the peppermint intended for the gingerbread house.


The boys ate candy while we made the house


My sweet Aunt Rosie spent the evening and day with us. Aunt Rosie is my mom's mother's sister. We are so thankful for her. She's a great grandmother to our boys on my side of our family.

Papa reading the Christmas story (very quickly). Doesn't appear that way but the need was there!

Brooks' job was to put Baby Jesus in all the nativities.


Delicious cookies for SANTA


Quick run outside to leave food for the reindeer. Brooks thought they would like dog food. So Rudy enjoyed Purina and carrots!

Visit with Santa

Christmas Eve morning we got up and out of the house to wait in line to visit Santa. The wait was well worth it. Willowbend Mall in Plano had an amazing Polar Express set and theme that went along with Santa Pictures. The boys loved it! Our pictures are little predictable...Barrett is a wreck and Brooks was concerned but also amazed to see the "real" Santa.