Our Party of Five: Christmas with the Bryants

Wow a week again huh? I was off but, looking back I really don't know where it went to! I thoroughly enjoyed my time off with Todd and Lucas, along with all of our other friends and family. Christmas always seem to come and go so fast and this year is definitely no exception to that! Just like any vacation, you get excited and full of anticipation then it flies by in a flash. We had a busy week (I am beginning to think that is a way of life around here for us!)but a great one.

We spent Christmas Eve with my Dad here at home. We had a yummy BBQ dinner courtesy of my fantastic chef husband ;) He can really cook some mean BBQ and ribs! Not your typical holiday feast but we knew we had that coming too. We also went to Christmas Eve service at our church which was equally amazing! Have you ever got to go see a great concert, awesome play, and worship an awesome God all in one place? Well that is how we do it at Atlee Community Church and they didn't hold anything back this year. It was spectacular!!! Even Lucas enjoyed it and did great for having a stinky cold. ;)

Christmas morning we spent here at home- the way Santa intended ;) We enjoyed sleeping in, opening stockings, and of course presents! I think we were more excited than Lucas was but he did light up when he noticed a new toy in front of the Christmas tree, his bounce and spin zebra! He was into opening the first wrapped gift and that was about the end of that. We helped him out finally but I still don't think he will really get it until next year. We still had a good time being kids ourselves ;)

After breakfast and cleaning up we headed up to Fredericksburg to spend the rest of the day with family. We all stuffed ourselves and had a great time visiting with everyone at Todd's grandmothers houses- lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents to see! He had so much fun playing with everyone. Lucas was spoiled rotten by everyone and loved every minute of it! So much so that he did not nap and needless to say was NOT a happy camper later on that evening. Not that he would have napped through the excitement around him. I think the lack of sleep along with complete over stimulation = train wreck!!! Let's just say bedtime was a nightmare and we revisited those long forgotten semi-sleepless nights. But luckily he was much better the following day and back to his old self again, happy and easy going!

We rounded out our Christmas palooza by visiting with my side of the family on Friday. Lucas had a blast following around his big cousin Justin and playing with Uncle John and Grandpa. It was a wonderful Christmas holiday for us all and I hope you also enjoyed your time with family and friends.

Just for fun- Here is a look back at Christmas last year.... ;)