The Shannon's: 2013

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Christmas

I feel bad that I am skipping over November but let's be honest nothing happens in November except Thanksgiving. Which we just did at our house with our little family and Jed. So it was really laid back and then I went out that night and the next morning to get some deals on last minute birthday and Christmas stuff.

December has way more going on for us. Madyson turned 6 on December 2nd, she is such a fun girl. She is absolutely crazy, loud, pretty girl and we love her so much (at least when she isn't growling at you). We let her invite a few friends to her favorite place (classic fun center) and they played on the pirate cove and had angry bird cupcakes with pink frosting (her choice). She has some great friends that she loves so much and it was so nice to have them celebrate with her.

She got a lot of little ponies

Blowing out her candle and home

She really wanted a baby alive and was so happy she got one

Thanks grandma Bacchus, she LOVES her bounce puppy

Then we had Christmas!! We got to go to my parents for Christmas and New Years this Year. It was so nice to be around my parents and have the kids get to celebrate with their grandma and grandpa. We got to spend 10 days there and it was nice (until I got really sick). James got to see a bunch of friends he hasn't seen in a long time and took the kids with him (I didn't go cause I was sick). We went to my mom's families annual Christmas Eve party which is always entertaining. The kids had a great time. We came home that night and took our family picture in front of the tree and went to bed so Santa could come. The kids woke up a little earlier than I wanted so I made them wait until 7:30 and then I got out of bed. They went crazy opening presents and playing with them. They were spoiled as always. They have good grandparents. Chad, Tracy, Hooch, Moose and William came over later that day to have dinner and hang out. It was fun. We also took the kids to the Jelly Belly factory, we got to learn some facts about how they are made and the different flavors. It was fun of course cause we got to taste them too :) We also celebrated Jayden's birthday there cause he wanted to spend it with grandma and grandpa (but I'll put that in the January post). We got home o January 2nd (I was still sick) and didn't get everything put back in it's place until long after :)