Bundle of Brooks Blessings: Christmas on the Farm

This year we spent Christmas on the farm in Shreveport. We were so excited to catch it on a year when everybody was there. We got there on Thursday and stayed until Tuesday. Unfortunately it rained pretty much the whole time we were there but we still had a great time. We went to see the Christmas lights at the American Rose Center one night. Emerson and Gransan bundled up and rode in the bed of the truck on the way in to get a good look and once we parked Em, Gransan, Patsy, and I walked through some of the lights while Daddy kept Braelyn nice and warm in the truck watching Toy Story! On Christmas Eve, Emerson and I baked cookies for Santa and then we all went up to Jerry and Janet's for amazing food and presents. When we got back to Gransan's we opened more presents, Em worked on her letter for Santa, put out his cookies and milk and then it was off to bed. Christmas morning was so much fun. Emerson was so cute coming in half asleep to see what Santa had brought. First she saw that he had eaten his cookies and drank his milk and then ran to see what was under the tree. She was so excited to see the pink watch and camera that she has been asking for for weeks...her reaction was priceless! Seeing her and Braelyn looking through their stockings side by side was all the Christmas present that I needed! After church we headed back to Jerry and Janet's to eat and for all the kids to play. It was a perfect Christmas!

Cheers! Em insisted that Gransan sit at her table every meal.

Gransan and Braelyn playing ball

This year Em and I took the easy route for Santa's cookies and did slice and bake...he didn't seem to mind!

Emerson was very meticulous about putting on the sprinkles just right!

Are they ever going to be ready?!

She had to do a taste test to make sure they were perfect for Santa!

It would be Christmas on the farm without family picture sessions! They all turned out really good!

Gransan's girls

Braelyn is quite the Daddy's girl these days!

Emerson loves her Gransan!

Bailey and Braelyn

Emerson wasn't so sure about Janet's singing Christmas puppy but Braelyn loved it...she cried when it stopped singing!

FINALLY! Time for presents! Bailey and Jenna got Em off to a good start!

Braelyn loved her new book

Thank you Jaf and Shell for my princess tent!

Emerson followed the ribbon to the ballerina doll from Jerry and Janet

I loved just watching her face

Emerson, Jamie, and Braelyn in Braelyn's princess tent(Emerson and Braelyn both got princess tents from Jaf, Shell, and the girls).

Braelyn and Emerson got things monogrammed from Gransan with her name...you can't find Gransan on things in a store! Braelyn got a Gransan Spoils me bib.

Braelyn, Gransan and Emerson having fun opening presents

Hard at work "writing" her letter to Santa. She had to give the cookies one more try before she put them out for him too!

YEA! Santa found us at Gransan's house!!!!

So cute! Em rolled up her sleeves and went to work finding out what Santa brought! I was surprised that Braelyn actually got her's out by herself too!