After we got back from AL we only had a 1 day turn around. I spent that day unpacking - doing a LOT of laundry - and repacking... my idea of fun - right?!?! Anyway - Harrison had a lot of time to play trains - and at one point we heard him singing "We wish you a Merry Christmas..." and we asked him what he was doing. He said his trains were having a Christmas party... and when we went into the "man cave" we found this....
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All of Harrison's trains gathered for a Christmas party....
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He and the trains had a great time!!
The next day we packed up and headed out to Nana and Papa's for Christmas...
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MK in a vintage 1980's Christmas outfit!
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I love those eyes
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One night Aunt Laura taught HDG how to bowl on the Wii
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great form kid!
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The next night Papa built us a bonfire out at the fire pit! The wood was a little wet - so it took a little while to get it started.... HDG's job was to hold the flash light for Papa - what a good helper!
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patiently waiting...
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Corey and I taking a self portrait
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So at one point Laura and I decided it would be fun to play with my camera - and leave the shutter open for a while - while we moved the flash light around. The cool part was that I had a normal flash light and she had an LED so the lights looked totally different - and turned out really cool!
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See the little blob in the bottom right... that's Harrison - hehe - cute huh?!?
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THEN - Corey got the brilliant idea to stand in the middle and make a cross while Laura and I moved our flash lights all around... I think it turned out pretty cool!!!!
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there was no order - just craziness.....
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please notice how excited Laura was about the whole thing! :) haha!
Nana, Millie, and Me
After the Harrison festivities were over - we headed over to the Garners.... the next morning was Christmas morning....
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Here's HDG in his new Toy Story snuggie (yes he's yawning in this picture)
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HDG checking to make sure Santa and the reindeer ate the food he left them
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family picture! Nothing like the early morning (no makeup) picture!
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kisses for MK... ALWAYS!
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After HDG opened all his gifts - he wanted to help everyone else open their gifts!
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Then he played with "speedy" Spencer
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MK slept through everything... oh well!
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Mimi and Millie
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Uncle Bailey and Aunt Addie with MK
Then Christmas night we headed out to Grand Mother and Grand Dad's....
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Millie with Victoria.... I'm thinking she looks like a GREAT babysitter! :)
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HDG proudly showing off his Thomas and the Misty Island DVD
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Millie and Mimi
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Aunt Addie LOVES some wassail - Corey and I say GROSS!!!!!!
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It's snowed Christmas Day - and when we got back to the Garner's house it looked so pretty I had to take a picture!
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Before we left for Hilton Head the next day I had to get a picture of Millie and her first snow!