This year we spent Christmas Day afternoon at my parent's house. Cade had gotten the metal detector he had been asking for so as soon as we got there he got to work. I think he found a piece of rusty wire. Not quite the Civil War artifact he was hoping for but ziploc baggie worthy in his eyes.
After the usual ping pong and darts these boys settled in for a bit of football watching.
Other folks got some snuggle time with Lanie and humored her by feeding Baby Lola.
The highlight of holiday gatherings at mom and dad's is always the scavenger hunt that dad makes up. This year the first clue had the boys using Cade's metal detector.
The object was to detect 3 hidden keys that would unlock the tool box that contained the rest of the clues. What we found out is that my dad is a really good key burier and our 10 minute search for keys felt more like an hour in that freezing cold!
With the keys found it was time for the clues and challenges. A few:
dancing...
a pinecone toss..
tic tac toe with Grandma...
After each challenge the boys would get a clue that would lead them to one of Santa's reindeer. After all the reindeer were found...
The winners get a prize! The boys get such a kick out of this every time!
Finally! Present time! Tracie and Jared took first prize for presents this year getting the boys airsoft guns. I hope everyone still has intact eyeballs this time next year.
We got dad a range finder so he'd have one more excuse as to why he needs to spend the day on the golf course:)
Lanie was super excited about her Dora videos from Tracie and Jared.
I seriously could have just gotten her a video and a lip balm and she would have been a happy camper.
This is one of my presents:
And Jared opening his shirts and ties ( I know. It sounds like a boring gift but they were really cute ties and Tracie said that's what he needed!!)
I had a couple of the pictures I took for Tracie and Jared made into canvases. I thought they turned out really good!
Because Bobby would want this moment to go into the blog book I must post this picture. Who in a million years would have thought that Ms. My Blood Runs Blue would EVER be caught in an orange Tennessee fleece??? Not me! Guess that's what happens when you start runnin' with a Volunteer boy:)
Another fun year of Christmas celebration with my family. There's nothing better! Merry Christmas!
