Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas.  I was sad we didn't have any family visiting, but it was nice with just us.  We had told Tyler on Christmas Eve that he wasn't allowed to come wake us up before 0630 on Christmas morning.  He came in at 0630 on the dot and said he had been awake since 0438 - yes, he's very precise with time!  We talked him into snuggling with us for another half hour (and so Brena could get some more beauty sleep!) and went and woke up Brena at 0700.  Here they are waiting to come down the stairs:

 Tyler was beyond excited to see his DSi XL from Santa that he had been begging for for months:

 Brena needed a bigger bike really bad, so I'm glad Santa realized that and got her one!

 And she got a V-reader, she loves it.  She calls it her Kindle like mommy's.

 Tyler also wanted all of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books:

 Brenalee got a Wii Just Dance Kids game and everyone is enjoying dancing with that game:

 Brenalee also got this Fur Real dog - it barks, walks, pants, etc.  Cesar was so confused by it!  It was sad and funny at the same time.  He would bark at it and watch it wearily wondering if it was taking over his territory.  I think he's finally figured out it's not real.

 Riding on a beautiful Christmas day.

Hanging out with cousins

Every time Kim comes to town, we have to go get the best snow cones in Jacksonville.

Samuel waiting patiently for his next bite of snow cone.

Tyler happy to have his cone.

Derek's yummy cone.

The two princesses.

The kids spent a lot of time playing on the tramp. Tyler loves doing flips on the tramp.

I think these girls changed their clothes at least 10x a day!

Poor Cesar didn't know what in the world all these people were doing in his house.

We had so much fun with our cousins. I wish we lived closer!

New addition to our family

Meet Cesar and the reason why we got a fence. Cesar is a 4-year old blue Doberman. We adopted him from a foster home. My friend who does my hair, and goes to church with me, fosters Dobermans. She also has 5 dogs of her own - 4 of which are Dobermans. My kids love animals, so I would take them over to her house to let them get their fill of dog play. They got Cesar back in February and we have been playing with him ever since. We fell in love with him and decided to adopt him. He is seriously the best dog ever. And a perfect first dog for us. He doesn't have any hair, so he doesn't shed. He doesn't jump, lick, he rarely barks. He has never growled. He doesn't jump on the furniture, and he has never chewed on anything but his toy bones. He sleeps in a crate at night. I let him stay loose in the house when I leave and he has never had an accident. He is stuck to my side like glue. He won't let me go anywhere in the house without him.

The kids adore him. Brena calls him "babycakes" ha ha!!

New fence. Cesar got to run in the yard today, I think it's safe to say he loves his new yard. TJ isn't going to recognize anything when he gets back!