Hopkey Christmas

We headed south to Nana and Papa's for Hopkey Christmas.  It was a really nice weekend being together.

Friday night we had oyster stew and chili and opened presents!

Some adorable kiddos!

Papa reading the Christmas Story!  Probably my favorite
part of Christmas.  Makes me miss Gramps!

Kids had fun handing out presents!

Brecke delivered a big one for Papa!

Some headbands!

Greta got lots of clothes for her dolly! 

Have to say the garbage truck was probably the most desired present for 2012 and as you can see--he was THRILLED to get it! Didn't take long before it was (unfortunately) hauling REAL garbage!  ICK!

Aunt Allie got a scarf!  Took her an hour to get it undone, but it was cool when she did!! LOL

Alex and Brecke gave Nana and Papa Santa handprints! 

A cousin camp out!

 We had some beautiful snow on Saturday which allowed us some fun sledding and great snowman building!

Makes me giggle every time I look at him!  He loved sledding!

Love this!

Daddy was so good with Brecke--taking the time to build a baby snowman with her. 

Saturday also meant some sugar cookie decorating!

We also celebrated Greta and Alex's 5th birthdays!

He can be just like the "Gold People"...he has a dozer AND gold now!

Swear these two are brother and sister sometimes!!!

We tried to get a decent family picture.  With the exception of the Barnard kids' attire--I think they turned out great!

The grandkids

It was an absolute wonderful weekend--the snow made it picture perfect and the family time was meaningful!