Christmas in Missouri

Grandpa Rusty and Grandma Sue went to Missouri to visit with Great-Grandpa Bob and Great-Grandma Dee for Christmas. Looks like they had a pretty good Christmas.

Great-grandpa Bob opening a gift.

Great-grandma Dee opening her presents with her little doggie.

Christmas presents

Checking out the handmade living room set w/grand piano....a gift from Great grandparents Bob and Dee.

Rylie got her very own sewing machine from Grandma Sue.
When she got home tonight she was very excited about it and told me "Guess what mom? A four year old with sewing machine...would you believe it"! She and Grandma made some pillows for her baby dolls.

Cutie-pie Cole trying out his new hard hat and safety googles...now he's ready for anything! :)

more fun

Stylish Rylie trying out the hard hat and safety goggles....she can pull off any outfit!

Working on Cole's new puzzle set.

Rylie trying out her new sewing machine.

Hugs for everyone!

Deer sausage

Curtis and Grandpa Rusty making some deer sausage.

Christmas Eve

Although Curtis was scheduled to work on Christmas and Christmas Eve, he was able to get some time to come home Christmas Eve to open our family Christmas presents.

Cole was anxious to open his tractor set from Uncle Sam and Aunt Vicki.

Rylie opening a barbie doll from Uncle Sam and Aunt Vicki....she was pretty excited to have her first barbie doll!

Trying to get the logs out of the wagon.

more Christmas Eve

Cole had lots of fun playing with his tractor trailer car hauler from Uncle Sam.

Curtis got a nice Huskers sweatshirt from his Grandma Dee (his mom...Sue is from Nebraska)

Cole couldn't decide whether he would rather play with his tractor set or open another gift....

...he decided to open the gift...which was another tractor!

Daddy's gift

Curtis opening up his USMC kabar knife.

Hugs and kisses for Rylie!

When Cole opened up his Insects Field Guide...he said "Look mommy, it's a bug book!!"
That's my boy! :)

Opening gifts

Cole opening up his new Cars bag.

Rylie was excited about the Princesses notebook that Cole picked out for her.

Rylie opening her gift from daddy

Opening her gift from her daddy...

Wow...Cinderella!!

As you can tell, she was pretty excited to get a Cinderella princess set.

Playing w/Daddy

Cole's favorite gift was a tractor from Uncle Sam....he's been playing with it almost non-stop!

Cole was excited to pack his bag for their trip to Pappy's house on Christmas.

Giving daddy some hugs and kisses before he went back to work.

Santa came!

The kids were pretty excited this morning to see that Santa came during the night and left behind some presents!

gifts from Santa

Yippie! Cole got some coaches for his Thomas train set!

Rylie got an Easy Bake icing decorating pen from Santa! Much more useful than the Cupcake Maker that she had been wanting. Amazingly, Santa was all out of the cupcake makers, but was able to find this kid-friendly, useful replacement! Santa is awesome! :)