Christmas with the Tacketts

Christmas gathering & gift exchange with the Tackett crew was the 20th & 21st of December since it was our year to be in Austin with the other Mezgers.

Busy boy playing with his new Dusty toy.

Lego Boy making things with dad

Princess Elsa all smiles with new Ice Age figures.

Skating Queen getting some practice, but protecting her bottom. It's a little hard to see, but Luke swept a track for her on the driveway.

Bailey's gifts to my mom.

My mom hand makes each of the kid's stockings and this is Beau's.

And here are all my kid's stockings, which have a Nutcracker theme.

I can't remember a Christmas Eve growing up that was not spent at my Nana's house, but this year she is shaking things up and we did dinner with her side of the family and no gifts on Christmas Eve. I had just gotten over the flu & was thankful to be well enough to be there, but Colt was sick as was Aunt Kathy, so there were some missing faces, but here are some of the pictures captured at dinner complements of my mom who had someone taking pictures.

And no visit with my siblings is complete without some silliness...

Mel- Christmas Tree, Luke- Gingerbread Man, Robby- Snowman, Tara- Reindeer

Tara knew how disappointed I was with my lack of Halloween costume this year, so this was her gift to me. : ) Our kids did not know what to think of us.

We didn't have time to decorate these like years past, but here is my Jesus Fetus cookie entry this year. Luke's was a little too political to publish, but Wendy Davis was involved- you will have to use your imagination.

And that wraps up Christmas time with the Tacketts!