Happy Holidays!

As most of my readers know - this is my first Christmas with my new family. And along with a "blended" family comes unusual schedules when planning holiday get-togethers. This year, we had the joy of celebrating Christmas with Boyd's family 5 days before Christmas! Here are a few happy moments of the kids opening gifts...

Billy was SUPER pumped to get this humongous Star Wars lego set...

He got a COUPLE others as well!!.. While one of Caitlyn's fav gifts was a "Color Me Gemz" jewelry box... (more pics on that below)


Grandma gave all the grandkids their very own 'lock box' - Caitlyn barely put hers down all day - AND she even got a cool "eye glass" as she called it...


After all the kids had opened their gifts - it was time for the annual pic of grandma and grandpa with all the grandkids (and the boys couldn't leave out their new guns!!)...


One last gift for our nephew Connor - his very own Sock Monkey (which I think he named CoCo)... As you can tell from the photos, he wasn't too happy with this at first (he dislikes any kind of gift that isn't a toy, especially clothing!), but he warmed up to it pretty quickly! ;)




And that Color Me Gemz jewelry box Caitlyn got? We spent some much-enjoyed time coloring that the next day - we had so much fun I even got a "You're the best stepmom ever!". Talk about melting my heart!





I couldn't have asked for any greater gift than the love of my new family.

Here's to hoping you get everything that warms your heart and brings you joy this holiday season!