X-ray time

 Well more broken bones for us this year. Kylee and I took the kids to the skate park. Everyone was having the best time and right before we left Benjamin crashed. He said he hurt his thumb and well an hour later it was really swollen. We went for X-rays the next day. Well that lead to lots of drs calls and finally an appt with a hand specialist. They did more X-rays to make sure the alignment was ok. Luckily it is and the dr thinks his tendon is good too as well as his growth plate. Benjamin will be in a cast for a month and then we will re-evaluate if he needs another cast or a thumb splint. Then he will go to a different splint. Pretty crazy for a broken thumb but we are super glad that the bones were still aligned so he didn’t have to have surgery. He has a green cast just in time for his birthday and Christmas. Way to finish off 2020!

Real Santa!

Our friends were lucky and had Santa come to their house. The kids loved getting the experience of talking to him and telling him what hey wanted. After Noah’s turn he sat by Santa at the table and in between other kids he would add to his list.... lizard, hamster, bunny, oh and a suitcase full of cash! This kid has big dreams. We had a great night! 

At the Bulloch Christmas party we had donuts and hot chocolate. Us parents sat around the fire while the kids did crafts and played. Then we had a visitor! Santa! Guess what?! It was the exact same Santa that we had seen at our friends. The kids could not believe it! It was really magic in their eyes as they told us this couldn’t be a helper and had to be the real Santa. I love that joy they get in this season. My favorite time of the year!

Bass Pro Santa

 

We made a reservation this year in order to go see Santa over at Bass pro shops. It was pretty weird because Santa had a mask on and was behind a plexiglass. I guess that’s what you get for 2020. With the reservation it was great because not many people were there. The kids had the place to themselves and got to play the shooting and bow and arrow games over and over. We had a great holiday afternoon! 

Gingerbread houses and sugar cookies

 The last few years we have gotten together to do gingerbread houses with cousins. The kids love using all the frosting and the fun candy for decorations. It’s so much fun seeing the kids work together and then half the houses fall because of sooo much candy on them. Then as soon as we take pictures the kids start eating them 😂. Maybe one day they will want to display them, but with all that sugar who knows. 

This year Melissa worked so hard and made so many cookies for us! We went over for dinner and then got to decorate cookies. The kids loved it. They would get really creative with one and then be crazy for a couple. Navy was the last one at the table trying to eat all the frosting. We weren’t sure where the Santa cookies were under the frosting she used on them! Benjamin was pretty impressive with only having one hand and his left. Definitely fun night and we will do it again. 

Drive in

 Everyone knows how we love our drive in nights. Well Croods 2 came out and we loved it! Everyone was laughing and enjoyed the movie. The kids had a blast with so many cousins. It was awesome having Jake’s brothers and my sisters there 😍