Christmas at Meemaw & Papa Hensley's

After we opened presents at our house, we loaded up the girls and ventured to Meemaw & Papa's house to do Christmas with them and the Burke family later in the day.

Cameron, Ava, Carter & Acelynn

Acelynn opening a present-- ugh boots

Ava opening a present--Rapunzel barbie doll and & hair extensions

Ava opening the present for her & Acelynn from Meemaw & Papa.....

a grocery store & shopping cart!

Ava & Laine waiting patiently to open their presents!

Christmas at our house

After we left my mom's house Christmas Eve, Kyle and the girls went out to the backyard to leave food for Santa's reindeer.

Then the girls got out the milk, cookies, plate and cup for Santa


Posing with their milk & cookies


Christmas morning opening all their presents

Acelynn checkin' out her new floor pillow and fleece blanket!

Christmas at Grammies

On Christmas Eve we went to my mom's for dinner and then we went to the children's mass at St. James. The girls had fun at church singing Christmas carols and they both went to sit with Father Kusi during the Homily. It was neat to see him interact with the kids and get them involved!!! After mass we go back to my mom's to open gifts and eat dessert!!!

Grammie reading the girls new books to them...

Merry Christmas

Our annual Christmas family photo

Acelynn and her present that was as tall as she is....

Finishing out the night with Papa Steve reading their new books to them

Christmas with the Wombles

Every year we do Christmas with the Wombles. Patrick & Atalie made it home from California. Sally was suppose to be there but her flight was delayed 7 days due to winter storms in England. We make gingerbread houses and eat pizza and just hang out.

Ava posing with her gingerbread house she helped make with Jackie and Grammie

Acelynn showing off her new Tag Jr books.

Ava with her new Tag book...Giraffees can't dance

Acelynn with one of her books

Acelynn & Patrick became good buddies because Patrick would sit there with her and watch Elmo on his computer!!!

Christmas with Grandpa

On Monday before Christmas we headed over to my dad's house to have dinner with him and to celebrate Christmas. The girls were really excited about going over there to watch Cars and to play with my old Barbie dolls (which are actually my aunts old Barbies....so they are 50 some years old).

Ava opening her Rapunzel tag book

Ava & Grandpa

Acelynn opening her Pooh Tag Jr book

Acelynn & Grandpa

Our Christmas Tree

The girls posing infront of our Christmas tree...

my favorite!!

Baking Cookies at Grammie's

The girls and I went to my mom's to help her and my sisters bake cookies. The girls had a blast cutting, frosting and eating them!

Grammie & Ava

Grammie & Acelynn

Ava eating frosting instead of frosting the cookie

Acelynn & Grammie frosting cookies

Hensley Christmas Party

Every year Kyle's dads side of the family gets together on the Saturday before Christmas. This year Clyde and Barb hosted all of us at Crossroads in Leslie. It was great to see everyone.

Ava sitting on Santa's lap, FINALLY!!

Acelynn not so sure about Santa

Keeping her eye on him!

Ava with her present of My Little Ponies from Santa!

Baking Cookies at Meemaw's

The girls and Kyle went to his parents house to help bake cookies for Christmas.

Ava concentrating on placing the cookies on the baking sheet

The girls getting ready to frost cookies!

Acelynn frosting

Aunt Jennifer and Ava

Acelynn going CRAZY with sprinkles, luckily for everyone else Acelynn ate this cookie after she was done!

The Big Chill

Michigan State and the University of Michigan hockey teams played another outdoor hockey game, but this time at the BIG House in Ann Arbor on December 11th. Kyle and I went with my mom, sisters and Jason. We had a great time even though the Spartans lost 5-0. We were part of a world record of 113, 400 people to attend an outdoor hockey game.

Our seats were only 3 rows up in the corner

View from our seats!

the scoreboard

another view from our seats

Afterward we found out that the University of Michigan lied to the Guieness book of Word Records by reporting tickets sold instead of tickets scanned at the gates of people actually attending the game. So, we were not part of a world record, but 89,000 people at a hockey game is a lot of people!

Letters to Santa

On our way out of town to a birthday party the Sunday after Thanksgiving we stopped to see Santa and to mail the girls' letters to him!

Getting ready to put thier letters in

Ava putting her letter in the mailbox

Acelynn putting her letter in


the girls sitting on the mailbox landing

Ava actually standing next to Santa!!!