Nesbitt Family Christmas!!

It's always a bundle of fun at the Nesbitt Family Christmas party!! This year, we had our annual festivities over at Aunt Leslie's house!! This has been a difficult year for Aunt Les as she has been diagnosed with cancer, but thus far, she has definitely shown the cancer who's boss!!! :) We are blessed to celebrate her this year, and celebrate each other in good ol' fashion Nesbit-style!! Enjoy our fun-ness:

 Uncle Rob is always happy-happy-happy with the littles....

 Lovin' on the babes:

 And it was soon time for the "Reindeer Games" to begin. Thanks to Aunt Kristi, we always have a jolly good time!! We were divided into family-teams this year, and our first challenge was to turn Paw-Paw into a snowman.....a Mexican snowman. Challenge accepted!!! 

 Our finished product!! Olé!!!! 

 All of the snowmen. What a goofy-lookin' bunch!! But soooooo much fun!! Uncle Rob's team winded up winning this round. 

 Meanwhile, Clairy had her own game of coloring my pants. Considering this, and the fact that I split my best pair of jeans at school on Friday, I sure hope Santa brings me some new denim this year!! :) 

 Back to the Reindeer Games.....this one was for the great grandkids. Lily winded up winning which scored ANOTHER point for Uncle Rob's team. Geez!!!

 The final game was for the grandkids. In this Rudolf-game, they had to apply vaseline to their noses and attempt to get a red ball to stick to it by flailing it in the air with a string. It was quite amusing to say the least. Josh applied some serious vaseline. He was determined to win this one for our team!!

 And they're OFF!!!

 After about 5 minutes of sheer entertainment of the Nesbitt bunch giving themselves whip-lash over and over and over, Rebekah finally got her's to stick,which scored YET ANOTHER point for Uncle Rob's team!!! Lame!! 

 While Robby's family dominated, our family came in dead-last with ZERO points!! Paw-Paw immediately threw his hands in the air and began chanting victoriously, "We suck!! We suck!!" He was awarded the loser-award.....antlers and a nose that attach to your car (I actually thought that was a pretty sweet gift!!)

 We are truly proud to suck so badly!!! :)

 Finally, it was gift-swap time!!!

 As always, we missed Grandmother and her telling of "The Night Before Christmas," but her love and presence is always near. I'll leave you with a sentiment of her's that we will cherish forever..... 

 I know Grandmother is happy.

While some things change, the love of our family never does.

We are still as loving and as goofy as ever. :)

Beulah Babes PJ Party!!

Last Friday, some of the Beulah staff had our first annual Christmas "PJ Party" at our house. Not only am I blessed to work with great people, but even more blessed that many of them have little ones around the same age.....they can all learn, love, and grow together!!

After we all mingled, ate, and played for a bit, we gathered in the living room to wait on Santa.....

He's here!!! He's here!!! :) :)

All of the kids got an opportunity to sit in Santa's lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Here's Faryn and Cher....beautiful gals!!

Faryn is one of Nora's favs :)

Michelle & Savannah :) Savannah and Nora are in the same dance class this year.....it's been so fun to watch them perform together!!

Here's J'Martino and Marlon. J is in my class this year, and he's one in a million!! Only HE would bring his own device to take his own pictures!! Love him!!

Christopher & Viveca. Love these two. Santa felt so bad because he didn't have time to do s'mores with Christopher.....he owes him!!!! ;)

Elena & Casey....our Jazzercize buddies!!! :)

Isabella & Emily.....Isabella and Ella are also dance partners.....they have become super pals!!! :)

Jennifer and Jonathan. Jonathan is the most precious kid ever. In this picture, he's telling Santa that he "doesn't want any gifts this year, but just for his friend, Evan, to feel better." Evan is Kenelma's son who could not come because he was sick with the flu. Isn't that sweet?? It almost made Santa get a little teary-eyed. :)

The Bowen Bunch!! Hands down, one of Santa's favorites!!! :)

(Santa had his eyes closed like a goon.)

The Turpin Girls. Minus Annabelle who was also home sick. Audrey wasn't feeling Santa at first.....

.....but she warmed up. :)

Addie had to run back to Santa for one more quick hug, and almost exposed Santa's "secret." (Still, many of the kids asked, "Why is Santa wearing Nora's Daddy's shoes??"

Carrigan also wasn't feeling Santa too much. :(

....but she was fine once her Aunt Jen showed her that Santa is actually a lot of fun!! :)

The Gorgeous Cronk-Gebbia Gals:

Olivia + Adelee = Super Pals :)

Lovely Olivia

Melissa, Noah, & Carolina :)

Haley Rae also despised Santa!! She had the photo of the night!!

Sweet Celimar and John Daniel :)

Gift swap time!!!

Then, we had a little dance party in the garage.....wobble, baby!!

......and we chased each other on tricycles....

JAZZERCIZE!!!!!

Love all these precious, crazy kids!!!

The Nesbitt girls and Bowen boys have a genuine love for each other. And this is how they hug. We'll break them from it in a couple of years. :)

I'll leave you with a picture of all of us...

Fun times for all!! In our pajamas!!!

BEE Merry!!!!!