The Week Before Christmas

Saturday afternoon we went to Bass Pro to go see Santa.  When we got there we found out there was a 3 hour wait!! The line went through the entire store!!  So then we went looking for fudge and they had shut down their fudge cart.  What the heck?! It was the worst trip to see Santa ever.  Haha.  We then decided to go do some furniture shopping to get an idea of what we might like.  We headed to Mathis Brothers and we found out they had a Santa there.  AND there was NO line, like not a single person!! It was awesome! We just walked right up to him.  He was super nice too and really friendly.  When Kolton told him he wanted a dirt bike for Christmas he said "You guys are killing me this year!" I thought that was cute.  Bentley wouldn't ever smile but he didn't cry or run away so that was awesome!! After Santa we went to Texas Roadhouse with Brady's parents.  They told us it would be a 10-15 minute wait but almost an hour later we were still waiting to be seated.  It was crazy.  We got free dessert out of it though so that was nice. 

Sunday we went to Brady's parent's house for dinner and then we sang some Christmas songs.  Kolton was so cute sitting next to Jaycee singing along.  I loved it. 

My brother Tyler came over to visit us Monday night.  He had flown in Sunday night for work that week.  The company he works for opened an office here in OKC right next to Brady's work so he was here helping train them.  So Brady picked him up after work and brought him to our house for dinner.  The sister missionaries were coming over for dinner that night too so that was fun.  We ate and then after they left we went and did some ding dong ditching to some of our friends to give them some Christmas treats! The boys loved playing with Tyler.  He played basketball almost the whole time he was here.  Haha. 

The last day of school I brought Kolton's class pizza for lunch for his birthday.  I had done it last year as a surprise and then at like the beginning of December he asked me if I was going to do it again so I decided to go ahead and do it.  It is fun for the kids to be able to eat in the classroom and since it is the last day of school before Christmas break it makes it kind of like an end of semester party.  Kolton loved it and thought it was so fun.  Bentley thought it was pretty cool too.  Kolton's teacher ended up having to go to a meeting so she left me with the kids.  They finished eating and then we played a couple rounds of Bingo before heading to recess.  I also brought some Grinch popcorn for the kids to eat that afternoon while they watched the Grinch movie. 

Bentley is like a little gymnast in the making.  He loves to do stuff like this and hang from bars and poles and whatever he can. 

Brady got to go duck hunting on the 19th.  He had a big group (like 6 guys) and they didn't get any ducks.  But it looks pretty.  :)

Monday, the 21st, we went to Orange Leaf as part of our family home evening.  Bentley got his own ice cream and loved it. 

One day we were driving by the cemetery and Kolton wanted to stop by and say hi to Lillian so we did.  When we got there we found that her headstone had come off the cement slab it was glued to so we need to go fix that. 

Tuesday Brady and I went to the temple with all of his family.  Maddi and Dylen and their spouses had come in to Oklahoma for Christmas so we were all here and could all go to the temple for the first time.  We did names from Brady's dad's family so that was cool.  We also did sealings so that was neat too.  Afterward everyone (except for Jaycee and Adam) came to our house and Brady's parents picked up pizza for everyone to eat.  It was a great night. 

Wednesday we went to the doctor to check on Kolton's finger.  It was still hurting him so I wanted them to do an xray and make sure it was ok.  They took an xray and said his finger wasn't broken so he was good to go.  They said jammed fingers can hurt and be swollen for years.  That is crazy! After that we went skating with the Landrums and the Widdisons.  That was fun to chat with the moms while the kids played.  Then that night we had Maddi and Dylen and their spouses over for dinner, ice cream, and games.  We laughed a lot and had a good time.