Santa!!

Landrie was so excited to see Santa this year!  When she's excited, she gets a very dramatic voice.  We'd ask,"Who are we going to see??!" and she'd get right in our face, with her eyes so big and say, "Hanta!!"  It was so much fun that we took the girls to two times to a Breakfast with Santa two weeks in a row.  The third Saturday she was going to a birthday party, but when we asked who she was going to see, you guessed it..."HANTA!!!"  haha!

Breakfast with Santa #1

Landrie was thrilled to have a chocolate cookie with her pancakes!!

We practiced talking with Santa all morning, but when we got there, she was a bit apprehensive.  Once we put TayTay in his lap, she realized he must not be so bad. :)  She told Santa that she wants a Dora bike.  It sounds a whole lot like "dirt bike" when she says it, so we had to clarify. :)

Pleeeeeese?

 The next weekend we headed out to a local high school.  Their drill team does a Breakfast with Santa as a fundraiser.  The students run the whole thing and they have lots of carnival-style games too.

SO cute!!

Is that a smile or a growl??  :)

Just as our parents were SO EXCITED to give us that special Christmas gift that we'd been begging for, God LOVES to give his children good gifts.  I imagine him grinning from ear to ear with anticipation over your reaction when you find out the good news.  I cannot WAIT for one day when when several of our sweet friends have their long-awaited "Christmas morning" and get their gifts from God!!  

2010

Last year we got to ride on the Santa float in a parade!

2009

Landrie was so tiny!  This was at Mark's Christmas party for work.  The mayor thought Landrie was so cute when she saw her that she carried her over and got another shot with her!

We are already having a great time celebrating Christmas with our family!  I hope you have an amazing Christmas weekend, celebrating the best gift of all, Jesus!!