Monday, December 27, 2010

Merry Christmas from the McNeills!

After the Christmas Eve festivities at Aunt Connie and Uncle Mo's we headed home, only to wake up Christmas morning for MORE festivities!!! Rylee was the first to open...still doesn't quite get the hang of it, but sure enjoyed checking out every one's stuff!
Cody however, couldn't be more excited!
And Logan was ready for Cody to open his presents too! Logan had a surprise one that nobody knew about!!
A new video game!!!! Many, many, many years ago my friend Diane gave this Sega Dreamcast to Amy to give to Logan, her son had outgrown it and she passed it on. It blessed me to see Logan pass it on when he outgrew it as well. He told me "I have the old Xbox and Cody doesn't have any, so I thought he should have this one, he really likes the racing game!" So sweet. And boy was Cody excited!!! Logan wrapped the game, the 3 controllers, the 2 memory cards, and power cords all separate, so Cody had LOTS of gifts to unwrap!
Logan went to the Santa shop at his school, remember the one I worked at?? He bought this for Justin, it's a bat with "Dad" carved into it and underneath says "The best hit of all!" Another sweet moment for Logan! Rylee really, really, really wanted that bat!
Logan got his favorite beef jerky, it grosses me out, but he can eat a whole can in a sitting. Ick!
This picture got a little stretched, but check out Rylee's new boots! She wore them ALL day and was sooooo proud.
Justin got his range finders!
And Cody finally got an Ipod touch of his own!! Woohooo...and we never saw him again! No, just kidding...if we let him we wouldn't have, but luckily it had to "charge" most of the day!
And the very last gifts were for the boys from Justin. A sled and a pile of fabric stuffing...looked like snow. Turns out he's taking the boys skiing. Sledding, tubing, skiing, playing in the snow. They headed out yesterday afternoon for a week of Colorado!! Lucky dogs! If only Rylee wasn't getting over that cold. Oh well, they're gonna have a ball!
Rylee really liked the sled. She and Logan sat in it most of the day.
Justin got a magic card trick and he drove Logan crazy with it! (Probably not gonna give him magic again...he gets a little full of himself!)
Finally Cody's ipod was charged and BAM...dad stole it. Stinkin' bejewled game!
So Cody and I played some Chutes and Ladders. Toy Story Chutes and Ladders that is, he was Buzz and I was Jesse. He loved it and I am sick of it. :-) Don't know how many times we played it, but man we got our moneys worth out of it already!!
Rylee finally talked Justin into coming into the kitchen to play. She also talked him into eating the present from Pappy and Memaw...sausage and cheese! Yum! (and see her Weebles, didn't go anywhere without them!!)
We talked Cody into playing the Toy Story Kerplunk game. It's awesome. Sooooo much fun, never played it before, but we did most of the rest of the day. Everyone enjoyed it, even Rylee!!
It was aliens in a space ship...pretty cute huh??
Rylee had forgotten about her baby, but when she saw it, she instantly started taking care of it. She kept laying it down on the pillow and saying "night night." cute
A little competitive basketball game. Boys vs Dad...so not fair!
I caught Rylee getting comfy in the sled again! This time she took a blanket!
Things got a little ugly, but the boys ended up winning due to Justin being fouled out!!
Oh and Rylee's tent...oh boy does she enjoy it. She would just sit in there and talk on the phone and giggle. She thinks she's so big now!
We ended up having a Mexican Christmas dinner. Tacos, beans, rice, guacamole and salsa. Yum. Everyone went to bed pretty early because of the emotionally draining week. We had a wonderful Christmas at home. It's always fun to be away, but always nice to be back with family!

Hope you guys had a great Christmas day. Love and miss you all!

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