The Axtell Clan
Christmas in San Antonio was CRAZY, but so much fun. On Friday, we had family pictures out at the Dominion. It went surprisingly well considering we had 8 little ones to work with. ;-) Christmas Eve, we went over to my Grandma's house and had a Bill Miller's Dinner...to everyone's liking, of course! Then, we opened up all of our gifts. This was the first time we have opened up all of our gifts on Christmas Eve! Our tradition usually holds, we open 1 gift Christmas Eve night and the rest on Christmas Day. It was complete craziness watching everyone open up their gifts at the same time. Complete craziness...just the way I like it! ;-) Ha! I have never seen so many toys in all of my life, but it was great fun! On Christmas Day we had a lovely dinner that Jean prepared ALL.BY.HERSELF! She made everything! Everyone was impressed and it was by far one of the best dinners I have ever had. Woo-Hoo Jean! I am pretty sure that everyone went home with some new recipes in hand to add to their collection at home...the cheese squares being the biggest hit of the night! On Sunday, we were able to meet Christy and the family out for lunch at Alamo Cafe...Presley's first visit to the cafe! yummmo! Sunday evening we were able to get out for a date night...thanks dad! It was a great Christmas and we were completely exhausted by the time we got home on Monday. Thankfully, we flew and so we got home early Monday morning which left us the entire day to just relax. Presley went to bed at 6:00 and didn't wake up until the next morning at 9:45! Today, we are trying to get back into the routine of things and Presley is trying to get used to playing by herself again :-( Here are a few of my Christmas Favorites... 
Miss Cranky Pants
Love this sweet photo
took her a few days, but she finally learned how to do it!
taking a walk with "pa-pop" and reading her new book
My most favorite picture EVER! I love everything about it. Reid, just like his dad, is trying to get his point across to his cousin and Presley is taking it all in....she thinks he is so funny. Sara and I have noticed that all of the younger kids love the next oldest one. For instance...Logan and Reid adore Corbin, Presley adores Reid, and Grant adores Presley. It's very cute. ;-) Originally, I ran into the house to grab my camera because Sara told Reid that Presley was a little scared of being on the swing so Reid put his arm around her with his hand on her lap. It was so cute! By the time I got back with the camera they were both in a very silly mood.
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