This year we had a lot of Kenney's siblings come celebrate part of the Christmas holiday with us and made it so much more fun! Sunday night we did the Keys Christmas complete with a Nativity and presents. The kids had a blast!
2 Shephards
All the Shephards
Classic Bentley
Someone's excited!!
The cutest little Joseph I've ever seen (aka Bruce)!
Mary (aka Gentry), baby Jesus, and Joseph
Radley waving to his buddy Bruce. Apparently Joseph and the Shepherds were pretty friendly!
The Shepherds visiting baby Jesus
Just waiting for the Nativity to be over so she can open presents.
The Wise Men presenting gifts to Jesus
The whole Nativity crew
The Kenney Keys' Kids
The Payne Kids
Cary Shane Family
Kevin Keys' Kids
16 of the 19 grandkids with 2 more coming soon! Can the crazy get worse???
Bentely with her big present!
She thought it was better as a step stool
The boys were super excited about their remote control cars. It was funny because 6 of the boys got these cars, and they all opened them up one right after the other!! It was funny because every time another one was open they would all yell, "It's the same thing!"
Here is the Nativity in full if you want to watch it.
I was so excited to watch the boys' school Christmas programs because Kyler was sick last year and missed it. They were both so cute and knew all the words and actions to their songs. They seemed to really have fun and enjoy their programs. Daddy was even able to come watch which was exciting for the boys.
Damon looking thrilled to sing!!
The entire Kindergarten class at the elementary school.
Here is Damon singing Jingle Bells.
Damon singing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
We laughed so hard when we saw Kyler walk out onto the stage because no one told him how to wear his Santa hat. His hate looked like a sailor's hat rather than a Santa hat, haha!!
The entire 1st grade. It still amazes me how small this school is even though I went to a really small school.
Look at Kyler get into these songs!!
Hahaha!!
Kyler singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Kyler singing Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (I think that's what it's called).
I have really wanted to get a bigger and nicer Christmas tree, but I figured this would not be the year. Bentley is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to destruction!! She is so much worse than the boys ever were. I sincerely cannot keep up with her if I need to get anything done. Usually multiple rooms are a huge mess by the time I finish whatever I am doing. So I decided to put off the big tree til next year when Bentley will hopefully be much less destructive. However, the kids had fun no matter the size of our tree or the look of our ornaments!!
Kyler was really good about putting the breakable ornaments at the top since he can reach the top of our tree.
Radley took this very seriously.
Cheese!!
Damon was trying to make sure there were decorations all around the tree.
I love the colors of Christmas!
Bentley made sure that she wasn't left out. She also redecorates the tree daily!!
"Oooo, look at this one!"
I thought it would be fun to record what each of the kids wanted for Christmas this year. Damon and Radley's responses change frequently, but they usually involve a dog, even though neither of them mentioned that in the video. Side note: Bentley looks like a homeless child in this video; I promise she is very well taken care of!
I never remember to take enough pictures of my kids playing with their cousins. They always have so much fun; I forget to document it because they are busy playing rathering than bothering me!! The weekend of Thanksgiving the city of Childress always turns on the Christmas lights in the park, and we go as a family to take a hay ride through the park and sing carols.
Papa got out the fire pit for these crazy kids to roast marshmallows.
They've got a pretty cool Papa!!
I tried so hard to get a picture of these two for my calendar because they share a birthday, but I learned a valuable lesson... Never try to get a good picture of Damon using a flash!!! This was the best one out of at least 10 attempts.
Walking around like a big kid!
Kyler and Damon doing who knows what!
Finally eyes kind of opened. Can you tell how hard he was trying?
Apparently she got that gene too!
Love these boys and Brek!! Poor girl!
My little sweetheart!
They were wired and climbing on everything!
And they all wanted their picture taken!
And the blinking continues...
I wanted a cute picture of these two, but this is as good as it gets!
Caught him jumping
The cheesy smile!
Baby Emma having a staring contest with her Daddy, Cary Shane
Who's kids are those???
The Luke we all know and love!
All most everyone. I couldn't zoom out enough to get Diana and Carter.
I also didn't realize that Keyan and Kelli were behind everyone else.
Look! Her eyes are open!!
Radley and Mom enjoying the ride.
Hot chocolate all around after the ride in the park!
