Tim and Shay: December 2008

Since we are going to Tennessee for Christmas this year, we don't want to take ALL of our presents with us. So this year we are doing something different. We thought about opening presents on Christmas eve but the the kids wont be able to play with their toys before we have to leave. We are leaving Christmas Eve late morning. So we decided to let them each open one present each night so they would have some time to play with their toys! But we will still take one present for Christmas morning (the best present) and of course they will have their stockings. And Santa is coming on Christmas Eve to pass out presents in Tennesse so they will get one present on Christmas eve too. Which is Always PJ's. So anyway, we started Saturday Night with opening the first present. So the kids get 6 days of Christmas this year!!!

1st Day of Christmas - Saturday Night -

AND I GOT Rock Band 2 for Wii!!! I'm so ADDICTED to that game!!!

2nd Day of Christmas - Sunday Night -

3rd day of Christmas - Monday Night....

We opened the rest of the presents that we didn't want to take with us. Accept for one which was an activity that we did on Tuesday...
Tim opened this one a little early. It arrived UPS and he couldn't wait 4 hours to open it...

This was the kids idea. They said "Let's buy dad ice cream" And I said you can't wrap ice cream and then they said "how about an ice cream maker" I was shoced and thought it was a good idea. So we went and got it...

I got drum sticks for Rock Band wii game and the new env phone...

My phone...

Tyler and his presents...

Kenna and her presents...

Katrina and her presents...

Tyler and Tim playing Tylers new Indianna Jones Game...

Kenna and Katrina playing with Kenna's new Barbie Mariposa Doll Head...

4th day of Christmas Tuesday...

We went to Stone Mountain Park to see all the fun Christmas stuff they had going on...

Train Ride around the Mountain...

They are making snow and spraying it all over this big hill in front of the mountain at Stone mountain for "Snow Mountain" That should be fun for the kids to do...

Santa and Mrs. Clause in the parade...

The entrance to the park all lit up...

5th day of Christmas Wednesday, Christmas EVE

We drove to Tennessee. It was a fun drive. We saw Icecicles hanging from the mountains, and huge Firework stands! My brothers would love the South because of all the cool Fireworks you can get. Tennessee's fireworks are not as good as South Carolina's. They have some AWESOME ones there!

I like Nashville because they have their roads on a grid system like Arizona and most of the states out west. The South has issues!!! Not a straight road anywhere!

Katrina keeping a safe distance from Santa...

The boys (Men) got airplanes from Santa.... And Flannel shirts from Donna's Grandma. You will notice the guys wearing them the next day.

PJ's from Santa...

6th day of Christmas! CHRISTMAS DAY!!!

Gift card to two of my favorite restruants....from Jaymie and Donna...

Necklases from the Kids....

Uno Spin from Donna's Mom...

I wish there was room and time to post all of the pictures...It was so neat to go spend time with the Frensley family (My sister-in-law's family) in Tennessee. They were so good to us. They treated us like family. They unexpectidly bought us presents and included us in on everything. IT was so neat. They are such a neat family. We loved spending Christmas time with them.

The next day we went on a walk. They live on a large peice of land so there are lots of places to discover....Here are the kids...

You can see a little of the scenery as we walk down the drive way...

The Haunted House Donna was always scared of as a little girl....We went to check it out....

My brother Jaymie and his boy Jayce and Tyler and Tim Checking out the hollow floors...

Jayce falling asleep on Jaymies shoulders...

Donna's dad Ken, Jayce and Jaymie in the front. Ken gave Tim and the kids a ride around the farm. They are on the back....

Lighting off fireworks at the Frensley house...

Jaymie and Tim are going to send up one of the planes that crashed and got partailly eaten by the cows.....