Round Three...Christmas at NaNa and PawPaw's House

We traveled to Montgomery Christmas Day after celebrating a MiMi and PaPaw's house. We had fun visiting with family and opening presents...AGAIN!! We are very blessed to have such a wonderful family!

 

Christmas at MiMi and PaPaw's

The Benson Five :)
The McCutchens

The Weathers

MiMi and PaPaw and 7 out of 9 grandkids

Cousins

Presents, Presents, and MORE Presents!

 

Griffin and Hampton got a set of drums and cymbals. Needless to say, the house was very loud!! Josie joined in with her Princess keyboard and they had a marching band. Clint reverted back to his Shattered Image days and tried to show the boys how to play the drums. For those of you that don't know, Clint was a drummer in a band in high school called Shattered Image. HAHAHAHA!!!!

Santa Clause Is Coming To Town!!

We woke up early Christmas morning to find that Santa left a mess coming out of the fireplace!

And he ate all of his treats we left out, except for the oatmeal cookie. Josie could not understand why Santa did not like the oatmeal cookie. :)

He left LOTS of presents for the girls!

 

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN!!!

 

Christmas Eve Fun

Every year the girls draw names and exchange gifts. On Christmas Eve, they had fun opening their gifts. We also got the house ready for Santa...cleaning up and leaving out cookies and milk. The girls decided to sleep together in Brinlee's room, but before the night was over Josie ended up in the room with Clint and I. I LOVE being a mom on Christmas Eve!!! :)

 

Rock City

Our good friends, Jeremy and Kelli Kaylor, were kind enough to share free to tickets with us to see Christmas lights at Rick City. We had a fun family night out with the Kaylors. The girls had fun looking off the mountain and seeing all the beautiful lights.

All the girls...

And the boys, being goofy as usual :)

The Benson Family

Josie and her BFF

Family Pics



Mom and Dad :)

Good Friends :)

Merry Christmas!

 

The Grand and Glorious Christmas Show

Anna Grace and Brinlee both did a fabulous job performing in the Grand and Glorious Christmas Show at school. We were so proud of both of them!






Josie got a hug from Santa on his way in...

Christmas Fun!

Last Friday night, Clint went to the High School Playoffs at the Georgia Dome so the girls and I decided to bake a Gingerbread Man. The pictures are out of order, but you can see that they had fun decorating him. He was delicious too!

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It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!!

Yesterday morning we woke up to SNOW!!! It was so beautiful to look outside and see the snow covered houses and ground. Josie said, "It looks like sugar mommy!" It was also the perfect background for our Chrsitmas card pictures. We got the girls ready and took them out in the freezing cold to snap some quick pictures. Brinlee was not feeling well, but she was a sweetheart and came out and put on her best "sick and freezing at the same time" smile.
These are also the first pictures with Josie's big girl haircut. It looks really cute on her, but I have to admit I got a little teary eyed when I looked down at the beauty shop and saw her little red curls laying on the floor. :(




We tried to get a shot with Trooper in the picture, but right after this photo he turned around and jumped on Josie and she took off running and screaming! Needless to say, Trooper will not be in our Christmas card this year. :)

Trooper, the reindeer

Elf Yourself

The girls and I had fun making these funny videos on Elf Yourself. Here is one for you to see. :)

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Thanksgiving #2

We celebrated Thanksgiving at MiMi and PaPaw's the Saturday after. MiMi outdid herself with wonderful food and we had fun family fellowship! We tried to get a picture of all the grandkids for a Christmas cards, but it was hard to get all NINE of them to cooperate! Here are some of the pictures from our day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We spent Thanksgiving Day with Clint's family in Montgomery. We had a great time visiting with family and eating yummy food. On Friday, I got up way too early to do some Black Friday shopping. Nana and the girls baked up and decorated some Christmas cookies. Clint went to the Iron Bowl with his dad and Clay. Auburn almost pulled out a win, but we are proud of how hard they played. WAR EAGLE!! Thank you for a great trip!

Family Picture Time :)







Baking Christmas Cookies with Nana




Ready for the Big Game!

Friday night, Uncle Clay and Aunt Julie came over to visit. The girls had fun playing with Uncle Clay. As Josie said, "He is the best uncle ever!" :)



The money she won on the game show...

Watching the fun...

New Member of the Benson Family

As of today, we officially have six members in the Benson Family! A beautiful Golden Retriever joined our family. The girls have been asking for one for almost two years and we have been putting it off, but when we found out about this precious boy today we couldn't pass up the offer. So, Clint drove to Polk County, TN and picked him up and we surprised the girls with him! They love him and he loves them! He doesn't have a name just yet because we can't seem to agree on one, but Josie is pushing for Annie. She pointed out to "Annie" that the garage was his new home and she pointed to the inside of the house and said, "This is our home." So sweet! Here is a couple of pictures and I'm sure there will be more to come!

SURPRISE!!



THANK YOU DADDY!!

Look at that face! :)

Three Little Witches

The Benson girls had fun dressing up like witches for Halloween this year. We had fun trunk-or-treating at church and trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. They got WAY too much candy and I think that some of the leftovers may be going in the prize box at school!

Ready to go trunk-or-treating!

Best Friends, Little Benson Witch and Super Woman

Clint and Kaylor...crazy boys! :)

My dear friend, Abigail and one of the greatest birthday gifts ever! :)

Fun in the back of Daddy's truck!

Fun on the back of Mr. Gus' bike!

Ready to trick-or-treat in the neighborhood...

First house...Martin Residence

Back home and ready to hand out candy!