Santa Came!! Twice!

For the first time since I can remember we had a white Christmas in Arkansas! Drew was stuck at the station because of the anomaly so Brett and I went down to Fort Smith on Christmas Eve, before the storm. I had a tough time leaving Drew on Christmas Eve, knowing that he would wake up alone on Christmas morning, but he assured me it was the best thing to do and that he would be working all night anyway. Of course, Nana was super happy that we were there early.. and Brett was too.. because Santa came to Nana and Papa's house!

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Scoping out the goods from Santa and Nana & Papa

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Lots of fun stuff under the tree!

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Still browsing the merchandise

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then narrowing in on the noisiest thing.. the xylophone!

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Brett loves his matchbox cars..

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and his four wheeler from Great Aunt Janie and Great Uncle Larry

(he actually got two of these, one from Aunt Angela and Uncle Brian)

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Thankfully, Drew was able to drive down on Christmas day because the roads weren't too bad.. we had a great lunch and enjoyed our time visiting.. Then, after two fun days at Nana's house we loaded up the car and drove back home.. and guess what?? Santa came to our house too!!

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Notice, almost everything has wheels?

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Daddy fighting with some packaging..

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Vacuuming with the talking vacuum from Lala and Uncle T..

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Discovering some cars in a package from Gamma Lynn and Grandpa Dave!

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Mommy got an espresso machine and some personalized notes from PF and Jo!

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Daddy got two new Paul Frederick dress shirts and a tie from PF and Jo!

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then, Mommy got lots of cooking stuff from Mom Lynn and Dave-0,

DVDs and books from Lala and Tait,

and a wonderful handprint mold from Brett that made me cry!

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Daddy showing off his Green Bay rugby and other gifts from Mom Lynn and Dave-o

and autographed Lance Armstrong book from Lala and Tait

(whilst Allie and Brady climbed on his lap).

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After opening our gifts we had our traditional "Burgoyne Christmas Day Breakfast" of German pancakes with strawberries, bacon and Orange Julius.. Brett really enjoyed the Orange Julius.. he drank most of Drew's! Merry Christmas everybody and Happy New Year!