OK, last Christmas post, I promise! :) I need to get these done before it gets too far from the holiday's and I lose my memory! Things like that are going pretty quickly these days! :)
If anyone knows my husband well, they know that he is not one to shy away from a good barter, or a good deal. He made sure to take advantage of my huge belly and got us upgraded to first class--for free-- on our way to Alabama! :) He is not afraid to use his southern charm! :) It was so nice! We got to board first, and immediately they served us drinks, like while people were still boarding the plane, we sat sipping on a nice cool beverage! :) We got food while the rest of the plane only got drinks. We had nice roomy seats with pillows and blankets, another amenity the rest of the passengers didn't have! :) We were spoiled!
My two boys, riding first class...
We flew into Alabama on Christmas day and Ben's parents had no idea we were coming. We had told them we wouldn't be able to come. With me being pregnant and flights being so expensive. Well, we secretly booked the flights, and told only Ben's little sister, Meg. She agreed to pick us up from the airport and didn't tell a soul about it. So, we got to Ben's parents house like at midnight on Christmas night and Ben's mom was waiting up for Meg to get home, so we knew she would be awake. Earlier, Meg had gotten this big box and we had Tucker lie down in it and Meg went in and told Ben's mom that there was a package on the porch. A few minutes later, they both come back outside. (Ben and I were waiting behind some bushes) and my mother in law is looking at this box, trying to figure out what it is.... and she cautiously bends down to open it, and we had told Tucker before hand that he was to jump out and yell, Surprise! But when she opened the lid, he just laid there and started giggling! :) It was still really cute! :) She of course, was so excited and then Ben and I jumped out and yelled Surprise! It was so much fun!!! Tucker then went inside and snuggled up to his Grandpa in bed, to wake him up and Grandpa was SO excited to see Tucker, too! It was fun being able to surprise everyone for the holiday's!
I love going down to Alabama for Christmas. Ben's mom always makes Christmas so special, especially for the grand kids. The house is always so beautifully decorated and she just goes all out! There are always delicious desserts to eat, at any time of day or night, and always delicious food to eat! She always has fun activities planned and fun things to do while we are there.
Here are Santa's little helpers themselves...
Don't you love my father in laws red shoes? He was very proud of them and insisted on wearing them while we were opening presents. They were his official elf shoes! :)
Opening presents:
Since Grandma is a librarian, she always sends us home at Christmastime with the best books. Seriously, I think half of the weight of our luggage was due to the books that she gives the kids at Christmas! Tucker loves his new books!
Here he is reading one of his new books with his aunt Meg:
Roasting marshmallows before bed with his daddy and aunt Meri:
We also got to meet our newest Pyper niece, Kaiya. She is such a sweetheart! I am so excited that this little girl of ours will at least have a few girl cousins close to her in age. There seems to be a boy trend among the Pyper and Campbell families. :)
She looks exactly like her daddy!
Jonah, our nephew, walked into the room right as I took that picture of Kaiya, and not one to shy away from the camera, went down and laid on the couch and then told me he was ready for his picture! :) What a little poser! :) He is so cute though! I love me some Jonah!
Here is a better picture of Kaiya that I took one afternoon while trying to get some family shots. Isn't she beautiful?! :) Love that smile!
And here is one of her and her parents. Seriously, she is so photogenic. That is Ben's little sister, Meribeth and her husband, Riley...
So, I meant to post this a few weeks ago, but if anyone knows anything about college football, then they know that Alabama was in the championship bowl game this year. (Which they WON!-yeah!) :) Football is HUGE down there. Ben's mom and three of his sisters graduated from the University of Alabama, so to say that the Pyper's are Alabama fans is an understatement. (Ben has always been an Auburn fan, but up here in Washington he is a fan of any SEC team.) I saw more crimson during the week I was there than I have ever seen in my life.
Signs like this were pretty common, and they made me laugh:
While we were there we also celebrated Ben's 30th birthday! I think that I get the 'lamest wife' award. Seriously! He is always so good at making my birthday so special, and his just always seems to be melded in with Christmas somehow. I had these high hopes of having a little get together to celebrate, but I'm afraid his day was spent watching kids and just hanging out. He did get to go see Avatar with his dad and brother-in-law, which he enjoyed, but other than that, I felt really bad for his lame birthday. Luckily, I think that he was just happy to be in Alabama with his family on his birthday. :)
Anyway, here he is with our nephew, Everett, on his birthday. Everett is probably one of the funniest kids I have ever met! :) I love this big chunk!
And here is a little family photo on Ben's birthday...
I was going to do an entire post honoring him on his birthday, and let everyone know how wonderful I think he is, and how lucky I am to be married to him, but yeah, that obviously didn't happen. So, just know that that's how I feel! :) (maybe I will have the energy and creative juices to do it after this baby is born)
Somehow I only took a handful of pictures while we were there. My brain is dead and my body is slow right now, so I often neglect things like that lately. But the only other picture I have of our trip is Everett getting his haircut. All of the boys got Tucker hair cuts while we were there, he is such a trend setter! :) And Uncle Ben was the one to do it.
The only way Everett would let Ben cut his hair was if Grandma bribed him with candy. Go figure, he's a Pyper! :)
Two of my most favorite memories from Christmas in Alabama were:
Aunt Meg's "Big ol' Bottom!" :) and Dave's clothes having trash dumped on them and almost being thrown out! :) Seriously, of all people! :) Those two things right there make me laugh right out loud and made the whole trip worth it! :)
Thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa for all the good food, good presents for Tucker, and just great Christmas memories we always have at your house! :) You guys are the best!
PS....exactly one month from today is this little ladies due date! :) Yeah! There is a light at the end of the tunnel!!! :)
If anyone knows my husband well, they know that he is not one to shy away from a good barter, or a good deal. He made sure to take advantage of my huge belly and got us upgraded to first class--for free-- on our way to Alabama! :) He is not afraid to use his southern charm! :) It was so nice! We got to board first, and immediately they served us drinks, like while people were still boarding the plane, we sat sipping on a nice cool beverage! :) We got food while the rest of the plane only got drinks. We had nice roomy seats with pillows and blankets, another amenity the rest of the passengers didn't have! :) We were spoiled!
My two boys, riding first class...
We flew into Alabama on Christmas day and Ben's parents had no idea we were coming. We had told them we wouldn't be able to come. With me being pregnant and flights being so expensive. Well, we secretly booked the flights, and told only Ben's little sister, Meg. She agreed to pick us up from the airport and didn't tell a soul about it. So, we got to Ben's parents house like at midnight on Christmas night and Ben's mom was waiting up for Meg to get home, so we knew she would be awake. Earlier, Meg had gotten this big box and we had Tucker lie down in it and Meg went in and told Ben's mom that there was a package on the porch. A few minutes later, they both come back outside. (Ben and I were waiting behind some bushes) and my mother in law is looking at this box, trying to figure out what it is.... and she cautiously bends down to open it, and we had told Tucker before hand that he was to jump out and yell, Surprise! But when she opened the lid, he just laid there and started giggling! :) It was still really cute! :) She of course, was so excited and then Ben and I jumped out and yelled Surprise! It was so much fun!!! Tucker then went inside and snuggled up to his Grandpa in bed, to wake him up and Grandpa was SO excited to see Tucker, too! It was fun being able to surprise everyone for the holiday's!
I love going down to Alabama for Christmas. Ben's mom always makes Christmas so special, especially for the grand kids. The house is always so beautifully decorated and she just goes all out! There are always delicious desserts to eat, at any time of day or night, and always delicious food to eat! She always has fun activities planned and fun things to do while we are there.
Here are Santa's little helpers themselves...
Don't you love my father in laws red shoes? He was very proud of them and insisted on wearing them while we were opening presents. They were his official elf shoes! :)
Opening presents:
Since Grandma is a librarian, she always sends us home at Christmastime with the best books. Seriously, I think half of the weight of our luggage was due to the books that she gives the kids at Christmas! Tucker loves his new books!
Here he is reading one of his new books with his aunt Meg:
Roasting marshmallows before bed with his daddy and aunt Meri:
We also got to meet our newest Pyper niece, Kaiya. She is such a sweetheart! I am so excited that this little girl of ours will at least have a few girl cousins close to her in age. There seems to be a boy trend among the Pyper and Campbell families. :)
She looks exactly like her daddy!
Jonah, our nephew, walked into the room right as I took that picture of Kaiya, and not one to shy away from the camera, went down and laid on the couch and then told me he was ready for his picture! :) What a little poser! :) He is so cute though! I love me some Jonah!
Here is a better picture of Kaiya that I took one afternoon while trying to get some family shots. Isn't she beautiful?! :) Love that smile!
And here is one of her and her parents. Seriously, she is so photogenic. That is Ben's little sister, Meribeth and her husband, Riley...
So, I meant to post this a few weeks ago, but if anyone knows anything about college football, then they know that Alabama was in the championship bowl game this year. (Which they WON!-yeah!) :) Football is HUGE down there. Ben's mom and three of his sisters graduated from the University of Alabama, so to say that the Pyper's are Alabama fans is an understatement. (Ben has always been an Auburn fan, but up here in Washington he is a fan of any SEC team.) I saw more crimson during the week I was there than I have ever seen in my life.
Signs like this were pretty common, and they made me laugh:
While we were there we also celebrated Ben's 30th birthday! I think that I get the 'lamest wife' award. Seriously! He is always so good at making my birthday so special, and his just always seems to be melded in with Christmas somehow. I had these high hopes of having a little get together to celebrate, but I'm afraid his day was spent watching kids and just hanging out. He did get to go see Avatar with his dad and brother-in-law, which he enjoyed, but other than that, I felt really bad for his lame birthday. Luckily, I think that he was just happy to be in Alabama with his family on his birthday. :)
Anyway, here he is with our nephew, Everett, on his birthday. Everett is probably one of the funniest kids I have ever met! :) I love this big chunk!
And here is a little family photo on Ben's birthday...
I was going to do an entire post honoring him on his birthday, and let everyone know how wonderful I think he is, and how lucky I am to be married to him, but yeah, that obviously didn't happen. So, just know that that's how I feel! :) (maybe I will have the energy and creative juices to do it after this baby is born)
Somehow I only took a handful of pictures while we were there. My brain is dead and my body is slow right now, so I often neglect things like that lately. But the only other picture I have of our trip is Everett getting his haircut. All of the boys got Tucker hair cuts while we were there, he is such a trend setter! :) And Uncle Ben was the one to do it.
The only way Everett would let Ben cut his hair was if Grandma bribed him with candy. Go figure, he's a Pyper! :)
Two of my most favorite memories from Christmas in Alabama were:
Aunt Meg's "Big ol' Bottom!" :) and Dave's clothes having trash dumped on them and almost being thrown out! :) Seriously, of all people! :) Those two things right there make me laugh right out loud and made the whole trip worth it! :)
Thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa for all the good food, good presents for Tucker, and just great Christmas memories we always have at your house! :) You guys are the best!
PS....exactly one month from today is this little ladies due date! :) Yeah! There is a light at the end of the tunnel!!! :)
2 comments:
I love surprises! What a fun trip!
What a fun Alabama-style Christmas. I can't believe you surprised the grandfolks. Surprises are the best. I am coming Feb. 13-18 and am DYING to see you! Can't believe your baby girl is almost here! Yeah!
Post a Comment