December 26-31, 2015: Renfro Christmas and NYE!

 Nothing like welcoming the Smiths to town with a tornado warning!  We were so excited to have them here and luckily after one night of storms, had great weather.

 The kids look forward to 24/7 time together...including slumber parties :)

 We also had lots of activities planned like roller skating...

 Spa day with drinks and mani-pedis...

 Movie date with Mallie...

 Listening to music and arts and crafts...

 Basketball...

Rock 'em sock 'em...

 (One day, they will explain this picture to Anna)

And lots of family time!

 Nora is not feeling the 'posed' family photos we tried to do for Mallie and Dallie :)

 Nora's new bff..

After Alex and Tippy made it in town, we exchanged gifts with our secret santas...

 Nick got a bag of Arby's from Cameron!

 With our siblings in town, we hosted a little NYE party while Mal and Dal kept the kids...

 When Liam found a ping pong ball under the table the next day, he accused us of playing ping pong on the table...guilty!

 New Year's Day snuggles on our new couch...hoping 2016 is just as fun!!

Deceber 24-25, 2015: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandma's house.  It was a beautiful, unseasonably warm and sunny day so Grandpa and Nick took the kids to the park.  

 Back home for presents, games and dinner....

Later that night, we came home so the kids could sleep in their beds and await Santa.  Liam helped put out his treats and wrote a sweet note.  Everything in moderation Santa :)

 Christmas morning!  Santa continued with the tradition of something to wear, something to read, something you want and something you need...and stuffed stockings ;)  With all that the kids got books, soccer goal/board games/Wii (Liam) vtech watch/Nerf Rebelle/Frozen clothes (Bryn), play make up/big red ball/and everything blue (Nora).

 Even though she was so excited about her big red ball (as requested), she LOVED that Santa collected her all blue gifts...a blue thermos for school, blue silverware, blue play dough, a blue Crayola set of all their blue coloring utensils, and a blue ball/bat set!

Mal, Dal, Grandma, Grandpa came over to watch the kids open gifts and eat breakfast together.  

And play with all their new toys!

 Soon after Lindsey and JE came over for the day as well.  Lindsey whipped up some awesome appetizers for us all!

 Playing with his new goal and her new watch on a beautiful Christmas day...

 New construction crafts...

 Wonderful Christmas feast that night with the whole fan!

Just for fun, here is Bryn's view of Christmas day...pictures taken by her new watch!