Christmas In WV

On Saturday Dan & I drove up to WV to have Christmas with his family. Since we go to my parents for Christmas every year we try to make it up to WV at least the following weekend after New Year's or as soon as possible. Unfortunately, that was not the case last year & we ended up exchanging Christmas gifts in February; needless to say the in-laws were not too happy about that & I agree; if we had done that to my family they would have been very upset. Anyway, we took Lexi up with us because after all she is family. :o)
Our first stop was at Tom & Kristen's house (Dan's brother); we thought it was very unfair for Jackson to go without his Christmas present another day so that's why we went there first. During our Secret Santa draw in November, Dan & I got Tom & Kristen so that was pretty convenient. We got Tom some new brown dress/casual shoes because his other pair constantly squeeked when he walked & Kristen had pointed out after he opened the shoes that he was still wearing the same ones that we had bought him several years ago for Christmas. What's funny is when we went up to my parents house for Christmas my Mom had bought Dan the exact same shoes that we had bought Tom, same color & everything; I thought that was pretty funny. We got Kristen a Lenox angel candle holder (she loves anything from Lenox) & a gift card to Target. Now its time for JT's gift. I took some photos of him while we were getting him to open his big present:
(He was more excited about the stuff in my purse than the huge present behind him.)
(Now we got him refocused & there's a smile!)
(Dan trying to put JT's car together & I stress the word TRYING because this thing took forever to put together.)
(He just couldn't wait to get in there.)
(I was trying to distract JT from taking Dan's tools while he worked so I gave him some crackers - look at those big blue eyes.)
(1 hour later we have a finished product - JT's cozy coupe!)
(I think he liked it don't you?)
Our second stop was Aurie & Glenn's (Dan's sister) to give our nieces their presents. Arden is very into clothes & bags so Dan & I got her a denim jacket & shirt from Abercrombie & a brown suede gold studded peace bag - she loved them. Skylar is more into the Nintendo DS games so we got her a game called Style Savy & 2 shirts. We were only able to stay for a little while because Arden & Skylar were going to a friends bowling birthday party that afternoon. Before they were suppose to leave Arden asked me to fix her hair for the party so she plugged in her hair straightener & I straightened her hair for her. While we were in the bathroom Skylar came in to keep us company while she played her games & asked us what outfits looked best for her "customers"; it was nice to have some girl time with them. Here is a photo that Kelly (Dan's 2nd sister) took of them before they left for the party:
(Aren't they cute?)
Our third stop was Dan's parents house. It was great to see them & all of their dogs. Dan's Dad got custom golf clubs from all of the kids (we all pitched in to get them for him) & Dan & I got him a putter for his birthday so we gave that to him - he was very happy. Dan's parents also joined a Wellness Center so we decided to get Dan's Mom a workout outfit & the Star Trek DVD (she loves movies). Our gift from Dan's parents were our plane tickets to Barbados this summer. We couldn't believe it; he bought all the kids their tickets & that was an amazing gift, we are so thankful because we have been saving up for those & now like Dan's Dad said, "we can spend that money on other things while we're there & just have a good time". :o)
Thanks for all of our wonderful gifts everyone, we love them & we hope you loved yours.