Later on, we traveled to Texas City for church and to see family. The kids were super excited because it also meant that they got to open presents- the first presents of the season and they got to see their cousins, Keeton and Cassie.
We went to church but Teague had other plans. He made the family behind us CRAZY by climbing on top the chairs and getting up and down so Jerrod spent the rest of the time running the halls in the foyer of the church and I stayed back making sure the others at least sang the songs....it was really hard to focus on the true meaning of the season. Some day, some day.
Afterwards, we went to my Mom and Dads and had a ham dinner that was awesome and spent time with family- some we see only once a year. The Meyer family lives in Illinois but always makes the trip to Texas for the holidays so it is always good to see them and their kids and how they have changed over the year. They thought we were nuts to be discussing the small snow we received just recently since they have been inundated with snow over the last few days!! We reminisced and eventually opened presents. It is so fun to see the kids go crazy opening presents. I think Teague even figured it out...a little. He thought it was fun to stand on top of the presents and I had to get him started before he started to rip into his gifts. Of course, everyone was blessed with all that they wanted and MORE!
We headed back to Sugar Land to make final preparations for Santa by putting out the milk and cookies (thank you Cindy for giving us the cookies to put out for Santa- we didn't get to make cookies this year because we just ran out of time) and sprinkling oatmeal on the lawn for the reindeers and lastly, checking on google earth to see where Santa was- he was in Florida around 10:00 p.m. so the kids panicked and just knew they had to get to sleep or he wouldn't leave them any presents. Bailey was in charge of course, and ordering everyone to bed immediately. Seriously, I thought she was going to have a heart attack- she was so worried they wouldn't be asleep by the time he got here! She is so INTENSE...I had to reassure her that it would all work out just fine. Of course, all 3 of them slept in the same room so that they could all wake up at the same time! They finally dozed off sometime around 10:30 p.m. What a day!
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How precious!It doesn't surprise me one bit that Bailey was ordering everyone to sleep. That's Bailey! haha. Miranda and I always used to sleep in the same room on Christmas Eve too, and just couldn't wait for Santa to come! I remember sneaking out into the living room as soon as the sun came up to see if Santa had come. I'm sure y'all had an early morning!
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