We had a very enjoyable time at the lake this Christmas. Brady's parents, grandmother, brother, sister and her boyfriend Zivi were all there. I had a great visit and I know my children loved spending bunches of time with their family. (The day before, we all went and did a little shopping. I took Hunter and Brady took Hailey. They went with the kids and were gone the whole day. Hailey loved it and I am glad she was able to tag along. She loves them all so much!).

Brady surprised me by making delicious fudge. I had been wanting some and he got a recipe from a lady he recently was helping. It was yummy but then again just about anything that uses sweetened condensed milk has to be!

I made him take a picture of it before he could cut it!

The house was all festive when we arrived. Smokey took the kids out back and showed them the new decorations on the hill. I think Hunter liked the tractor display the best. I wish I would have pictured it! This year Santa was sporting some sunglasses. Hunter liked watching Santa sing and dance. This is only his second Christmas even though he will be 3 shortly. He was soaking it all in and it was just as fun for me to watch my children enjoy.

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Hailey and I got busy and made our traditional sugar cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. She liked removing them from the pan this year. Next year I bet she will be able to do the whole process and I will be watching!

Reindeer food was made and set aside and it began to snow! I was super excited about this as I knew we would have snow in Edmond.  Hailey enjoyed going out and playing in the first snow falling.

Check out Hailey's new coat from Grammy. She went into a store looking for gloves for the kiddos and came out with new coats for the kids. This one was supposed to be for Hunter but it was a little large. It is so 1980's and we love it!

Snacks were made and then we set out to unwrap the 8 zillion presents under the trees! Hailey was most excited about handing out her gifts she picked out at the school store. She asked me several times since we arrived at the lake as to when she could do it. I loved watching her hand out her gifts. She told me that was the best part of the evening. I love that about her. I think she picked out pretty good gifts for each of us too!

Hunter finally got to open his gift from Hailey. It was his only gift under our tree at home and he knew it was HIS present. She gave him a gas pump for his ride on vehicles. Hunter cracked me up as he opened up his gifts. He had to completely unwrap and take care of the paper trash before he would actually look at his gift. He didn't even seem to notice what it was until it was all taken care of properly. He would even say "Don't tell me." We would ask him stuff like "What is it Hunter?" and he would reply "A present."

Brady does not like to wrap presents and neither do I but for someone who doesn't like it, he does it very creatively every year. He turned Hunter's tool box into an animal and my new well-needed broom got wrapped in a fun way!

Hunter's tools were a big hit. He cracked us all up as he even took them to the restroom with him. I think he thought we were going to take them or something. The presents got measured too!

Cookies for Santa were set out and Reindeer food was placed on a rail near the roof top.

The children were nestled, all snug in their beds...

And Santa came to the lake to the GOOD little BOY and GIRL...

The Advent Calendar was of course brought along and "Hermes" (Elf No. 4276) left a note saying "Merry Christmas Hailey and Hunter! I have enjoyed visiting you. Keep being good children."

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