Christmas Eve in Temple

Today we got to spend the day with family in Temple. We headed for Temple around 8 am and arrived to the wonderful smells of Christmas dinner! Here's a picture of most of the family. Sharon & Sheila left before we took this picture. We were also missing Bryan (he had to work) and Tyler & Ann (who were in Indiana). I think Cindy (behind Mike) thought this was the "make a funny face" picture! lol We let Brody open 2 of his Christmas presents early. This morning he got a pair of wranglers and a cowboy hat from me and Mike. Somehow he still doesn't have a big enough darieair for size 1T slim jeans! Even though they were a little saggy...he looks super cute in his cowboy getup.
Everyone hovered around the kitchen waiting for dinner to be ready. Dave (who loves to spoil all the little ones...canines and humans alike) gave Brody one of Grandmommy's rolls (I could live on those rolls) while we were waiting and that's all Brody wanted to eat for the rest of the day! Here's a picture of Cindy and Grandmommy cookin' in the kitchen.
Brody had a lot of fun when it came time to open presents. As he'd rip wrapping paper off (before he even saw what the gift was) he'd be saying, "Wow!" It was so cute! He got jammies & Elmo slippers from Jesse and Ginger, sheets for his big boy bunk beds and a Veggie Tales movie from Daddy Ken, Grandmommy, & Sharon, a cute Dallas Cowboys ornament from Dave & Cindy, and the horse pictured below from Bryan and Brady. In the picture below he's telling us what noise a horse makes!
Cousins: Staci 12.5 weeks pregnant and Ginger 36 weeks pregnant.
It was a beautiful day, so everyone got a turn taking the cowboy outside to play. Sharon and Grandmommy walked around outside with Brody helping him pick up pecans. When he came back inside...he had pecans in his shirt pocket, all his jean pockets, and even in his diaper (ouch)!

Dave tried to teach Brody how to do the "boot skootin' boogie".
Caleb showed Brody how to roll down the grassy "hill" that all the cousins used to roll down when we were little. Somehow it seemed much steeper back then. It hardly even looks like a hill to me now! Brody enjoyed it though.
Next it was Daddy Ken's turn to watch Brody. He started to take Brody into the backyard...but Brody was too fascinated with how the gate worked. Daddy Ken said that Brody opened and closed the gate many times.
Somehow we forgot to take a football to Temple (actually...I think the guys forgot on purpose because they were so sore from Sunday afternoon's football game) so they decided to substitute Brody for the football. This made the grandmas very nervous...but the guys sure had fun doing it!

The visit (as always) seemed too short...but it was wonderful to get to spend time with family.