Tierney Family Christmas 2014

Christmas with my family is always crazy and always a fantastic time. This year was no different! My sister, her boyfriend Eric and the kids drove over and stayed with us and we got together at mom's for fun day of celebrating!

To say my kids love their Aunt Michelle is the understatement of the year!

The first thing on the agenda when the kids got to Grandma's... count the santa's!! (My mom is kind of a santa nut...to put it mildly..haha)

Evelyn taking notes and keeping count.  I think it was almost 200!

My mom always has the loveliest tree... and the loveliest, giving heart to go with it!

My nephew Curtis... growing up too fast!

Eric made his famous stuffed mushrooms...let's just say they didn't disappoint! :)

So.... we decided to introduce the kids to one of our Christmas fav's...The Christmas Story.  We thought they would love it. Well... Evelyn was bored and Matthew cried every time the bullies chased the kids and especially when Flick got his tongue stuck to the pole. He was completely distraught. Poor kid. Parental fail at its finest! Maybe we'll try again in a couple of years....sheesh!

  The love these two have for each other is pretty awesome!

We love Grandma!

Matthew playing with Simon.. they truly are best buddies!

Kids table..eating super good grub!

Ready to read the Christmas story and open gifts!

We didn't plan the outfits... promise! But they do look cute!

My niece Regan has the BEST facial expressions. This is her opening our gift....

I think she likes it...haha! Love her!

...seriously love her!

All together now.. open!

She was super excited to get her Rupunzel lego set!

Grandma and Grandpa for the WIN!

Cole and his  new bow and arrow set.. he was super excited!

Hey.. it's me! And my boy....

Festivities continued into the evening...

The big boys talking shop...

Working on his legos

Matthew got a remote control truck from Grandma and Grandpa. It was so fun to see Curtis and Abby getting into it and helping him with it when we got home that evening. Matthew had SO much fun playing with his "big" cousins!

...and Evelyn set to work on her legos...which she put together quickly!

One final game of Headbandz before bed... fun time!

Another Tierney family Christmas in the books! Always sad to see it end... always looking forward to it again in a year!