Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays!

We had such an amazing Christmas this year!  It is usually hectic for us, but this year all of the festivities and dinners were spread out over the past week rather than just trying to cram everything into two days.


Not only was it a wonderful time with family, but Jackson's 1st Christmas was a WHITE ONE!!!  I was soo excited to wake up to snow on Christmas morning!!!  It was beautiful!

The snowy scene at my in-laws on Christmas morning

Grayson with Santa.... hmm... Santa looks really familiar...

Jackson also thinks Santa resembles somebody....but who??

Grayson was really excited about something in his stocking at Meme and E-Pa's

Jack enjoying his 1st Christmas!

My very festive husband got into the Christmas spirit this year!

Santa's little helpers

Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!

And then there were 3

3 dogs, that is!

Meet the newest addition to the Ragsdale Clan.

This is Jersey. She's a Great Pyrenees mix.  She just showed up at our house about a week ago. She is the sweetest thing! I posted fliers, called around and even went door knocking to see if anybody knew where her home was - and nobody knew anything.

So.. Merry Christmas to her, I guess, because she's sure found a great family!  :)  

Here she is all dolled up. (Hey, I'll never have a little girl that I'll get to paint her nails and put bows in her hair. This is my outlet.)

Gettin' in the Christmas Spirit

I love Christmastime!  I love all the decorations and the other sights and smells of the season. It just makes me happy! Every year I alway say I'm going to bake goodies and whatnot, and I never get to it. But this year, I'm going to! I have lots of recipes that I want to try!

This year, we headed up to Patti's to see the lights. It was a super cold night, but it made it feel very
Christmas-y.

Trying to get a family picture. The boys (specifically Grayson) would have none of it.

Driving the sleigh

Me and Chris

Cousins (minus Jack)

On one of our many trips to Wal-Mart, Santa Claus made an appearance! I was so surprised that he wasn't afraid of him!

Jackson with Santa. He was a bit squirmy (Jack, not Santa) so this is the best picture I got.

Happy Holidays!