ol kris kringle

i am ol kris kringle, i'm the king of jingling. jingle, jingle reindeer. through the frosty air they'll go.:

we took our two little babes to see santa

 at the mall a few weeks ago.

nora was in awe of him

& 

kayl wasn't interested at all.

my mom told me that she has a picture

very similar to these.

of my brother spencer & i.

i guess he didn't like santa either.

i guess the love for jolly ol' saint nick

 is something that comes with time.

i am loving that nora is into 

Christmas this year. 

she is always saying , "it's Christmas!" 

its simply wonderful.

they're the fastest 

deer i know.

from sea to shining sea

proud to be an American:

we had a wonderful 4th of july weekend.

sunday night {the third} we went to a friends house for a little get together.

{photos on that later}

finished up the night at gram & peeps with family

& the city fireworks.

we are celebrating the 4th with a family hamburger & hotdogque

at granma & greypa's.

a night swim & some illegal fireworks.

{photos on that later}

{obviously i do not know how to use my polaroid camera...}

happy fourth of july!

God Bless the USA.

christmas morning traditions

CHRISTMAS MORNING in the mcphee home: nora wasn't too interested in opening her presents {maybe next year she will understand}. i showed her how to start unwrapping... but she got bored. she headed over to the cupboards & played with a water bottle instead.

mr. mcphee unwrapped the rest of her gifts while i filmed him {i think paul still feels like a little kid on christmas eve & morning}.

{we didn't bring the camera & missed out on some photos...}

we headed up to my parents house & opened more presents there. nora got hooked up with lots of super cute clothes. then went to mimi's house to eat my grandma's famous christmas morning breakfast, homemade biscuits & gravy. yummy yummy. {this is my absolute favorite christmas meal, i only like my grandmas recipe.}

our morning didn't end there... we went to grams & peeps to open more gifts & eat yet another breakfast {i skipped this one, but the cinnamon buns looked scrumptious} we hung with the fam, talked about what santa brought the children {ellie was hooked up to her ipod all morning}, & chased my little tiny all over the house.

finally we went home

{spent the whole day in our jammies}

&

took a long

winter's

nap.

i cant imagine what christmas would be without my family {& extended}. i love being with my two mcphees. they are wonderful to me.

merry christmas 2009.