Christmas in Moberly

After church today we headed to Moberly to have Christmas with my parents and Grandma. First we had lunch at Rick's Americana Grill. Yummy! Then we headed to Dad and Mom's for more presents. You'd think the girls would be tired of gifts by now, but they weren't! :-)

Gracie was lovin' the new sunglasses she got in her stocking!

Ella got some awesome new shades too. Oops...yours are upside down, Ella!

That's better. What a glamour girl!

Gracie and Ella bought everyone a present from the Dollar Store. Uncle Dana's fit him perfectly!

Looks like we should have gotten Grandpa a pair also.

Mr. Doolin looks like quite the nerdy principal, doesn't he?

The girls were very excited to give Grandpa his present from them. They had collected the sweet gumballs from our tree out front and filled a box with them. Grandpa and Nana have the same kind of tree in their front yard, and Grandpa hates those gumballs with a vengeance as they fall all over the yard. He was surprised to open his box to find MORE gumballs! They loved pulling that joke on him!

Do you think Gracie liked her new purple pillow?!

I guess glasses were the gift of the day. The girls went to the Dollar Store with Grandpa and surprised us both with presents. They gave Brent a new pair of dollar sunglasses.

Uncle Dana got a new camera, just like mine! He hinted pretty strongly that he wanted one similar to mine.

Our little cheese popcorn lover got 2 tins of popcorn, so she was mighty happy.

We had a book made of our Disney World trip to give my parents. That way they have a hardbound memory from our trip that they can look at frequently.

Seriously, this might have been Gracie's most exciting gift of the whole season. She has desperately wanted Alice in Wonderland (not the cartoon version) and finally got it!

Ella loves her buddies Max and Ruby! It's a fave around here!

Every year Mom and Dad get Brent an MU calendar with vintage MU pictures.

I think this was Gracie's only Barbie doll of the season. She loved it!!

Strawberry Shortcake runs a close second in popularity to Max and Ruby. More smiles!!

More MU stuff for the basement. This makes Brent very happy!

Ella got a new pink pillow, so the girls can relax in comfort now.

Do you sense a theme with Brent's gifts? No problem as far as he's concerned!

Hurray for a Blizzard maker! I see dessert in our near future!

Aww, I love this picture!

Gracie was busily playing with her new bead set.

Grandpa's big surprise gift from Nana was a small flat screen TV for the bedroom.

Nana Kaser gave the girls a Precious Moment's cross stitch she made of two girls. It looks like the older girl is doing the younger girl's hair. So sweet!