Christmas with the Squiers

Joy!  Pure joy, for Miss Cameron as we entered the Squiers house last night.  

They had two doggies that she just fell in love with...

but Jazzy was her favorite!
She followed this dog around all night long and told our friends that she was "just so adorable."

This makes the third year in a row that Julie and Larry have hosted our family before Christmas.  They cooked everyone delicious pasta with meatballs and then all the kids got ready to exchange gifts.

First gifts of the season--so much excitement!

The youngest got to go first--"help me, Bubba."

Four very happy kids!  Jackson got a framed autographed photo of Jamie Benn, the Captain of the Dallas Stars.  Not just any photo, though.  It's the one of him and Cole banging on the glass, while sitting front row at the Stars playoff game last year.  They were banging on the glass because Jamie Benn had just scored the go-ahead goal.  It doesn't get much cooler than that!  Cole got a new basketball and Nike Elite socks, Cami got four mini-puzzles and Lila got headbands and the new Carrie Underwood CD.  They were all so thankful.  

After gifts, it was time for some cookie decorating.
This girl loved doing the sprinkles herself this year.

The big kids decorated three cookies each--J's artistic side came out a little and he did pretty well!

I'm so glad our boys became friends in pre-school.  

By the end of the night, Cami was begging to spend the night with them!
She's got extreme love for puppy dogs.

She begged me to go home and get her jammies so that she could spend the night.  She even talked Larry into holding her up like a princess so that she could watch Elf better!  I'm pretty sure she was ready to rule the roost.  We had to let her down easy and tell her that she could not have a sleepover at age 2.  I'm surprised she didn't ask if we could just bring Jazzy home with us!

Only three more days until Christmas now!  We can hardly wait.