Steve, Carmen, Brock & Ryan O'Neal: December 2013

School Christmas Parties

Brock and Ryan both had school Christmas parties. Brock's class made gingerbread houses for their party. They all had such a great time...Brock had the most fun eating the house decorations!

At Ryan's Christmas party, they had stations for the kids to go to. One of the stations was decorating a gingerbread man...

...another was fingerprint candy canes...

...and another was making a Christmas tree ornament.

Indy was very excited about Christmas, can you tell?

We had some friends over to decorate real gingerbread men that my nephew, Logan, requested for Santa Claus. They really enjoyed decorating them...and eating them! We may have to make this a new Christmas tradition.

Christmas in College Station

Christmas Eve...ready to go!

Our family Christmas picture.

And lots of pictures of Brock and Ryan with their cousin, Logan.

Allen and Logan

Gramma with her grandkids; Logan, Brock, and Ryan

Gramma had to put those rowdy boys in their place and show them who's boss!!!

We got our cookies and milk ready for Santa and some carrots for his reindeer.

Christmas morning: The boys reading the letter that Santa left for them.

All three of them were ready to open the "big, heavy gift..."

...a 3-in-1 game table with air hockey, pool, and foosball.

Brock and Ryan both got "Rapid Fire Nerf Guns."

Ryan received a Skylanders Lego set.

Steve got some battery-operated drum sticks. Now he can stop drumming on everything with his fingers!

And he got a Marine Corps stocking cap.

What did my sweet, little Ryan want? A pirate "Keep Out" sign.

Brock got a new gear bike! He was so excited!!!

Brock wanted a washer game board, just like Uncle Walter's. So, we gave Brock the materials to make the washer board. A few days later, Brock and Daddy constructed the boards and we played a few games!

The Christmas morning aftermath.

Ryan couldn't wait to put his Skylanders Legos together. Logan and Daddy helped a little.

The table set and ready for Christmas dinner.

Santa's Wonderland

We took Logan and Allen to Santa's Wonderland. Logan couldn't wait to ride the mechanical bull!

We went with our friends, the Englehardts. The kids: Teagan, Ryan, Logan, Brock, and Perryn.

On the hayride, ready to go see the lights!

Oh yeah!!!!!!!!

Logan at his best!

At the petting zoo, feeding the camel.

God Bless Texas, indeed!

We had to get our Okie family in a picture with the Texas flag.

The night before they left, we built a campfire in the backyard and had some yummy S'mores with Logan, Allen, and Gramma.

New Year's Eve

We hosted a New Year's Eve party this year. For the first time, most of the kids were old enough to stay up to welcome in the New Year. We all had a blast with all of our friends.

Brock with Elizabeth & Gabe Engelhardt