The Rhea Family

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas Eve

My parents have an Annual Christmas Eve party. It's always a wonderful night mingling with cheerful friends before Santa makes his jolly way down the chimney later that night.

My neighbors of my entire life are waiting for two children from the Congo to join their family this Spring.

We have been friends with the Norman's since before I was born. And Laura even shacked with us Christmas Eve this year!

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Pre-Christmas Family Togetherness

Project Squirrel Eradication:

My parents just had a bunch of wood replaced on their house. Much of it was damage caused by squirrels. Only days later, my mom heard the squirrels once again gnawing on the house. She insisted that the guys thin out their yard's squirrel population.....or she was going to do so herself.

Best part is ladies....he's single!!!

Church Christmas Eve

Note: my child is missing. Banshee baby was napping and would ensure that God (as well as the rest of the congregation) knew she was there if she had attended.

Santa Claus...is scary!

My mom, Mary, Clayton, and I visited Santa early in December attempting to get Clayton's picture with Santa. However, as we waited for two children to go before us, Clayton's anxiety grew and she was on me like a spider monkey. I tried to tell the lady to just snap the picture as soon as I pried her off but she didn't understand the need for speed so we left with my mom saying that she wasn't torturing her grandchild like this. If her mom wanted to then fine. And the answer to that is yes, I didn't mind.

Clayton and I passed Santa multiple times at the Tupelo mall when the lines weren't long and it never dawned on me that I needed to just get it done. Until I went into panic mode the week before Christmas realizing that Santa was going back to the North Pole soon. So I attempted twice at the Tupelo Mall to get her picture taken but that Santa liked to take frequent breaks from kids and his line was ridiculous and never moving since he was always on break.

Harris promised me that he would go with us on Sunday, December 23 morning at the Collierville mall since my mom refused. I devised a plan that I would wait in line and he sit in the car with Clayton until right before. There were only 4 kids in line. He didn't think this was necessary and brought her in and saw the terror on her face so he quickly left and walked around until right before we went up there. We threw her in his lap and couldn't be happier with the results. Oh, she was screaming but certainly didn't mind grabbing his peace offering sucker.