Red Lobster

Brennon right after work. Tired and ready for a big meal:)

Uncle Ben showing off his new snow boots. He is such a funny kid.

Great Grandma Brewer giving Hayden lots of love.

Daddy & Bailey


Grandma Crandell, Bailey, cousin Kate, Cousin Callie, and Aunt Becky. Someone the other day asked if Becky and me are twins.

Hayden eating the Red Lobster biscuits! She was in Heaven. Best dinner ever.

Great Grandpa Brewer, Hayden, Me, & Brennon after eating our delicious meals.

Cousin Kate & Bailey are such good buddies.

One tradition that the Crandell family has been doing the past few years is getting together at Red Lobster for a big family dinner. I love Red Lobster and look forward to going there all year long! We had a blast together! Each year we do a gift exchange with the married couples, luckily Sam & Lacie had us this year. I say luckily because they gave Brennon & I an awesome date night package: free babysitting, subway, and tickets to Jesters. What mother of two could ask for anything more?!?! I am so excited!

This year, my mom changed it up a bit and had the great idea of doing a service gift exchange. She had each of us write down a service that we would be willing to perform for someone between this Christmas and the next. Then, each of us listened to her repeat the poem "Twas' the Night Before Christmas." Scattered throughout the poem were prompts to pass our service to the left or right. When the poem was finished, whatever service we had in our hands was to be done for us in the next year. Again, we were very lucky as Brennon and I ended up with Carianne and Rusty's service's. I am definitely looking forward to my dinner with Rusty and Brennon can't wait for his yummy peanut butter cookies! In close third to the services we received was Ben's service. He vowed to "help" clean someone's whole house. To Ben's luck, Adam ended up with his service (Adam is single and lives with four other guys). You can imagine Ben's horror when Adam opened his service. :)

I love being with the family. Thank you Carianne for taking the pictures. Your the best! More to come on Christmas Eve & Day. So much to blog about. Merry Christmas everyone. :)