Twas the night before Christmas......

and this little cozy home

was filled with.....

LAUGHTER

SINGING

EATING

SMILES

CELEBRATION

SANTA

LOVE

AND guess what??.....

We even "stole" a special guest for the night.

{Ok, so we didn't steal him but we got to take

him from the rehab facility to celebrate with us!}

{Uncle Bill} 

Santa made a stop in his busy

schedule to see the kids..... 

Little ones........ 

And BIG ones........ 

Then it was time to celebrate

the birth of Jesus 

By reading Luke 2 and acting it out. 

Our AMAZING King Harad....

Christmas just wouldn't have been the same with out him! 

Then it was time for GAMES.... 

Minute to win it games.....

{Get the cookie from for head to mouth with no hands.} 

{Pull the tissue out with one hand at a time} 

{How many marshmellows can you fit in your mouth??} 

It was an OH SO FUN night!!!

Thank you family for coming to our cozy home to celebrate.

It makes it so much easier with Bubba....

we have his meds., machines, and everything he needs here. 

Every Christmas Eve the kids get to open one presetn,

from Maw and Paw.

It is always the same thing....... 

New Jammies!!!

{Thank you Maw and Paw}

Our little Superman....

 He can save me any day!

Cookies, Milk, and carrots were left....

and the kids went to bed.

The magic of Love

The other night Regan and I cuddled up and watched Beauty and the Beast together. When the movie was over we talked about our favorite parts of the movie. We both agreed that when the beast was magically turned back into the handsome prince was the BEST part of the movie. We talked about it a bit and then Regan said “I wish that could happen to Bubba” I quickly responded with “What do you mean Regan???” she thought for a second “you know… I wish that magic could make Bubba a prince…. You know make his body OK.” The TV was turned off and what was a fun conversation quickly took a very serious turn. I then explained to Regan that Bubba’s body will be perfect one day. “He will be able to run, sing, play games, talk, and do all of the things you want him to do.” This will happen when he goes to Heaven some day. I went onto to tell her that just like the Beast Bubba will be perfected with beautiful “magic” or love.


“You see, Heavenly Father loved us SOOO much that he sent his son.”

“Jesus Christ…. Right Mommy”

“Yes, Regan you are right and because Jesus loves us he was willing to atone for us so that we might be able to live with him again in Heaven. People were very mean and hurt Jesus but he knew that in order to make Bubba’s body perfect some day it needed to happen. “

“Jesus did that for Bubba?”

“Yes, for Bubba and for everyone else here on earth. Isn’t that amazing!!!”

“Yes, Mommy that is magic isn’t it…..”

“No Regan that is LOVE”

With everyone being so busy at this time of year it is easy to forget the true reason for this wonderful holiday. It is the birth of our loving Savior Jesus Christ. I am so incredibly grateful for a loving Heavenly Father that sent his son to live, teach, and die for us. I know how hard it is for me to watch Bubba in pain I cannot even begin to imagine what it must have been like to watch his only begotten son crucified. Jesus Christ knew what his journey here on earth would be and he accepted it with grace, love, and forgiveness for those who harmed him. “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”

Let us all remember in the fun and excitement of this Holiday to rejoice in the birth of Jesus and remember him in all that we do.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours

The Christmas Miracle {that almost happened}

I was so excited to share our Christmas miracle with y’all. Oh, I couldn’t wait to show you pictures and tell you about Bubba’s AWSOME Christmas present. Well, nope it did not happen. You see, after six months of waiting, fighting, and one problem after the next we were told that Bubba’s wheelchair was in and they set an appointment with us for 1pm today to bring it to him. I could not believe it….. We have been given several dead lines of when they thought it might be in BUT here we were with a REAL appointment and time. Well, twenty minutes before our scheduled appointment the man called “Mrs. Presley I am sorry but we have a problem with your son’s wheelchair I will not be able to deliver it to you today.” I instantly burst into tears and responded with “WHAT????? Are you kidding….” Then I asked one question after another. The guy was not very nice and left me even more emotional. Later in the day I got the “boss” on the phone to find out what in the world is going on. I guess they should not have made the appointment to begin with because they had not assembled the chair yet. When the did assemble it the frame of the chair was flawed. Now, we will wait for a new frame…… two weeks {I have heard that one before }.

I was so upset…… really just completely disappointed. I so badly wanted this for him and how perfect would it have been to get it for Christmas. So, I cried a minute then I sucked it up and realized that this attitude would not do much for the CHRISTmas spirit in our home. So, we will wait…. With a smile on our faces.

Onto some fun things and yes, a miracle of sorts.

This morning Regan and I hosted our annual Kid's

 CHRISTmas PAAARTAY

We managed to fit a TON of kids into our tiny cozy home. :)

{I guess that is a miracle of sorts right..... no not good enough}

All of the Mommys that came.

Thank goodness for the one lonely Daddy...

Who else would have taken the picture?? wink!

The kids made ornaments and necklaces.......

decorated Christmas Cookies......

looked oh so cute in their Christmas outfits.......

had a gift exchange with each other....

{don't worry we had a boy pile and a girl one....

 no boys went home with crowns! wink!}

they played with toys.....

{Ok, I LOVE this picture. Bubba LOVES men

and did not want him to leave his side}

they played pin the nose on Rudolph.........

and FINALLY our Christmas miracle..........

SNOW in Southern California!!!!!!

The kids LOVED it!!!!

Well, almsot everyone loved it... wink!

Each of the kids took

    home a bag of snow .......

and filled up bags with candy :)

{what was left over from Santa's Sweet Shack after

they decorated their cookies}

Then they all went home.... tired, on a sugar high, and ready for lunch!

THE END

I said rain or shine.......

This morning we met up with Jason's sister and her fam.

They are in town for Christmas.

Bubba has been having a hard time and NEEDED a good dose of Disney magic. :)

Don't we look so PURTY in our ponchos!!! wink!

{cousin} Shane got called up on stage to fight the Dark side. 

Cuddles on Small World :) 

There is nothing like driving in the RAIN!!!! 

All of the cousins at Disney! 

{Nemo} 

cousin LOVE

We also went on Splash mountain twice.

We figured since we were already wet.....

BUBBA loved it!!

We bought the picture but I am having a hard time scanning it.

Promise I will post his BIG smile on the ride soon. :)

The End

What we have been up to around here.....

At the end of last week BOTH of my babes got awards at school!!

Talk about one proud Mommy!!

We went for a walk and looked at the Christmas lights.

{good thing we went when we did... before the RAIN}

Bubba's favorite was the one that "danced" to music.

He LOVED the flashing lights :)

Regan LOVED them ALL!!

My favorite every year is......

Santa's face! :)

It was a wonderful and cold night.

Yesterday we braved the RAIN for a very special girl's birthday.

Regan's BFF had her birthday at build a bear.

To say that Regan was excited would not even begin to describe :)

The orignal plan was to drop Regan off at the party and then I would take Bubba to Disneyland.

Thank goodness Daddy was able to switch his schedule around and stay home with Bubba.

Rain or shine we will go to Disney one day this week!!!!

This pour boy of mine is getting cabin fever!!