We headed to Lubbock the afternoon of Christmas Eve. We got there just in time to read the Christmas story from the Bible and other favorite Christmas stories, and give big hugs to everyone! We then hurried the kiddos to bed so Santa could come (again for us, but the kids were just as excited) and the grownups visited. I love this picture josh shot from the Christmas tree:
We had a wonderful Christmas morning, much different from our smaller one the morning before. There was quite the business of activity with presents for 17 people!
Everyone loved playing with their Christmas presents...
We then had a yummy Christmas breakfast and enjoyed lounging around, playing with new toys, cousins, and aunts/uncles.
Here's Jenny with all the cousins together:
We also had an enjoyable time reenacting the Nativity. In our family, Ashley was an angel with her Aunt Jenny, Zack was a donkey and then a sheep, Natalie was a sheep, Josh was a shepherd, and I was the Innkeeper's wife.
We loved seeing our new little cousin Kyle. Natalie and Ashley were particularly infatuated.
Natalie and her cousin Gracie (also 2) LOVED playing together and Ashley liked helping them in their play adventures.
We enjoyed feeding the ducks at a local pond. Some of the geese were pretty aggressive, so we had Natalie and Grace on a higher rock.
Best friends!
Ashley and Zack really bonded with their "cool uncles." Thanks for those fun times Chris, Todd, and Dave! They still talk about the hide and seek game at the Playground of Dreams. Natalie also particularly loved bonding with granddaddy. She almost took over his whole soup...
Another very special event was the blessing of the newest addition, Cheri's baby Kyle. It was such a memorable event to have everyone present for this blessing. We had this family photo afterwards, sadly it is the only picture we have of all of us! We had meant to have another, more planned picture, but ran out of time :( Zack was a little sad in this picture and I couldn't get him to turn around. For those who don't know--all of the girls are my sisters. We've all missed each other!
We also had a fabulous time riding horses. Ashley and Zack got their Christmas wish and were able to enjoy horseback riding at a small ranch here in Texas. It was their first time, but their great-uncle Al was able to spend some quality instruction time and get them up to speed on the basics lickity split! They were both leading the horses by themselves, despite my freaking out everytime their horses would speed up even the slightest bit. They did really good and can't wait to go again. They both also loved going a little bit faster with their aunt Stephanie.
Finally, what would Lubbock be without a trip to the science spectrum?
We had a wonderful Christmas morning, much different from our smaller one the morning before. There was quite the business of activity with presents for 17 people!
Everyone loved playing with their Christmas presents...
We then had a yummy Christmas breakfast and enjoyed lounging around, playing with new toys, cousins, and aunts/uncles.
Here's Jenny with all the cousins together:
We also had an enjoyable time reenacting the Nativity. In our family, Ashley was an angel with her Aunt Jenny, Zack was a donkey and then a sheep, Natalie was a sheep, Josh was a shepherd, and I was the Innkeeper's wife.
We loved seeing our new little cousin Kyle. Natalie and Ashley were particularly infatuated.
Natalie and her cousin Gracie (also 2) LOVED playing together and Ashley liked helping them in their play adventures.
We enjoyed feeding the ducks at a local pond. Some of the geese were pretty aggressive, so we had Natalie and Grace on a higher rock.
Best friends!
Ashley and Zack really bonded with their "cool uncles." Thanks for those fun times Chris, Todd, and Dave! They still talk about the hide and seek game at the Playground of Dreams. Natalie also particularly loved bonding with granddaddy. She almost took over his whole soup...
Another very special event was the blessing of the newest addition, Cheri's baby Kyle. It was such a memorable event to have everyone present for this blessing. We had this family photo afterwards, sadly it is the only picture we have of all of us! We had meant to have another, more planned picture, but ran out of time :( Zack was a little sad in this picture and I couldn't get him to turn around. For those who don't know--all of the girls are my sisters. We've all missed each other!
We also had a fabulous time riding horses. Ashley and Zack got their Christmas wish and were able to enjoy horseback riding at a small ranch here in Texas. It was their first time, but their great-uncle Al was able to spend some quality instruction time and get them up to speed on the basics lickity split! They were both leading the horses by themselves, despite my freaking out everytime their horses would speed up even the slightest bit. They did really good and can't wait to go again. They both also loved going a little bit faster with their aunt Stephanie.
Finally, what would Lubbock be without a trip to the science spectrum?
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Our family makes the best memories! Miss you guys, love you! :)
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