Christmas

We enjoyed the past several days being at home with our family. Although we wished our extended family lived closer it was nice taking it easy and not traveling.

On Christmas Eve, Austin and I made some cookies and other goodies and took them to our local firehouse. We so appreciate everything they do to keep us as safe as possible. That night we headed to church for our traditional Christmas Eve service, it was very nice. Then off to dinner with the Kemp family. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed it!

On Christmas morning, we were able to sleep in a little since Austin didn't come out of his room until about 9am, thinking we were still sleeping. What a sweetie:) Terry (Paw Paw) came over and we were able to hang out together and he and Austin played dominoes. For lunch, it was the untraditional steaks and baked potatoes. We ended up watching movies that night and enjoying each other's company.

It doesn't have to be fancy to be enjoyable...we are truly blessed. We are ready to see what God has in store for 2010.

Taylor and Austin

We made our way to Flowery Branch to spend some time with our cousins on Wednesday. It is always a treat to see the excitement of Christmas through the eyes of a toddler. After playing for a while we headed to LaParilla to eat. What a great time. I am glad we had the chance to see them all and exchange pictures. Merry Christmas Leigh Ann, Jason, Taylor and Jan!

Christmas is coming...

This past weekend we were able to go to Birmingham and spend an early Christmas with some of our family. We first had a great lunch with Dad, Nana, Holly, Aaron, Betty, Ricky, John, Kat, and Ginny. We had a great time catching up and guys enjoyed football. Saturday evening we went to see Joan and the rest of my family. Heath unfortunately couldn't seem to find the sidewalk and ended up half in the yard and half on the sidewalk twisting his ankle. Sunday, we came home, spent a few hours in urgent care finding out it was thankfully just a sprain. He has worked this week, but still is having some swelling if he is on his feet for too long.

Our Life Group Christmas party was last night. We played Bunco, a first for many of us.
I am looking forward to a relaxing week catching up on some much needed housework before Christmas and then some time working on my final projects for school. Rest is key and fun along the way, too.