Our floors were finished exactly two hours before my parents, Pappa and Susu, arrived from Mississippi last Friday. It was a race to get the house cleaned and put back together so we could relax and enjoy their visit. I promise to post more on the house later.
Over the next few days we rearranged our living room and den furniture, put up the tree and Christmas decorations and completely transformed our house from a construction site back into a home. What a difference 24 hours made!
Michael's parents, Nana and Popper, plus his grandmother Maw Maw also drove up from Houston on Sunday to stay with us. It was a full-on Griswold-style Christmas and we enjoyed having everyone together.
We spent Christmas Eve with my dad's side of the family. We weren't sure if my Grandma was going to feel up for making the drive to our house, but she did and we were so happy she could join in the fun.
Amy, me and Grandma
On Christmas morning, we had brunch with my mom's side of the family. Holten had received a Woody costume from Santa and Gray got some real cowboy chaps and a cap gun from Michael's aunts and uncles. Both boys insisted on wearing their new duds for Christmas Day.
The cowboys with Nora in her sweet Christmas dress
By this point, the cousins had had a lot of together time. Holtie was so over getting his picture taken, but as you can see, Gray was happy to oblige by posing for yet another photo.
But all it took was bribing Holt with a few more presents and he immediately found his smile again.
We also celebrated with my step-dad's side a few days after Christmas. This family stretches from Texas up to Ohio and NYC, so it's great when we can all be together.
Gray with his Great Grandmama Solomon and Nora
Gray and two of his cousins, Ladd and Van, feeding rolls to the ducks
Nora and her Uncle Mikey
Amy's family was on the road moving to Seattle by the time we had this celebration, but she gave Emily and I the sweetest sister necklaces before she left. We both wore them to Solomon Christmas...three pearls that were peas in a pod. So thoughtful and perfect!
Here's Great Grandmama with her "Great Grands" -- Grayson, Ella, Cooper, Van, Charlotte, Ladd and Nora. So many cuties!
Grandmama with her grandkids (my generation) and their spouses. I'm one of 11 grandkids, nine of which are girls and two boys. Six of us girls are in this photo plus spouses, so we at least had half of the group!
After all the partying, it was time for Gray to enjoy a few days at home playing with his loot. Santa brought him a Lego table and lots of other goodies. He and daddy have been spending hours building Legos and having fun.
We are very blessed to have such a big and wonderful family. I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
1 comment:
And a great time was had by all!!!
Thanks for all of your hospitality and fun. Both of you are perfect hosts! Now it's your turn to come and visit us!
Love you guys,
Susu and Pappa
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