Christmas in Taylor

We went to Taylor the weekend before Christmas to celebrate Christmas with my family. We had a fun party that included; a nativity with lots of beautiful music.

We also distributed some gifts - I made aprons for all of my nieces that were over 1 and each of my sister-in-laws.

Tommy made each of the girls bracelets. This picture doesn't do them justice. They are beautiful!

Then we broke a pinata.

Then we got our presents from Grammy and Papa.

T.J. got an erector set.

Evie got an Anna doll and new jammies.

Rook got a new jacket and a new truck.

Addy got an 18" doll and more than a dozen new outfits for it handmade by grandma.

Emmy and Jessi got matching clothes and they were excited to match.

And Jamie got a 50 pound bag of popcorn. And I honestly think he was as excited for this as any gift he got. He LOVES popcorn. It will be interesting to see how long it takes him to go through it.

We also went bowling while we were up there. The kids, especially Addy and Evie, loved it.

My parents family party has always been on Christmas Eve. They decided this year to move it to the Saturday before Christmas so that we could spend Christmas Eve with our individual families. It was bitter sweet for me. I was so glad to not be traveling on Christmas Eve, to already be home, and to get to spend the night with my own little family and to begin our own family traditions. However, I missed my family. I missed seeing them on Christmas and getting to spend Christmas Eve with them.