Christmas Part 2

We packed up the van and left nice and early on the 26th to get to Gordon for the Strain/Grace Christmas. It was the first time in a long time (longer than I've been a part of the family anyway) that we were able to get ALL the siblings, cousins, etc. together for a holiday. Muna and Papa were so thrilled to have such a full house and we really enjoyed ourselves!

On Christmas Eve that area got roughly 8 inches of snow. There was still enough there to play in when we got there two days later!

Snow Fun!

Throwing a snow ball at me, while I'm taking the picture!
What a precious snowman... his first ever!
Pecan eyes and a carrot nose... and we did add arms later!


Margaret, Jeff's cousin's little girl, just turned one and we finally got to meet her. How cute is this little red head?

Logan was quite fond of her

And she was quite fond of baby Ryan
Her trademark pose... she did this every time she got up!
Precious!!
Baby smiles!
Five of Tommy and Debra's favorite people!
Opening their calendar--
I love giving these as gifts each year!
Jeff and his Papa... the only grandson!

An attempt to get a picture of the three great-grandchildren
You can see how successful that was! :-)

After lunch and dinner there we headed to Graham for the next two days. We arrived late at night, but that wasn't going to hold off any present opening!

The first thing he saw... the new John Deer tractor!
Rode it into the kitchen and then had to attach the trailer!

Once we convinced him that it was too cold (and way too late) to go outside and really ride it, we got on with the rest of the presents.

This is the "please just let me open them without having to look at the camera" smile!
Sing-Along on DVD... after the VHS tape had seen its better days!
Pure excitement... more Gorilla mountain pieces!
His words, "Oh wow a saber-tooth tiger!"

Again, memories of my childhood, playing this game!!
Logan calls it "Very Hungry Hippos!"
When we played the next morning, Ryan was very interested
Watching his big brother


Tummy time for Ryan
Never alone for too long
Precious kisses
and hugs!

The tractor was for the boys to share in the years to come and here's Ryan finding a good place to sit.
Along for the ride!

Don't worry! We didn't really let Logan drive him around! It was way too bumpy and the tractor really does go quite fast! Good times ahead for those boys though!

Jeff and I headed home on Monday and Logan stayed with Grana and Papa until Saturday. From what I've heard, very little time was spent away from his tractor... no matter how cold it got! I'm thinking they're getting their money's worth with that one! And I'm pretty sure he thanked Grana and Papa for it at least 100 times that weekend!

That's how we wrapped up our holidays! As you can see, it was full of excitement, great family and lots of quality time together! How blessed we are!