Christmas 2012 Part 1: DFW

We had a wonderful Christmas this year.  Our holiday started with a trip to Arlington the weekend before Christmas day.  We usually spend Christmas at Ma & Bob's house, but it worked out better this year for everyone to get together the Sunday before.  We drove up on Friday and went to visit Great Grandmommy & Great Granddaddy in Fort Worth on Saturday.  Carol, Jeremy & Grace went over, too, and the cousins had fun playing and being silly, as always.

That night the kids were revved up & really excited to open presents the next day.  It took several tries, but we finally got a photo of all 3 of them smiling for the camera.

Most of the pictures looked like this:

Grace loves to pose for photos.  Our two goofballs...not so much.  :)

Our Christmas celebration started out with stockings, which are always fun to open.  You never know what treats you will find, although you are almost always guaranteed something emblazoned with Obama/Biden from Mike & Lizzie, particularly in an election year!

We all enjoyed our traditional Christmas breakfast (I always have at least 2 helpings of breakfast casserole) before opening the presents.  Claire & Will loved helping Ma pass out the gifts and were thrilled with everything they received.  We have such a generous family!

Grace & Ma

After lunch & naps, we were able to spend some good family time together, playing games and picking lots and lots of pecans up in the yard.