The kids and I made an unexpected trip to Texas before Christmas. My grandad passed away, and we drove down in two days (19 hours each way, and 6 hours round trip to Monahans). The kids were such troopers, the dvd player broke in Colorado, and Ben got carsick in Amarillo (We littered a car seat, pillow, clothes, and a thousand wipies- "Don't Mess With Texas" doesn't apply to throw up!). It was so worth the extra effort to take them. They got to meet so many special people for the first time and see special places from my childhood. If you were praying for us, we could tell! Nothing had changed much, everyone was a little bit older, but still the same- we had such a wonderful time catching up with everybody.
Uncle Joe, Dad, Uncle Scott, Nanny
L-R Cousins Drew, Katie, Bubba, Megan, Suede, Stetson,Blake, Nanny, Me
Megan, Mom, Dad, Me, Bubba
Nanny and Dad having a wheel chair race with the kids!
Papa, Benjamin, William, and Heidi
Willam playing Christmas carols, this looks just like a picture of Stephen at Sweeetwater when he was a little boy.
William and Papa cut down some mistletoe, he was catching everyone with kisses!William and Katie
Kissing Suede, what a Shirley, kissing his cousins at a family funeral!
Nanny and William under the Mistletoe
When I was a kid, everytime the family got together, everyone played music and sang. It was so much fun to do it again, especially for my own kids to take part. We sang every Christmas carol we could think of!
William wrestling with uncle Joe
Benjamin, Papa, Heidi, and Bubba
Nanny had a litter of kittens hidding in the wood pile, the kids had so much fun playing with them. Heidi was talking to John on the phone, he asked her what she had been doing, all she said was "meow, meow!"
Papa and William got Grandad's tractor started, but it wouldn't roll because it had a flat tire.
Kissing Suede, what a Shirley, kissing his cousins at a family funeral!
Nanny and William under the Mistletoe
When I was a kid, everytime the family got together, everyone played music and sang. It was so much fun to do it again, especially for my own kids to take part. We sang every Christmas carol we could think of!
William wrestling with uncle Joe
Benjamin, Papa, Heidi, and Bubba
Nanny had a litter of kittens hidding in the wood pile, the kids had so much fun playing with them. Heidi was talking to John on the phone, he asked her what she had been doing, all she said was "meow, meow!"
Papa and William got Grandad's tractor started, but it wouldn't roll because it had a flat tire.
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