Christmas 2008

I am giving you fair warning...this will be a long post but a lot of it is pictures. We have returned from our Christmas excursion across the South and have many memories to share with you.
Last Saturday night we saw the Rockettes with E.J.'s dad and stepmom and some of their dear friends. We had so much fun and would recommend it to anyone.

Then we left the next morning after church on our journey westward. We stopped to see my Papaw and my aunt and her sweet family. By the way, if you have been praying for her, we found out today that she is cancer free...praise God!

Then we landed at E.J.'s mom's house for a good visit with relaxation and time with some of his side of the family that we haven't seen in a while. Monday we all went to their family farm and chopped wood and rode the four wheeler in 20 degree weather.

We played golf and I just want to publicly announce that I beat all of E.J.'s family. Now that I have mastered W*i golf I will work harder at learning how to play real golf but I am pretty sure that no matter how much I practice I will never beat any of them at real golf.

And we cuddled with their new little puppy Bandit. He has a white face with a little black mask around his eyes. He is so sweet.

Then we left on Wednesday to travel southward to my parent's house. My oldest brother and his whole family were able to come down from Indiana and my other brother came down from the Boro so it was the first time we had all been together in over a year and a half. Our nieces are growing up so fast which makes me sad that we can't see more of them but it makes me smile because they are growing up to be such sweet, polite little girls. With a two year old and four year old at the house during Christmas we could tell many stories but we will just limit it to a few.

Christmas Eve we all went outside with the girls for them to spread reindeer dust in the yard (you know, so the reindeer could find us). After the dust settled, Chali decided that we should all sing Christmas carols so she directed our choir as we all sang in the driveway for a good half hour at least.

This is just a sweet picture I wanted to share of Karis holding baby Jesus under the tree.

Karis is very interested in hair and make-up right now and she always makes sure that everyone has their lip gloss on. Here is a picture of her sharing some lip gloss from her stocking with Uncle E.

We were invited to multiple fabulous tea parties over the course of the 3 days and had wonderful hostesses.

Saturday morning we all got up and went to a little girl boutique in the mall. Mom and Dad gave the girls each a package at this boutique for Christmas and we had a blast watching the girls. They each got their hair and make-up done, nails painted and glittered, each dressed up with an outfit of their choice and then each picked one accessory for their performance on stage. The talented young Moss girls drew quite a crowd in the mall for their show.

We have had such a great time visiting with our family this season (so far...we still have Christmas at E.J.'s sister's house on New Year's Eve). We regret that we can't see everybody during Christmas but we are thankful for all of our friends and family and hope that you had a joyous and blessed CHRISTmas season.