Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

The thought of fighting my way through Black Friday crowds right after Thanksgiving is not my idea of a fun way to start the Christmas season. In our house, those days are for staying in our pjs, decorating the house, and putting up the Christmas tree. That's just what we did this year.


Naomi and Johnathan were so excited, and Ezra looked on with a slightly bewildered look on his face! We used up our leftover turkey to make our traditional turkey wreath, used our Christmas mugs to make hot cocoa, and put ornaments on the tree.

That evening we engaged in the next time-honored tradition of turning off all the lights, looking at the tree, and eating peppermint ice cream.

Whew! Time for a long winter's nap.

Away in a Manger

Our living nativity scene is now complete with a baby for the manger!

Happy Thanksgiving

We are thankful for these three blessings in our lives.

Ezra's turkey pants!

Kevin reads a Psalm of thanksgiving before dinner

Ezra chewed his turkey rattle during dinner

Fried turkey!

Brazos Berry Pie

Ezra's face after his first taste of turkey... I think ours tasted better!

It tastes better when Grandma feeds it to me

An after-dinner story with Grandpa

Our after-dinner entertainment included Naomi's performance of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie"

And Johnathan performed a story involving a fighter jet and some firemen!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Family Time

Grandma and Grandpa Boaz visited us this week, and we had so much fun with them. They got to watch the Aggies beat Nebraska, play and snuggle with the kids, color turkeys for Thanksgiving... and of course no visit would be complete without playing Canasta!

In Memory of Great Aunt Pauline

My Great Aunt Pauline went home to be with Jesus this week. We're so glad we got to reunite with her this past April. Because my mom and grandpa flew into Dallas to travel to Oklahoma for the service, we were able to meet up with them for a quick overnight visit and have a mini reunion with cousins who live in Texas.

Classroom Helper

Naomi receive an award at school for "Classroom Helper." Her teacher wrote to us that Naomi is such a big help in the classroom - she is a little mother, always looking out for her classmates!

Growing Pains

Cutting teeth is hard to do! Ezra popped out his first two bottom teeth this week.