Christmas in Waco!!

This year, we stayed home for Christmas since it was Greg's year to be available to work if needed. So, my mom surprised us by coming for a whole 9 days!! We enjoyed having her here so much! All the kids wanted to jump on the plane when her departure day got here. We had so much fun shopping, reading, playing games, drinking hot chocolate, looking at lights, opening presents, and of course eating tons.... all better with Gramma!! The top few pictures were taken at our church's Christmas Eve service.... then the kids in their new PJ's. This year, keeping up with the Advent was so fun b/c all the kids could count- the took turns, writing the # of days left, opening the next door on the "tree" and opening doors each night in our Advent Book. Tristan's one liners and animation kept us rolling all month. He and Vanson can now practically read the story from memory. They'll be sad to see that book packed up soon. Yesterday, on Mom's last day here, her brother Claude and his wife Susan came to town for a visit on their way home to OK. We so enjoyed having them here!! My kids had not met him before, so they loved getting to know Gramma's little brother. This weekend, we'll be travelling to Austin to see their other grandparents and complete our Christmas celebrations.