Christmas 2008

WHEW!  What a December!  We have had company for the last two weeks and now...silence.  

Andrew was up here the week before Christmas and my mom, stepdad and aunt arrived the day after he left to be with us for Christmas.  It was certainly a good time.  We have thoroughly enjoyed all of our company and now we are beginning to put our lives and routines back together.

 

I hope all of you had a good holiday as well.   Here are some pictures of  a few of the highlights of the last few weeks.  Enjoy.

Mama and Baby

Happy Holidays

Daddy and Baby

Aunt Joni

Jax with his Nanny Doodle

Hitch up the dogs!

Uncle D teaching Jax his first chord on the guitar.

Nanny Doodle and Papa Clint

PRESENTS!!!

Jax's First Haricut (by Nanny Doodle)

Merry Christmas!

Sweet Baby

We have a ton more pics that I just didn't put on here (It takes a while on here).

  Go here to see them.

Hilarious!!!

The other night, Jax was in the over-stimulator and having a grand old time.  I am not sure why, but the line from "Finding Nemo" popped in to my head so I said it.  Apparently that was funny.  Jax got to cracking up and before long, we were all laughing.  

The sound on my camera is a bit weird, but you can still get the idea.

SHARK BAIT HOO HA HA!

Thanksgiving in Alabama

This past week was a BLAST!  The fam and I headed south for the week of thanksgiving in a feeble attempt to escape the bitter frosticity of the midwest.  We left last Tuesday at 2 and drove to the other side of Louisville where we stopped for the night.  We could have made it that night, but Kim and I had already decided we were going to stop and take Jax swimming.  We made it to Huntsville by lunch time on Wed and met Andrew for Mexican food.

Thursday was spent with Steve, Rachel and their three (yes three) kids.  It was so great to be back with them.  We were able to catch up with so many folks who mean the world to us.  The Holladay's treated us to dinner on Saturday night and we got to spend some time with our old "crew" on Sunday evening after church.  

All in all, it was a good trip and leaving proved to be as difficult as always.  We truly have much to be thankful for.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Jax in the pool.

David leading singing (notice the pitch pipe)

David Raymond and Samantha Roccio

Cheeeeeeeeese!

Don't let those eyes fool you.

Steve reading to the kids.

See the teeth?

Jax and Kim

This kid is always bugging me when I'm trying to read.

Kim is STOKED to be taking this picture.

Jaxon and his uncle D

Those crazy Ellis'

Scholarly?   Nah!

Sup?

Jim and Andrew