Monday, January 16, 2012

Christmas Part 2

Be warned...this is long.

Our Christmas celebrations started this year in Amarillo before we headed to Oklahoma.  The Bryants were in Amarillo with us for a few days before the Sosebees were able to join us.  



"Life" was the game of choice this year.  Anna and Luke loved that they ended up rich and I ended up very broke!  


Reid making a craft with Grandma:


We took the kids to play at the Family Life Center and Jonathan loved his first experience in the play room.  He was very happy in the bounce house and the tunnels.  



First trip out to play in the snow.  




My dear friend Sky came over for a little while on Christmas Eve with her daughter River Belle. Sky and I are very excited to be pregnant at the same time again! River Belle and Jonathan are 3 days apart.  


Won't these pictures be cute in a rehearsal dinner slide show some day?  Jonathan was very taken with River Belle.  




It was wonderful to see Sky, and I will miss her dearly until she is in the States again in a couple of years.  


Family football.


Jonathan playing with the apples.  


Sweet Benjamin.


Anna and Caroline.


Christmas Eve:

The Sosebees


The Bryants


Grandma and Grandpa



The whole clan.


Christmas Eve Dinner




The annual Nelson family Christmas play.  Jonathan was a wise man this year.  We are very excited that we will have a baby to play baby Jesus next year.  :)


Opening presents.



Christmas morning.








Three silly girls.  Aren't they beautiful young ladies now?



Family football in the snow.  Jonathan didn't make it out for this game.  





Christmas cookies.


A great time was had by all in Amarillo.   

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Christmas Part 1

I am going to try to update this blog in very small chunks, hoping that if I only take on a little at a time I
 will actually get it done.  So here is the first attempt at sharing our Christmas fun with everyone...

This is a couple of nights before we left town.  We celebrated with Jonathan in Dayton and had a nice family meal together.  



One of Jonathan's presents.  He loves his basketball.  Now he just needs a goal to go with it. 




His first computer.  He also got several books and some blocks.  


We headed to Oklahoma on the 15th and got there on the 16th in time to attend King Christmas in Hinton.


All of the great-grandchildren and great, great-grandchildren. (I am only in this because Jonathan wouldn't let anyone hold him.)


The four sisters...quite the ladies!


Natalie and I always love getting to catch up with cousin Mary (we missed you, Melissa!)


We made it to Amarillo the same evening.  

Here are the Bryant kids after church on Sunday:


We tried to add Jonathan, but clearly he didn't agree.


My first belly shot, this time around. I was 12 weeks here.


Celebrating Mama's birthday with cupcakes.


Aunt Natalie gave Jonathan his first (much needed) haircut.  Thanks Aunt Nat!



Much, much more to come...