Wow, what a whirlwind of a holiday season we Beaver's had! We left Houston on Wednesday, December 22nd and returned back to Houston on Sunday, January 2nd. It was a wonderful, exciting, tiring and l-o-n-g trip! We started off in Lubbock for Christmas with my family. It was so neat to be at Papa's & Nana's house for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The kids were thoroughly spoiled by Santa and Papa & Nana!
Here's what Isaiah got from Santa...
A new PSP (among a few other things seen in the background)!
Here's what Sam got from Santa...
Toy Story 3 PSP game (also among a few other things)!
And here's what Lexi got from Santa on this, her very first Christmas...
A LeapFrog Learning Table. She loves it! Of course, she also got several more items!
Here is what the boys got from Papa & Nana...
An air hockey table!!! They were totally surprised and of course, LOVE it!
What did I get from Papa & Nana (a.k.a. Dad & Momma)? I got a new camera that is giving you all these awesome pics!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!!
We were in Lubbock until the Tuesday after Christmas and then headed to Burkburnett, Texas, which is where Bryan's parents have moved to. We had our Christmas with them almost immediately after we got there because the boys just couldn't wait! The boys got several items from Grandpa & Mamaw that they loved but the best was saved for very last...
A Razor go cart!
I wanted to upload the video of them finding this (they were sent on a scavenger hunt) but the video was too big :0(. The boys were SO surprised! No, we did not get to bring this home with us! For one...we didn't have room! But, it was a gift intended to stay and G-pa's and Mamaw's for when the boys come to visit. They'll be excited to ride it this summer!
As for my gift from G-pa and Mamaw...I got an Orek vacuum! It also came with a hand vac (perfect for vacuuming my stairs) and a steam mop too! I can't wait to try them all out.
We were in Burk (as we call it for short) until New Year's Day, then we headed up to Duncan, OK to have Christmas with my mom's side of the family. We did not get to attend this annual Christmas bash last year because I was 36 weeks pregnant with our little girl and couldn't leave the Houston area. I hated missing this time with my family and it was very hard knowing they were all together without us! Anyway, we were back this year! It was a wonderful day spent with my Pops & Mems, aunts & uncles, cousins, cousins-in-law, and tons of kiddos between us all! We exchanged gifts and had a wonderful time just "catching up". The next morning, we all met up at my aunt Susan's and uncle David's beautiful new home in Duncan for our famous breakfast feast. A neat thing occurred after breakfast. MY family had our first ever, entire family picture...
Back row: Bryan, Dad, "Big" Zach, Rob
Middle row: Me, Lexi, Mom, Hannah, Crystal, Brittany, Hayley
Front row: Isaiah, Samuel, "Little" Zach
And just because I think it's a great picture, I'll also share this one...
After the picture sessions, we said our good-byes and headed back home. It is SOOOOO incredibly hard to say good-bye, especially since we'd been together for so long this time. The boys had a really hard time saying good-bye to Papa & Nana. But, we reassured them that it would only be a few, short weeks when they would be in Houston with us to celebrate Lexi's FIRST birthday! Yep, you read that right...Lexi will be turning ONE before we know it! Oh, what fun!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's and that you got to share it with those that are most precious to you. 2010 was a great year and we are looking forward to a wonderful and blessed 2011. Here's hoping you have the same!
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