Christmas 2008

We have had such a busy holiday this year - and a ton of pictures to prove it!

It started with Avery's Christmas program at Children of The Woodlands:

Here is Avery with her very favorite teacher, Ms. Fran.

The Minnow class anxiously awaiting Christmas carols...

Avery trying to catch snow on her toungue...

I was able to leave my class for a while - Avery was so excited to see us there.

Then there was our 4th Annual Cookie Baking event with Madison, Avery, G.G. and I. Every year we make gingerbread cookies to take to our various get-togethers. They are sooo yummy!
Here are the bakers, hard at work:

My two cutie pies. Oh yes, this year we all had matching monogrammed aprons. Even Kate has one ready for her for next year :-)

I don't even want to know how much cookie dough this one ate...

Oh, yes...then there was Santa. This was the closest I could get Avery to Santa this year (yes, that's him in the blurry background...far, far away). She talked about him a ton, but when it came time to see him....oh no. She didn't want to be anywhere near him.

So we had Christmas with my Dad at Aunt Missy's house. Avery with her cousin CJ:

Santa made a visit there, too. But Avery still wanted nothing to do with him:

But mom had lots to tell Santa:

And the traditional group shot of the fam:

We also had our Christmas celebration with the Whites and Brackendorffs. Here is Avery with her Grandpappy...

Avery's giving Uncle Chad a lesson in using the Poingo pen.

We had a fun family night the day before Christmas Eve. We went to dinner and then to see Despero at the movies! Avery had a blast. We walked by the Fountains at Waterway Square to see the holiday water and lights. Now you see Avery talking a big game about old Santa!

Avery was in heaven with her cup of popcorn.

Avery and her doll, Brie, had matching dresses for Christmas Eve:

Avery and Madison on Christmas Eve:

Christmas morning, Avery found the trampoline Santa left for her.

As you can imagine, Avery got a ton of great gifts and clothes this year. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family to share the season with. Hope you enjoyed seeing some of the photos that made our Christmas such a memorable one.

Happy New Year!