Christmas in Amarillo

We had so much fun being with family for Christmas. We did Christmas morning at home and then drove to Amarillo in time to eat Christmas dinner with family. The only regret I have about that visit is that Drew wasn't able to be with us. Well, yes, I wish that Corey, Brittney and Ava were there too but we knew that they weren't going to be there. Drew and Bryn decided that it was a better plan to just wait and leave with Bryn's family for Colorado instead of meeting them somewhere.
The food was delicious...all the decadent stuff that you only eat on holidays. Stacie and Katherine even made cupcakes with butterflies on top...so fancy.
We played games....fax machine, Apples to Apples, Scrabble- I didn't play this one..too competitive, and Cranium. Lucy and I were a terrible team for Cranium. Don't know why...it was kind of like how we shop together. Fax machine made us laugh so hard...American reindeer love McDonald's...inside joke...you had to be there but so funny.
So good to be with everyone: Darek-my mom's favorite, Stacie, Brady, Katherine, Lera, AJ, Janaye, Ken, Jeanette, Tim, Mary Kate and Lucy...but the real star of the show was baby Eliana. We all got to play with her, feed her, change diapers, give her a bath-well, there was a bath incident but I don't want to be censored, sing to her, and listen for her while she was sleeping. She really liked her great uncle Tim. That doesn't surprise me. Babies always like him.
We got to shop in a World Market and a Gap. Can you tell we live in Abilene?
Saturday morning when we woke up...we were staying in a hotel...too many people for one house....Tim opened the curtains and said that it was raining but it wasn't. It was snowing....hard....and sideways...so fun.
I wish that we all lived closer. It would be fun to be a part of each other's everyday lives.
We also received great news on our way to Amarillo. Corey and Brittney are having another baby! We are so excited and it makes us only wish for more time with them.