Christmas at Nene and Poppy's 2010

I love Christmas, and the fact that it bring family together for a little bit more togetherness time! We had such a great time at Nene and Poppy's house this year, and the kids had a blast playing together.

Songs of the Season

Each year at Christmas time all of the church choirs and music groups get together and put on a wonderful concert. Taylor’s group sang first and they did a phenomenal job. Taylor always hands close to his friend “Taylor the girl”. These two are so very sweet – they have know each other most of their lives. "Taylor the girl" is in the third grade, so she is a couple years older than Taylor, but she watches over him like a big sister.

Baby Shower

One of my coworkers is having a baby, and a couple weeks ago we throw her a baby shower at the Tea Room here in town. It was so girl, but the guys were a really good sport as always. I love the team that I work with.

Parents to be:

2 Year Old Christmas Performance

I love Emma Grace’s school. They always have the best performances with the children. Emma Grace did a really good job standing up in front of everyone. She would start waving and say “Hi Mommy” “Hi Mommy.”

Fayetteville Christmas Lights

One of our favorite things to do this time of year is visit the light at the Fayetteville square. Ryan and I spent many of winters visiting these lights while we were dating and in school, and we love to share the experience with our children. Ryan actually proposed to me this time of year, after we had visited the light on the square. This annual trip always brings back the best memories.

Bentonville Christmas Parade

On the same Saturday as Breakfast with Santa, Taylor was able to participate in the Bentonville Christmas Parade with this Boy Scout group. It was a cold day but Taylor sure was excited to be in the parade.

Taylor's school had a showing:

All Bundled Up:

Breakfast with Santa

One of the childcare programs at our church puts on an annual Breakfast with Santa and it is so much fun. We look forward to this time of year each year. This year we actually landed our pictures with Santa in the local news paper two times!

Before the breakfast we actually met up with Aunt Audrey, Nene, Poppy, Mary, and Emily and did our shopping for some under privileged children. This is our Christmas tradition, instead of exchanging gifts with each other. I will tell you this has been the most rewarding thing for us. There is only so much “stuff” we need, and it just feel better to do for others at this point in our life.