Sunday, December 28, 2008

Preston with the Becksteads

We had lots of fun in Preston at Nana and Papa's house.  They even changed their traditional Christmas Eve celebration so we could be a part of it this year and we were so glad they did!  We got to open our cousin and grandparent gift and see them open ours.  
Grace opening her gift from Halle - a notepad and cute earrings, a necklace, and a bracelet made by Cait.  
It's probably a good thing Bailey doesn't read our blog - he might not be too amused by Trip in a very "Anne of Green Gables"-ish hat!
Kenyoun and Easton gave Liam and Sam the perfect Ratchford boy gifts - marshmallow guns!  (Now if Sam would only stop sucking on his marshmallows before loading them!)
Sam and Trip.
Our little family.
Declan and his helicopter from Nana and Papa.
I love Liam's face in this one...
...and also this one.
It took Tegan a little while to warm up to Declan and his intense wrestling moves, but by the last few days, they were great buddies.
Halle is one of my favorite babies of all time.  She is so smart and funny!  I couldn't get over her latest trick - winking.  I was trying to capture a wink here, but to no avail.  It makes me laugh so hard!  We also found out that Halle is going to be a big sister!!!
Kid dominos.  This brought me right back to childhood and Uncle Sid lining up all the cousins for this trick!
Lucy and Sam had a great time together and got along so well.
Papa built a gingerbread house with the kids...
...and then tried to turn them all into Papa look-a-likes!



Thanks for everything, Mom and Dad!  We had so much fun!!

3 comments:

Madison Bowman said...

Thank you for taking so many great pictures! It´s not as good as being there, but I love knowing what you guys are up to :).
Love you!

Jenni said...

I'm happy to see the "human domino" tradition continue.

Kris/Mom said...

Please post your pics. They bring back such good memories.