Our First Christmas (1/6/06)

Our first Christmas together has come and gone. It was so wonderful! We are both lucky that our families all live near us, so we didn't have to travel and were able to see nearly everyone. Our Christmas celebrations spanned 3 days. Beginning on Christmas Eve, we had a dinner with my mother's family, the Taylors, around 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone was there, 4 generations of Taylors. Here are a few pictures from that day.



This is the cute little snowball I made for the party. It found its way around to at least 4 different Christmas dinners that weekend. I was hoping someone would finish him off, but we had at least half of him left in the end.



Here's a family photo of Mamaw and Papaw and their 4 children: Mike, Billy, Lana, and Kim. I wish it were a little closer up. I may try to edit it later on.



The Taylor grandkids: Jeremy, Josh, Paul, me (Britney), Mellissa, and Michael. Shane isn't in the picture because he had already left.



Lana and her boys, Josh and Jeremy. They're bigger than she is now!



Josh and his new fiancee, Kelly. Aren't they cute together? I think the wedding is set for September 2006.



Jeremy and his girlfriend of 4 years, Laura. So cute!

Next, we went to the Hodges (Brad's mother's family) in Clinton for Christmas Eve. Following tradition, we all went to eat at Waffle House that night. Brad and I spent the night at their house, sleeping on the floor. We tried to go to Midnight Mass at the local Catholic church, but they weren't having it. The next morning, we got up and went to my dad's family's Christmas dinner in Brandon. Everyone was there, except for my 3 cousins from Grenada, who were at their other grandparents' house.



The Howell men. Not sure what they're doing in the kitchen. Probably waiting for the food to get done cooking. From the left, Johnny, Sammie (my dad), Papaw, and Mark.



My little cousins. Matt, who is Mark's son, and his wife, Melinda's 3 children, my newest cousins. They were all so well-behaved. Nothing like me and my other 3 cousins were at that age.



Mom and Dad in front of the tree. I thought I'd never get Daddy to smile for the camera.



Brad and I in front of Mamaw and Sissy's beautiful tree. And best of all, it still had our old ornaments on it from when we were little. You know, the one's with our names on them. So cute!

Blogger won't allow me to add anymore pics to this blog, so I will continue Christmas with the next one.