Neighborhood Christmas Party

Our neighbors, Jon and Jodie, invited us to their annual Christmas party. Of course, Santa visited and was certainly the highlight of the party, for adults and kids.

Reese was terribly frightened by Santa at first. Rhett found it to be quite humerous. It was interesting though, as soon as we stopped trying to get him to go into the room with Santa, he decided on his own that it might be okay.


Raly was so excited about Santa.

Reese didn't sit on his lap, but he stayed near him the entire time.

Our New Christmas Tradition

So our new tradition began on Saturday morning. We drove to the mountains to cut down our own Christmas tree. The weather was awesome and the kids loved "hiking in the forest." It quickly become obvious that Raly would not like any of the trees that Rhett and I found. She would say, "No, but we'll keep that one in mind." Yeah right! Raly and Reese hiked around with a walking stick. Too funny.

Finally found one: our very own Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

We got it up and Raly couldn't wait to decorate it. It's probably 11 feet tall and it can't hold many ornaments. It can barely support the lights. The kids don't seem to mind and each time I see it I think about our fun adventure. We missed having Bozeman with us that's for sure. He loved the mountains.

Emily and Josh's Wedding

Last weekend, Emily and Josh got married in Atwood. The wedding was quite elegant and the reception hall was gorgeous, and we all had a great time. Our entire extended family was able to attend which was made it even more special. Emily was a beautiful bride and all the hard work by everyone paid off (especially my Mom and Dad). I didn't get many pictures on my camera, but here are a few miscellaneous ones.

Reese hung out with his godfather, Kyle, in the basement of the church. Kyle helped watch Reese while we waited for all the guests to be seated and the wedding to begin.

Raly and Owen didn't want to cooperate for a nice picture, but this is better than nothing.

Raly's hair was so cute. You can't really tell in these pictures, but her hair was very curly.

Emily decorated the bridesmaids' toes with flowers. It kept her busy so she

wouldn't think about being nervous.