Christmas Photos 2024

 Christmas Photos!

A Great Start to 2025

Welcome to 2025!

 

Walker with friends Dylan, Danny, and Avi

So thankful for this group of kids! Well-behaved, smart, kind boys with nice moms! :) 

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Lainey's 11th grade class recently went to Mexico to serve communities near Merida.  She loved every minute of it (except the plumbing). What a meaningful experience...here are some of her photos.

Blue Team, ready to depart from Fort Lauderdale!

Lainey's wearing a turquoise shirt on the back row.

They visited a nursing home for elderly people with varying degrees of disabilities. :) Lainey also sent me many photos of dogs. She wanted to bring home every single one of them!

Happy December! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

a rare sight :)

Gracie and Rascal, ready for a golf cart ride

Going after half of a bunny :( so sad...we interrupted a hawk's meal and Gracie was so interested in the leftovers.

For Ben's birthday, we went to see Robert Earl Keen, Jr. in Lake Wales, Florida. It was so fun.

The next day we rushed back so we could watch Walker play baseball. And hold a puppy.

Lainey in AI :)

Jonnu Smith (Miami Dolphins) visited Ben's hospital. He's such a good guy!

Christmas at home (before going to Texas)...Walker got an electric shaver. :)

First day in Texas! Lunch at Mi Cocina!

snuggles with Penny

more snuggles with Penny

Christmas with the Hagans on December 22nd

Ben with Electra, the cat

and of course, the Cowboy game was on... :)

Tom, playing the piano for Tuck and Emmy

lunch at Country Burger in Plano on December 23rd

annual cousin party (parents were included, too!)

 

lunch at Mama's Pizza on December 24th

(Mama's was established in 1978!)

our family with Ben's elementary school friends John (and family) and Justin 

Ben with John and Justin

Christmas Eve at church!

Christmas morning at Bud and Yiyia's house!

Family Christmas

Lainey and Morgan, December 26th

with friends on the 26th

more friends :)

Walker with his "OG" neighborhood friends (missing Tim and Dominic, both in college!)

David, Daniel, Declan, Thatcher, Nicco, and Walker

playing football at the elementary school across from our old house

final dinner, back at Mi Cocina

(We MISS TexMex!)

Meanwhile, Gracie enjoyed a Christmas brunch!

She loved it!

She also posed for an ornament.

Since Belle was still at the vet, we allowed Gracie upstairs for the first time in a long time... she loved it! She had the best time searching the rooms and getting on every single bed.

She also sat in our new chairs. She's not allowed to do this.

But she's so cute... :)

a little project... I did some supervising :)

Our new "toy" - prominently displayed in our new sitting room.

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Happy New Year! Cheers to 2025!