Christmas Extravaganza

Wow.  I don’t even know where to begin.  Our Christmas started off in Virginia with our squadron kids’ Christmas party.  The kids had a blast making crafts, playing games, face painting, and of course, seeing Santa!

   

We were able to spend Christmas in Missouri this year, but decided to have our own little family celebration at home before heading that way.My 3 Christmas Presents

  A new bike! (One of the reasons we did this in VA and not MO)

Showing us some of her gymnastics skills on her new balance beam

As I mentioned before, we were able to spend Christmas this year in Missouri.  It was so great to get to celebrate our Savior’s birth with the people we love most!

12 out of the 13 Crawford grandkids (Bailey Sue was unfortunately sick that day)

Matt and I with my four amazing sisters and three fantastic brothers.  They’re in-laws by marriage, but truly brothers by heart.  (It’s impossible to get everyone looking in one direction when you have 5 people taking pictures at the same time.  It’s like the paparazzi, really.)

Trying to get a picture with Mom & Dad…I have no idea what possessed Carrie and Cammie to pose like this.  I think the hysteria of the day was setting in.  lol

It was a great day celebrating with my side of the family.  Here’s just a taste of our day…

The next day was Christmas morning.  Luckily Santa knew just where to find us! 

Our Christmas celebration continued with Matt’s side of the family.  We did take family photos, but a professional photographer came in and did it and sadly, I have none of those.  I do have some other pics from the day though.

Listening to Aunt Liz play the piano

Seeing if Daddy can hammer out some tunes

 

 

The rest of our trip to Missouri was just spent hanging out with family that we don’t get to see nearly enough.  It was a great trip filled with times that will be cherished forever.