Christmas 2008

We had a "sweet chaos" of a Christmas. As our life would have it, Thad (work)traveled the 18th-25th and the 26th - 28th giving us Christmas day, which of course...was a (family) TRAVEL day! However, I was bound and determined that the three girls would still get dressed up and go to church for Christmas eve services and partake in celebrating Jesus' birth. Savannah kept asking when we were going home, Caroline slept during the service and cried in the car, and my pants didn't fit right.
Afterwards, Savannah and I dined on meatballs and macaroni & cheese and then our wonderful friends - Matt and Mindy Gandy saved the entire day and treated me to a personally delivered meal of beef tenderloin, broccoli and cheese casserole, sweet potato casserole and sinfully good oreo truffles. WOW. I LOVE the GANDY's! We packed and traveled to Fort Smith on Christmas day (read: arrival of 10:30 at night) to see the Shepard clan and then it was on to OKC to see the O'Keefe clan just in time for Thad to get back on an airplane and fly back to Memphis on the 26th. Fun was had by all and we came home on January 3rd loaded with Christmas goodies. We are now officially Toys 'R' Us of East Memphis and we need a second home to actually move around in, sleep in and eat in. Happy New Year!!!

Dressed Up For Christmas Eve Service

Savannah's Christmas Eve present - she is fascinated by all things Narnia.

Caroline - just happy as a clam and no clue what day it is.

Snow White (aka: Savannah) with her well sprinkled "Happy Birthday Jesus" cake

Savannah's Masterpiece

Kori on her brand new lion from Uncle Crazy.

Nanny and Poppa were visited by "Awesome-oh 2000"

Ben was thrilled, Savannah and Kori...terrified.

Savannah, Ben and Poppa dining at Irma's Burger Shack in Midtown-Oklahoma City. Yummy!