simply having a wonderful Christmas time

we finished up the first semester of the 2010-2011 school year last friday and began our trek to alabama. we stopped off first in louisiana to a wonderful dinner of steak, baked potatoes, and salad by mr joe with emily, emma, and eva.

saturday, we finished the second half of the drive to prattville for christmas with my side of the family. we had a yummy traditional christmas dinner and exchanged presents with all of the family. we were showered far too well with gifts from my family. as always, we shared lots of laughs all night long. my grandmother even had a sleepover at the house and stayed to go to church with us the next morning.my mom also wanted a picture with her children while we were altogether. taking a quick picture with us is never quick though. i think this was about the 6th shot. hope it's the one everyone likes!my great-grandmother could not make it to the get-together, but we did make a special trip to see her before we left. can you believe she will be 99 in february?! (p.s.- she's not jamming out while taking a picture with us. those earbuds are connected to a sort of amplifier that helps her hear the conversation better)