Christmas photos!

Here a peek into our three celebrations. We are blessed to live so close to most of our family. My sister's family in London are the only ones far from us at this time.

Christmas #1: With Dan's side of the family on Christmas Eve
Here are Dan's parents with all their grandchildren. If the kids look antsy, it is because this was taken right before present-opening time on Christmas Eve.


Here are Dan's Grandma and Grandpa Hickman. This is their first Christmas since they moved to Oregon from Texas last Spring. They have been married for 66 years!

Here is Dan's sister, Linda, with her boyfriend, Christian, who came up from Paraguay for Christmas. They met on the Doulos ship during the summer of 08. This was their first time together since they started dating.

Dan's mom made Claire this beautiful wall hanging for her room.

Here is Great-grandma Hickman and her namesake, Claire Rose.

Kid's table!

Christmas #2: The four of us at home on Christmas morning
Here is Matthew, about to open his stocking on Christmas morning.

Matthew with his new Blazer T-Shirt!

These next few pictures are for the Meads to see Matthew enjoying his presents from his England cousins and Auntie and Uncle!





Christmas #3: with my side of the family on the 26th


Here is my Aunt Carol with Claire:

Matthew got lots of Disney's "Cars" stuff for Christmas, including this tent from Aunt Carol.

We went to zoo lights. It was super cold, but fun!


Daddy doing his best Claire impression:

I love being a mommy!

On the 29th, we got a freak snowstorm. We got almost five inches in just a few hours. My aunt was at our house and she and Matthew had a blast building a Matthew-sized snowman.



It was Claire's first snow!


Thanks for stopping by!