Turkey Day, Birthday and Shay's Photo Montage of Christmas

While I have not updated our blog recently (sorry), there have been a lot of happenings since I last posted. Thanksgiving for us was wonderful....we had lunch at Lamar and Laurie's house (David's daddy and step-mom) and dinner at our house with my parents, Dane and Karen, and David's mom and step dad, Lisa and Terry. It was great spending time with our brothers and sisters!

The weekend after Turkey Day was Shay's birthday party. She had a great time with all of her friends and received many wonderful gifts! A sidenote: Shay has been obsessed with taking pictures lately and highjacked the camera at her party. Following is a picture that she took at her party, which is actually a neat picture....a different viewpoint than we are used to.

Christmas was another wonderful holiday....both of my sisters were able to be home for Christmas and David's cousin Bobby was able to be here for two weeks, as well. Before Christmas, David's Grandma Phyllis was able to come down to visit, also. It was great seeing everyone!

We spent Christmas Eve at my grandparents, B & Papa Pat's house for lunch, followed by dinner at David's Papa Cason's house. Santa came to visit everyone at Papa Cason's and Shay could not have been more excited! Steve and Lilly, Shay's cousins, and Ethan, could not have been more terrified! It was definitely a memorable experience!

The next day was Christmas Day! Unfortunately, Ethan was very sick....he was absolutely pitiful! He had to be put on a nebulizer to breathe, but he was still his happy-go-lucky self. Shay and Ethan both got a tremendous amount of presents! Santa brought Shay her very own digital camera, of which she has not put down since opening! Here are a couple pictures that I took:

And Shay's photo montage: