Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Christmas in Atlanta

The Anderson Family... seven grandchildren and counting...
Andy and Ocean... looking so cute for church on Christmas Eve

After our trip to St. Petersburg and Jacksonville, we were home in California for just seven days before heading to Atlanta. While we were in Atlanta, we made a quick trip over to Montgomery to see Daddy's family one more time before he deployed. The boys had a great time playing at Uncle Wil's farm.

Then we headed back to Atlanta to celebrate with Mommy's side of the family. It was fun to see everyone after six long months. The cousins had a great time playing together and getting spoiled by Grammy and Granddad! We feel blessed that Grammy and Grandad have a house big enough for our entire family and more to come and stay for the holidays!

Montgomery, Alabama

Playing in the front yard after Andy's very first hunting trip! Sadly, they didn't see any deer.

The boys got new fishing poles from Memaw and Papaw, but after too much instruction from the grown-ups, they decided they would rather fish with sticks by themselves.Daddy caught a real fish for for the boys... with one of their fishing poles. One last hunting trip before heading back to Atlanta for Christmas.

Atlanta, Georgia

Grandad gave the boys some mini guitar lessons.
Playing with the cousins.Christmas Eve... new pajamas from Grammy and Grandad
We always start Christmas morning with breakfast casserole and then Grandad reads us the story of Christ's birth from the Bible.Grand-Charlotte got to spend Christmas morning with us this year.
We sure did miss having Grandad Fain with us!.Christmas morning is always exciting with so many little cousins.
We all take turns opening presents, so we have a fun and long Christmas morning!
...presents...Christmas 2008We had a lot more of our extended family come to visit after Christmas. It is always busy in Atlanta, but wonderful to see everyone!...climbing the big tree at the park...

Our holiday trips were great! After so much traveling we were ready to get the boys home and back on schedule.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Katie, I LOVE seeing all of the pictures of your family together at Christmas! So many great memories for your boys! It reminds me of the times when we got to be together as cousins around the holidays. :)