- Setting up the nativity set in the front yard with the grandkids and hanging the Christmas lights on the house on the day after Thanksgiving.
- Celebrating Matt's 25th birthday on Nov. 29, and Carol's birthday on Dec. 5.
- Going to see the opening night of the Rockette's Christmas performance (courtesy of my sister), with my sister, her husband and friends, Carol, our two youngest kids and their dates.
- Going to our Sunday School class's Christmas fellowship, and hosting our 21st annual neighborhood Christmas party.
- Going to our church's fantastic Christmas concert, with choir and orchestra, and sitting in a packed out sanctuary on the second night of the performance.
- Traveling to Illinois with Carol, as we spent Christmas and a few days before with our kids and grandkids there.
- Attending the Christmas Eve service at the church where our son Daniel serves as the pastor.
- Stopping by Arkansas on the way home to see my brother, my sister, their spouses and some other family members.
- Exchanging presents and celebrating a late Christmas with the Dallas-Fort Worth kids.
- Celebrating New Year's Eve with friends and family as we watched Tennessee play Virginia Tech in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl.
- Too many other wonderful times at church, with family, friends, co-workers and clients to mention, and even driving around listening to Christmas carols with a Christmas ornament hanging from the rear view window of my truck.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures of the holidays. The pics are small, but worth clicking onto to get the big picture:
Setting up the Nativity Set with the grandkids, and others:
Birthday celebrations:
Alyssa and her Christmas slide. She was too little to manage sliding down on her bottom, and had to slide down head first on her tummy.
Christmas with Peoria grandkids:
With siblings and siblings-in-laws in Heber Springs, Arkansas:
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