Christmas Eve

Paw-paw and Nana with the girls.

Christmas Eve at Aunt Patti's-wow, it's warm out here!

Uncle Phil with the girls.

Carter and Sophie

Tanner has a visit with a cheery Santa-Uncle Mike!

Paula and Uncle Bobby

Morgan and Sophie

Sibling reunion-Mike, Bobby, Patti and Pat (Paula's dad)

Abbie with silly Skyler in the background.  They are birthday buddies.  =)

Our family in front of Aunt Patti and Uncle John's tree

Keri and Tanner


We had Christmas with the Waggoner clan on Christmas Eve at Aunt Patti and Uncle John's home this year.  It was really warm!  Everyone had a great time.  There was lots of good food, fellowship and we opened some gifts!  Our family did not have to travel far for the Christmas Eve celebration which was nice but when our family was ready to leave, one of our tires got stuck in the ditch.  Paula had to run back into the house to recruit some muscle men in the family to get us out.  =)  Sierra's favorite gift was the gnome that she received as a gag gift (just kidding).  Our family had no idea when we gave a gnome as a gag gift that Sierra is terrified of gnomes.  Whoops!  I'm so glad that the Waggoner clan has kept up the tradition of getting together every year on Christmas Eve.  It's great being able to spend with family.

Jamestown

Abbie loves to help make Smoothies

Abbie loved exploring the houses at Jamestown Settlement's Powhatan Indian Village

A bald eagle

Abbie at the helm of the Discovery

We attended a concert of 17th century music at the chapel at Jamestown.

On our visit to Virginia, we visited Jamestown Settlement one day.  The girls loved learning about how the Indians and settlers at Jamestown.  Abbie loved learning about 17th century food preparation. The girls also liked climbing on the reproductions of the ships the Susan Constant and the Discovery.  We also saw two bald eagles high up in a tree.  We had a great time.

After Christmas Fun in Virginia

Abbie and Sophie in the French part of Busch Gardens.

Our family at Busch Gardens.  

Sophie and Paula at the North Pole-Busch Gardens

Abbie and Sophie

Abbie and Sophie in England at Busch Gardens

The girls coordinated well with these trees.

On the day after Christmas, our family drove to Richmond, VA to celebrate Christmas with Matt's family.  Thankfully, the weather was somewhat warm so there was no snow but we did have to contend with some rain.  In fact, it was the warmest Christmas that I can remember.  We spent Christmas in Nashville with Paula's family and the high was 75 degrees or so on Christmas Eve.  Christmas Day was pretty warm too.  We had a good trip to Virginia.  We were able to be with Matt's mom, sister and brother in law and Matt's aunt and uncle, JoAnne and Gary.   We had a fun time driving over to Williamsburg on New Years Eve and visiting Christmas Town at Busch Gardens.   They decorate everything so pretty for Christmas at Busch Gardens and there are several fun Christmas shows.  It was kind of rainy when we first got there but the rain slacked off.  When the sun went down it was pretty chilly but it wasn't unbearable.   They had a new ice skating show this year with a former Olympian named Elvis Stoyko from Canada.