The Holidays are over!

The trip to Utah and Idaho was successful and we have arrived back home to our little bungalow in south central Texas. We enjoyed the time with family and the great get away from our daily work schedule. It seems that the get aways are never long enough. It is so hard to leave and say good bye to family and good times.

Here are our Nativity players for this year's nativity. Lily was the angel. McKay (David's sister Julie's boy) was Joseph. Amber (David's brother John's daughter) was Mary. The sheppard's were Kayla (David's brother John's daughter), MaKynzee and Brookelyn, our granddaughters (Ivy was suppose to be a sheppard but she wouldn't keep her sheppard hat on and kept running around). The wiseman were Lukas, Alex, Kira our grandchildren. Good Uncle Garrett was the donkey.

Kira received a workbench with tools for Christmas. We were opening presents and we looked over and Alex had put on the goggles and was playing construction man with the tools. He even knew what to do with the tools.

Melanie, Brandee and Garrett took some of the grandkids sledding by the church near Christina's house. There's a nice little hill there. Here they are ready to go. Melanie took the picture. The grandkids are Melanie's three, Alex, Lily, and Ivy and Brandee's two, Lukas and MaKynzee. Christina's two were sick with colds so they stayed home.

Here is Melanie on the sled with her three, Alex, Lily and Ivy.

Cute way to help little sister up the hill. Here is Lily trying to push Ivy up the hill with her head. It made me chuckle.

Here are the boys! Uncle Garrett with Lukas and Alex!

Five cute little angels or holy terrors (depending on the day and time) and Uncle Garrett making angels in the snow.

The snow wouldn't pack and since the San Antonioians don't get snow they made a snowman laying down. Here are Melanie, Lukas, MaKynzee and Lily laying next to their snowman.

We had a great time wish it could never end. We start back to the old grindmill tomorrow!