Family Time

My sister, Carol, & brother in law, Andrew, drove in from Louisville for Christmas this year. We enjoyed a few days with everyone in McKinney after Christmas.


This is Brody's new favorite spot - planning his attack.



Loves his new blocks

Dinner at Babes


After dinner, we walked around the Frisco Square and watched the fun light show set to music.

Traditions

Every year since I can remember the Cutrell side of the family always gets together for a fun Christmas celebration. When we were younger, we would all (20 plus people) pile into a house for a weekend. Now that we are older and the 12 grandchildren are starting their own families we have shortened the celebration to a one day event. I so look forward to this time each year when we can all get together and catch up on life. One of my very favorite traditions is that we read the Christmas story and act it out and have our very own play. My mom has the same box of costumes that we have used since we were all little (angel wings made of tinsel, burger king crowns, and more).  Some of the older cousins required a little more prodding this year to get them to participate but it was a success. Harper was Mary, Brody was a sheep, Jeff was a shepherd, & I was the play director.
A few members of our cast

Hey Ian - I'm not sure if the shepherds had cell phones.

This was the first year that the narrator read from her iphone and not the Bible! Ha!

Mary and her donkey (Papa)

So I forgot to bring a baby doll to play baby Jesus so we grabbed the little tiny figurine from the nativity set that Aunt Ruth had on the coffee table. Harper was a little confused.

Shepherds and their sheep




Mary and a wise man (Aunt Rebekah)

My mom and Mama

The kids and I with Uncle Chris





So thankful for my family!

103!!!!

On Wednesday we celebrated Grandma Jane's 103rd Birthday! She is my great grandmother and lives with my parents in Paris. We love her dearly and are so thankful for her.

A few more from Paris

Here are a few more pics from our weekend in Paris that I liked.
Opening presents is tiring.


Head Bump with Great Grandaddy





A Star in the making

Christmas Part 2 - Paris Edition

Christmas Eve we drove from Cleburne to Paris.  Christmas morning was fun.  We opened presents before heading to my parents Church for the service. The calm before the storm...

Finding a few goodies that Santa brought her

Brody now has a nice collection of balls, trucks and other boy things. 

Dad got Brody a UT football and Jeff got him a Baylor hat.  The Cutrell house will always be divided.

Aunt Carol and Uncle Andrew found this adorable little Dora backpack for Harper

My sisters and I had a canvas print made of this poem that my Dad has in his office. 






Best attempt of a family picture