theWHITEfamily: White Christmas 2009

I am not sure what exactly it is...but there was something about this years Christmas that was extra special&magical! Our Christmas was spent giving-eating-laughing and driving!

We drove to Dallas on the night of the 23rd...and it snowed&started icing over by the time we were in Abilene so we stopped and got a room at a hotel. It was not safe to be driving with Lucas in the car. So we had fun hanging out in the hotel, watching the snow come down and watching Polar Express! We all climbed in the big bed and munched on goodies! It was a lot of fun!

On Christmas Eve we made it into the metroplex just in time to beat the huge snow storm that followed us from Lubbock lol! It was the first "white" christmas in 83 years or so! It was beautifulllll ;)!!!! We spent Christmas Eve visiting with my parents and my siblings! We went to church, took some family pics and ate dinner at my grandparents house!

Christmas Day! Santa came and he was GREAT to us! One Santa bought us Tech bowl game tickets&another Santa bought us a weekend stay in a Suite on The river walk in San Antonio! YAY! We all opened presents and ate and napped! It was lovely! We spent the evening back at my grandparents with all of my family! It was awesome to see all of my cousins, aunts, uncles etc! It was most exciting to see Luke play with all of his cousins!

The morning after Christmas we loaded-and I mean loaded lol- our car up for a drive to Lubbock! It was long and a bit exhausting but we talked, played with new toys, ate, listened to the radio and made the best of it. We stopped at our house-unloaded- jumped back into the car and drove to New Mexico...whhhew exhausting lol! But as soon as we saw family we were re-energized! We visited for a bit and then our family opened our presents! We snacked and played family games! It was so peaceful and fun!

Christmas was great for our family! Justin and I love the age Luke is right now! He is so fun to watch open gifts, he loves everything! He got tons of books, puzzles, games, movies, clothes, toy trucks, cd's, toys, music, etc. His favorite gifts were his new keyboard and guitar! So much so, that Justin and I will be taking the keyboard back to Nanny's house and his guitar back to Nana's house lol. Thats allllll we hear in our house right now lol!

Justin and I didnt ask for much for Christmas, but our families made our Christmas the best Christmas ever for realllll. Both our parents went on their own intuitions for gifts and they know us really well!

Christmas 2009 was a very blessed holiday! Luke got to see all of his family and extended family! We had lots of laughs and memories made!