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This past weekend, Randy was in Hudson's room, and Hudson was being a little cranky about going somewhere later that day.

Randy: "Hudson, you're being ornery (one of Randy's favorite adjectives)."

Hudson: "Well, you're being . . . unreasonable." (crack me up!)

Randy got the giggles and had to walk away.

It was a very merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas -- God is so good and His blessings are amazing. We spent Christmas Eve in Seymour at Providence Baptist Church and then at the Williams Family Gathering at Cousin Jean's house.

This is Olivia with (2nd) cousin Shelby Williams. She's the daughter of Steve and Kim. I never realized how much they look alike until now!

Hudson with Santa (Jean) Claus.

Once home, we opened the traditional Christmas Eve presents (new PJs!), read the Christmas story out of Luke, and left Santa snacks.

And then it was MORNING . . .

Olivia received a new pair of Heelys, a basketball, the Wii and Super MarioKart. Hudson got the Bat Cave, an Army playset, a football ("that you can kick"), and a 'dog that swims'. Gracious! The stockings were full as well -- for all of us including Nana and Aunt B!

We took a break after Santa to have Christmas brunch -- country ham, biscuits & gravy ('pair food' for all you Bobby Earl fans), sausage balls, potato casserole, fruit, etc. YUM!!

The first present the kids opened after brunch was the BIG one that had been on the hearth for nearly two weeks. It was from GrannyPat and GrandDaddy -- Biscuit the FurReal dog. They were so excited because they had asked Santa for this, but he didn't bring it. Apparently, Santa already had a deal worked out with G'Pat & G'Daddy! I love this dog -- not shedding, no clean up, no vet trips!

Livvy got an iPod (thanks to Daddy!), and Randy got an iPod (thanks to me!).

"Gotta Getta Garmin" - yea! And, a fabulous Coach bag -- Randy did good!

Hudson stayed on the floor in front of the hearth in his Pjs for about a day and a half. We finally made him put on clothes sometime in the afternoon of the 26th! He said it was his 'bestest Christmas ever!'.

The Tree

Well, it's finally time to post pictures from The Living Christmas Tree. What a blessing to be part of this outreach with our church. We absolutely l-o-v-e it! The preparation is fun, the production days are exhausting, and the outcome is amazing -- so many people come to know Christ that it makes you want to do The Tree every week. Well, I might not go that far . . .

The Toy Soldier Brigade! I'm pretty easy to spot with my curls.

Me and Liv (Blind Girl) just before her scene.

Here she is, being healed by Jesus. I'm in the crowd looking quite concerned (ha!) She did so well with both 'acting blind' and singing. So proud of her!

The three little sheperds hanging out backstage: Parker, Hudson and Jack.

Randy has waited 4 years to finally be a Roman Soldier. I'm pretty sure he was just all about the costume! Hudson liked the costume as well and had to bring his armor one night to "play swords with Daddy"!


This is us just before the heaven scene of the final performance. It was so cool to have all four of us in the cast this year and to go to heaven together -- it's an annual family trip, now!

Frosty the Snowman

The quality of this footage isn't the greatest, but it's still worth sharing. Olivia's recorder version of Frosty is precious, and Hudson playing the guitar is hilarious! He's such a 'straight man' and does that role well. This reminds me of the quirky trio that plays on SNL sometimes. Enjoy! (oh, yeah, turn down the volume on my playlist first; it's at the bottom of the blog)