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!'.