Blessed Christmas

We were once again blessed with a wonderful Christmas with tons of family. We left Brownsville on December 18th and headed to Jackson, MS where both sides of our family are. We enjoyed spending time with MANY family members and never found a dull moment.

For some reason the Picasa slideshows weren't working when I posted this so I've put a link to all the pictures at the bottom. There are some great ones so check them out.

We started out Christmas Eve going to St. Richard's (Clark's home church and parents' church) then came back to the Converse's for dinner and presents with his side of the family.

Then the kids dressed in their new Christmas pajamas, wrote letters to Santa and went to bed. The next morning was Christmas at the Converse's. Santa brought Clayton and Katie Ipods, Camille an art desk and a Wii for the family. WHAT FUN!!

Christmas night we went to my Aunt Jennie and Uncle Curtis' house for Christmas with my family. The big hit of the night was when my cousin Seth (who plays for the Colorado Rockies) gave Clayton a 2007 World Series ball signed by the Rockies and some other Rockies items. It was also quite funny trying to get all the great-grandchildren to sit still for a picture.

Christmas night we spent the night at my Mom's house so we could open presents and have a huge breakfast there next morning. I think I'm still recovering from all the biscuits and bacon.

We rounded out the Christmas activites with dinner and presents and my Dad and Stepmom's house. It was such a wonderful way to end up our family Christmas time!

Here's the link to all the pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/mamiewnc/Christmas

Cookies and Caroling

We had some friends over last night for cookies, hot chocolate and cider. Then we went caroling and had so much fun.



We decided to go to the firehouse, but had a hard time finding any firefighters. Finally we found one and he said he'd open the door for the others, but when he opened the door it was just the fire trucks but we kept singing. Finally, one other firefighter poked his head around the corner. It was pretty funny so we asked the two men to take their picture with us. We TOTALLY loved caroling to firetrucks!!

Making Cookies

We're having people over on Tuesday for Cookies and Caroling so the Kaite, Camille and I made cookies today.

Camille's haircut for Locks of Love

Camille's hair has always been long, but she decided that she wanted to grow it loooong for Locks of Love (http://locksoflove.org/). As you can see in the pictures, today was the big day. I have to admit I did tear up as Kelly made the first cut, but Camille and I both love it and I think she'll really enjoy it. She also loves the idea that her hair will help a sick child have some hair of his/her own.