The Vickery Version: December 2009

Our First Christmas Party!

We are still alive...even though we never blog anymore...I tried to catch up for the last few months so check all of the posts below this one.

Ellison got this new outfit last night at the Lister Family Christmas Dinner.
Every year, we get together with the Lister side of the family on the Friday before Christmas.

Ellison enjoyed all of the excitement, but was soon very, very tired.

We put his Christmas pajamas on so we could enjoy the occasion
even more...his hat was a little small.

He loves spoons for some reason.

Uncle Jerry and Aunt Carolyn giving him his gift. It was a

toy cell phone...thanks so much for all of the wonderful gifts.

We love them all.

Last weekend, Ellison and I went to a baby shower for my sweet friend Julie and her precious daughter Hannah. Julie and Michael are missionaries and are home for a few months. The FNA reunited to give Julie a shower before she and Michael return to Southeast Asia. We had a great time with everyone. It is funny because the FNA has definitely grown...or at least our families have. We all have children now...nine total...I think...it was hard to keep up with them all.

Olivia and Gibson having a big time!

Ellison played his little heart out and then the crying began.
He was so tired because he had missed his morning nap.

Julie and Hannah.

Uncle Chad turned 40 this year so we had a surprise party for him.

He was totally surprised...can you tell? Sheila did a great job keeping the secret.

Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving, we went to the lake on Wednesday night and stayed until Thursday around lunch time. We had a great time with MaMa, Aunt Dana, Uncle Michael, Grace Ann, Uncle Chad, Aunt Sheila, Chase, and Sophie. Ellison did pretty good considering the boys stayed up late playing video games. Chase and Matthew tried to fish in the freezing cold, but they had no luck.
We took some family pics with Aunt Dana being the very "professional" photographer. On Thursday, we also went to my grandmother's house to visit with my side of the family. We ate another Thanksgiving meal on Saturday night with my other grandmother. We were turkied out by the end of the weekend.