Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas from the Meadows family!

Since our families live in different places, we usually split up the holidays with them and trade out each year.  This year, we spent Christmas with my family in Moulton.  We made our way up to North Alabama on the Saturday before Christmas in order to make it to the Hayes family Christmas.  This year, it was held in a church gym, which made it a whole lot of fun for all the little kids, and big kids too! 

Steven and Sawyer having a blast on Hampton's glider

On Sunday and Monday, we spent a lot of quality time with the family.  It was nice to not be rushed the whole time, which seems to always be the case when we just have a weekend to share together.  As per usual we opened all of our gifts from Mom and Dad on Christmas Eve (we never could wait until Christmas morning).

On Tuesday (Christmas day), Dad read the Christmas story from Luke.  I am so glad that my Mom and Dad have made reading the story of Christ's birth such a priority on Christmas morning.  After all, it is the reason for the celebration!  Later, Grandma, Grandpa, Chis, and Lindsey came over to join us for our big lunch. 

On Christmas night, we always go over to Aunt Sherry's for snacks and games.  It is always so much fun to get to visit with all of our cousins and spend some time with their beautiful kids.  After eating, we played a few rounds of Mafia before calling it a night. 

Every face in this picture is priceless!

Steven says that a trip to Moulton just wouldn't be complete without a stop off at John's for Bar-B-Que.  The BBQ is good, but we mostly just crave the white sauce.  South Alabama has no idea what it is missing!

Since we were not able to be with the Meadows on Christmas day, they all came to our house in Thomasville for the weekend after Christmas.  We still had all the decorations up and pretended that when we woke up Saturday morning it was Christmas.  Steven and I made pancakes and sausage to eat before opening gifts with everyone.  

Later after a quick trip to Dirt Cheap (Conner's favorite spot!), the ladies opted to stay home, relax, and watch movies while the guys went out to explore some local sporting good stores.

 Saturday evening, we had a relaxing dinner at David's Catfish, followed by hot cocoa back at our house.  After church the next morning, the Meadows made their way back to Opelika.  I was sad to see them go because it meant that Christmas was officially over.  That night, Steven and I took down our tree and packed up all of our decorations.  The house seemed so empty without all the decor and lights. 

Our Christmas break was a lot of fun and it was so nice to get to spend so much quality time with our families.  Can't wait until next year!