"Christmas Memories...Stretched Between the Pictures on My Blog"

Aydan, all ready for the Christmas Eve celebration!
Brinna, on the phone, as usual...Whoa...watch out Martha Stewart...hostess with the mostest?
Maryn, sitting in her clean room....what?....yes, it happens once a year...
Bret's cousins, Luke and Shawna (with an "a"), our Christmas Eve guests...
Our good friends, Alisha and Ryan, contemplating our Christmas spirit...
The adorable kids of Ryan and Alisha,...Sydney and Josh...
Shawn's "Lucy!...you got some 'splainin' to do!" red bow....festive!
Clayton, reading our traditional "Texas Night Before Christmas"
Joseph and Mary, of course....played by Aydan and Sydney
The entire cast of the nativity scene...interesting costume choices this year, kids...
Aydan, with his great friend, Sydney...for their bi-annual hug...
Christmas jammie time....er....I guess Bret wasn't that happy...and Clayton appears to be snoozing...
Christmas jammies with Clayton, Maryn, Shawn, Brinna and Aydan
Christmas day, after returning home from church...present opening time!

Maryn and Aydan...

Brinna and Maryn...

Clayton....(er....a homeless person?)....and Shawn...

Aydan in his new robe with Daddy Bret...

Shawn and Bret...still the loving couple...

The aftermath of Christmas......

After taking off the lights.....this is what was left of the tree...notice the amount of needles on the floor.....crazy!

.....Only thing to do is cut off the branches and throw them out the window!...

AAAAHHHHHHHH.....those Christmas memories...

Christmas 2005 came and went, but we have pictures to remember....

Friends, family, good times....

It was good this year....