10 1/2 months

9 months

How well do you know your family?

We spent Christmas Eve with my family over at my sister's house. Walked in to find a FAMILY tree with ornaments that Chris and Alyssa had bought to represent each one of us. We were each given a piece of paper and had to figure out which ornament belonged to who. Some came easy but some of them could be multiple people so we did our best to place an ornament with each person.

Oops, not pictured- basketball, purse, policeman, Dallas Cowboys and U of A ornaments.
Being the competitive family that we are, our papers were passed to the person on our right to be graded.

Rod was the winner, go figure!

Afterwards we turned off all the lights and had to illuminate his crown with a flashlight.

Darn!! How could I have missed the "golden child's" crown? The biggest ornament right in the front of the tree. I thought it was Alyssa's princess crown.

This was really fun and we all decided we need to continue this each year adding ornaments as our family grows with marriages and grandchildren.

Answers to be revealed after Kyle and Ashley try, since they were in South Carolina.

Decisions, Decisions??

What should we do?

Oh my!

I guess this is what happens when you shop at Cabela's for a Daddy's Day Out!

Where is the pink bow!

A baby

for Bella to put in her stroller. Thanks to Baca!

So big!

Thinking Bella will be an early walker. Slow down girl you're only 7 months old!

My attempt....

at keeping the babies away from the tree. Off to the store to get some corner protectors for the end table. Let's see if it works.

Swinging

Make sure your volume is turned up.

First tooth

Brannon gathering

Gathered at Charlie and Nan's house to celebrate October birthdays while Patti and Bill were in town from Georgia.

We were all surprised to see Tim who has been living in Hollywood and not able to join us for the last few years.

Bella provided the entertainment for the night. We all just sat and watched her.

Brannon tradition...family photo.

and a crazy one.

Wanted it to look like this....

had to settle for this.

Not exactly what I wanted but, I like it!

Yucky!

Not really liking the bananas.