Christmas 2009

We just got back from a fun trip to visit our Ohio family for Christmas. As you can imagine, there are a TON of pictures capturing little Kent's first Christmas, which I'm not going to take the time to upload to blogger. So if you are my friend on facebook, that is what I would recommend looking at for more pics.

Here is a picture at my Grandma Teeter's house of all of us Collins/Rhodes together for a family pic. It was so fun hanging out with mom, dad, Kristen, Tim & Julie. Kent did all kinds of fun tricks for them, and was a joy to be around.


Here is a picture of Great-Grandpa & Great-Grandma Teeters with us and Kent on Christmas Eve. It is a tradition for my grandparents to come over for a special Christmas Eve dinner every year at my parent's house. Over the years mom has prepared some delicious meals, which are fun memories to talk about to this day. This year she made a roast turkey, Grandpa Collins' sausage dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, homemade rolls, and baked alaska for dessert. Yum!

Here are all of the "kids" (as my parents would say) on Christmas morning, with the addition of Kent. Don't we look cute in our new pajamas from my mom? (another tradition: mom buys us all new pajamas on Christmas Eve, which we open in a gift. This way, the pictures of us on Christmas morning actually look good instead of us being in old ratty pajamas).

A Rhodes Family picture in front of the tree on Christmas Eve. Kent kind of has a smile, which is the best we can do for now. Our camera flashes are just too slow for this fast guy.

Aunt Julie & Uncle Tim being the proud aunt & uncle on Christmas Eve. They had such a fun time with little Kent, along with Aunt Kristen.

What a blessing it was to be able to travel to Ohio for Christmas. We didn't get snow on Christmas day (but Dallas did...weird!), but did get some snow a few days later, which was beautiful.

Hope everyone else out there had a blessed Christmas!