Christmas Eve with The Holmes' Family

Clay and I were fortunate enough to both be off Christmas Eve. This year we all gathered at Clay's parents house. Elizabeth brought the J Crew and Anthony made it as well. Aunt Anne and Richard and Clay's Papa were there for good food and fun. The boys were such big helpers passing out gifts. Taylor even managed to surprise Freida with a boat for the pond this year. I think everyone truly loved everything they got! Fritz even got a couple things. Even though tearing up paper is frowned upon at our house Christmas Eve is a day with few rules, so Fritz got to try and tear the paper off his gift!

Family.

On my last trip to Florida Dad had all of his children together for the first time in a long time. Here are some pictures of all of us from left (youngest) to right (oldest): Toya, Me, Shalina, Rickey, and Mickey.

Mom was also down while I was there so we got a picture of all her children as well: Lina, Me and Toya!

Christmas Tree Shopping...

So Clay and I wanted to take the boys with us shopping for our Christmas tree this year. We wanted to go to the tree farm but found it to be closed when we arrived so we went to Lowes instead. The boys had so much fun going from tree to tree trying to find one for "Uncle Kay and Aunt Tina." Once we had one picked out the boys wanted to come to the farm and help decorate. Joseph wanted to help with the lights. This was just what I needed to keep my thoughts away from my family at home. The boys are growing so much and are so much fun to be around.

Florida Trip

So I was looking at my work schedule when I realized that I had several days off in a row, so I found a cheap plane ticket and headed to Florida for Natoya's 22nd birthday. We had a good time out with friends and family. Then we enjoyed lunch the next afternoon with Dad at Cowboys. The hat they placed on Toya was so worth it! This holiday season I am thankful for family and a job that allows me so much time off to sneek down and spent time with them!

Tristen wanted to get in the Christmas spirit as well so we decorated his FLORIDA GATORS tree for his bedroom. Let's hope Pop Pop does not see it...But no really it was cute and we had a blast.