Christmas at the Ranch
We headed down to San Antonio the day after Christmas to spend time with the grandma, grandpa, Uncle Dave, Aunt Kir, and Uncle Tom. The kids loved the farm. They got to ride on the tractor with grandpa, the cart to "check the fence" and deliver hay and other feed to the cows, and feed the donkey carrots. We also took a trip with grandma to the botanical gardens, where we went to a "Dora and Diego" adventure. We had a blast and the kids can't wait to go back!

Christmas 2007

Our first Christmas together :)

We spent the day together at the zoo on Christmas Eve, then later that evening, we had a meal of honey glazed ham, sweet potatoes, and more. We followed that with opening our family gifts. Amber, Jason, and Jacob "racked" up from the Denning family - I think it was quite overwhelming, but in a good way! Christmas morning, the kids woke up to Santa gifts. We actually had to go get them, because they had never had Santa visit them on Christmas morning (they had Santa in the past, I'm just not sure how it played out). The biggest surprises were bicycles for everyone (well, a tricycle for Jacob), a train set for the boys, and "pet shop" toys for Amber. We spent most of that day outside with our new bicycles - even though it was cold!