Monday, January 6, 2014

Porter Christmas

Matt and I celebrated Christmas together at home before we took off to east Texas and north Texas to visit family. As you've seen in years past, we don't decorate a whole lot just yet. One day (though probably not until kids are involved!) we'll get a little more "in the Christmas spirit."

Here is our Christmas tree (with our homemade star!) and gifts.


Ginny has a stocking, too (or as our nephew Jonathan says, a "snocking"). We got her a little squeaky toy and I accidentally squeezed it when putting it in the stocking. That definitely got her attention! I hung it on the wall and she immediately started barking, growling (or "talking" as we say), and walking back and forth between the stocking and us, poking her nose around. We were cracking up. She definitely knew it was for her, and she was ready to open stockings!




FINALLY, it's time to open stockings!


She didn't waste any time...


Matt got me some jewelry, a nice coffee mug, a fanny pack (YES, I wanted one... back off!), a new shirt, and some other fun stocking stuffers.


I got Matt a NASA shirt (he was really into NASA stuff as a kid), a cool FFA mug (also a kid-Matt thing), and a trombone book, and some stocking stuffers.


And of course Ginny got her squeaky bone....




...which kept her busy long enough for us to open our presents before she destroyed it. :)


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Gainesville Christmas

First of all, I stole all of these pictures from my mother. :) There is a whole album full of pictures on her Facebook page, but I'll just share a few.

We got to spend a few days in Gainesville, and one day with EVERYONE! It was great! We got to spend time with our newest nephew, Atlas (who is way sweet, by the way), and have a blast with all of the other kids, too. They are all pretty sweet!




Athens Christmas

We got to spend a few days in Athens to celebrate Christmas with Matt's family. We went to ICE! at the Gaylord, which was pretty neat, but super cold. It took a while to get the feeling back in my fingers and toes. :)


We also got to spend a lot of time just visiting and hanging out!