Christmas in Athens

Well, now that I am finally sitting down to blog about the rest of our Christmas trip I'm realizing that I really didn't take that many pictures.  We left Clayton  on Christmas Eve after a yummy lunch and drove down to Athens.  James and Ada (and I!) snoozed on the way.  We arrived at the Bradley's and were so happy to see Grandma, Grandpa and Kyle.  We got settled in and enjoyed some time together.  Grammie and Poppa can over to say hello.  We had fun making personal pizzas for dinner and we so happy that Steven, Shiree and Sandy came over too.  Grandma was very creative with the dough so we got to pick from stars, trees and snowmen.  We drove around the neighborhood before bedtime to look at lights.  The big kids were very excited to share a room with Sandy.  We were worried that it would take a long time for the four of them to fall asleep but it wasn't too bad.  Once the kids were in bed the grown-ups visited a little more and got ready for Christmas morning. 

Christmas morning we woke up and everyone headed to Grandma and Grandpa's room.  We stole their bed while they went to check and make sure Santa came.  They got a fire (and breakfast!) going and then let us out.  The kids were so excited to see that Santa came!  They were worried he might think we were in Maryland but I knew he was too clever for that.  We opened our stockings then had breakfast.  After breakfast we read Luke 2 and opened gifts while we were all together.  The kids got new church clothes so they were able to put them to use right away.  Church was from 10:00 to 11:00 and was very nice.

After church we went to Grammie and Poppas.  We had a nice, light lunch of cheese, crackers and fresh fruit.  We had presents with them and then some much needed quiet time.  Grammie prepared a wonderful dinner that we shared around a very full and happy table.

Hanging out in Grandma & Grandpas room...

...waiting for stockings!

Santa came! 

He filled our stockings!

Yippee!

Wahoo!

Balloons!

Yay for Christmas!

Yay for balloons!

Yay for cousins!

Apparently I completely forgot to take any pictures at Grammie and Poppas.  I am very disappointed.  I will blog about our other Georgia adventures soon.  (Haha!  Do you believe that?!?!?)