The Ely Trio: Be Merry (part II)

Christmas week was a BUSY week! We got back to Jackson in time to meet my Aunt Elane and cousins Bo and Reid who had just arrived from Atlanta. As I've previously said, my family is quite competitive and we LOVE to play games, so game night ensued directly after dinner. I don't remember what they played or who won, but I know there was LOTS of laughter and yelling and screaming!

The next day we went to "Christmas in Canton" to see all the lights. IT WAS FREEZING! We took a quick stroll around the square and finally found a shop selling coffee & beignets to warm us up. The line was out the door so by the time we got to the front they'd run out of beignets and all the coffee was cold! What a bust. I'm pretty sure we spent more time sitting in traffic than we did actually looking at the lights.

We look rough and H-bomb wouldn't look at the camera for anything but it's one of the few pictures of all 3 of us so I had to include it.

A slightly better picture of the girls!

On Thursday we went on our annual (ANNUAL?? this is just our second year, but it sounds good) trip to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa. One of the Santa's there is the husband of one of my Co-workers so we had to go when he was working. H-bomb got all fixed up in her Christmas outfit, her hair was just right, we practiced smiling and that girl wouldn't even hardly look at the camera once she got in Santa's lap! STINKER!

I guess she was cute enough sans smiling because Santa was still good to her Christmas morning!

On Christmas Eve we went to church with my Mom. H-bomb stayed in the service about 30 whole seconds before we took her to the "nursery" which consisted of 2 babies and about 1 toy. They pulled out a riding toy for her and I was told they had to pull her around on it the entire time I was gone or she would start crying again. (She knows how to work people) The service was nice, very traditional, which reminded me of Christmas Eve services at FBC Picayune where I grew up. I'm glad we went! No pictures of this event, sorry we were at church!

Christmas Eve didn't end there for Jeff and me. We were up until the wee hours of the morning helping "Santa" with some last minute projects. Jeff was getting high from paint fumes in the garage and I was sewing like a mad woman. It was awesome!