Christmas with the Thurmon's

I know everyone has their favorite thing about Christmas. As a child, I would have told you the presents, but now it means oh so much more. I have so many vivid memories of Christmas Eve and Christmas morning and few of them revolve around any present I received. Most of them include singing (out of tune) as a family a Christmas carol or two, telling the year to the camera (and often leaving out a number), smelling smoke by the tree (one of the younger cousin's baby doll was melting on a spotlight), cooking in the kitchen with all of my favorite "chefs", decorating cookies with just the girls, walking down the hall to be on the video camera every Christmas morning (except this year), and the list goes on and on. My ongoing Christmas wish is that Carson will be able to write his own book of Christmas memories that revolve around a family that truly knows what love is...


KK and C

The tree...oh this tree holds sooooo many memories. Literally, everything is on that tree!

Sometimes the best things in life just go unspoken. Here is one of those times. You had to be there to understand. We will let the pictures speak for themselves. Imagine me gasping for air as you view them (especially the last one!).






(You can probably view this on You Tube.)


Exchanging gifts with our cousins!

I don't think he is going to need any help!

"Could this thing be any cooler?"

Part of our sweet family!

Who needs toys when you can have a box???

The stockings...Mom handmade each one of these when we were little. Last year, she added two new names to the family so all of ours got a little makeover.

Sweet cousins...Logan and Carson

Carson has a new love of laundry baskets! Whether it is taking a ride in one or putting one on his head, he thinks they are the greatest toy!