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Remi in his cute "Merry Christmas" outfit

Family Christmas Pics!

So....every year on Christmas Eve we go to mass then go to my parents and my sister and I open 1 gift a each. Usually my mom chooses the gift because she knows what we'd rather have early (usually clothes, jewelry, etc). Well this year...everything went as planned-my mom had huge wrapped boxes for Heidi and I to open. I actually had wrapped them and knew exactly what was in them...mine=nothing, heidi's=DIAMOND RING.

Heidi and Rob met 3 years ago, on Christmas Eve, so his plan was to propose to her on Christmas Eve of this year. Heidi, like most girls, is very unpredictable so...we were worried the plan might fail if she didn't' want to go to mass, couldn't find something to wear, didn't feel like coming over or was running late,  etc...Plan worked. Mass, moms for gifts=proposal then off to my aunt and uncles' for a wonderful sit down dinner and ENGAGEMENT CELEBRATION!

 

Molly & Mattie after mass....having absolutely NO idea what is about to happen

So I made Nic hide in another room and take pictures=)

The newly engaged couple!!! 

 The bride-to-be and her matron of honor!!!

 

Hampton

Jane, Jordan and baby Ellie!


Allen and Diane

All the girl cousins

Christmas this year was a bit different than most but I think it was by far my most memorable! Christmas morning I went to my uncles to see what all his kids got from Santa and needless to say their faces were lit up and all they could do was go on and on about all the wonderful stuff they got. I cried. My heart was so filled and I was soo soo happy. As I mentioned before, they lost their mom this past October so as you can imagine...the first Christmas was going to be a rough one but...guess what... WE MADE IT!

 
Silly string was a bad idea, Santa.

 

Stratton loved everything he got and even told me this was "the best Christmas ever" and that he was bad all year!

                                                                            Mattie

                                                                    Mattie & Molly

                                                                           Townsend

Everyone seemed to have a good Christmas this year. After the Derivaux's, I went home and did Santa and gifts with my parents, then to my grandmother Derivaux's, then Haden grandparents for lunch and THEN... to Morton to spend Christmas night with Nic's family. EXHAUSTED!

I racked up this year...got jewelry, a new ipod, oil painting of Remi (quite possibly my favorite gift), shoes, and lots of girly and house stuff=)

More posting later..pictures take too long!