Christmas 2008

We spent the holidays in Ft. Stockton with Josh's family- his parents; brother Chris and his fiancee Kylee; his mom's brother and his wife, Jamie and Judy; their daughter Jill, her husband Brad, their two kids Hudson and Carter; their other daughter Jodie; and his grandparents, Memo and Papaw. It was a houseful at times, but it was a lot of fun. We ate entirely too much food while we were there. It got to the point where it felt like we had just eaten even though it had been hours! Mostly we just hung around the house, visited, and played games.

Me, Josh, SuSu, Chris, & Kylee

Bayla- he saw the camera come out and he wanted SuSu to take a picture of him!

Me and Josh

With Memo and Papaw

Add Josh's parents

On Friday Josh and I headed out the family ranch to explore and do some target practice. A few months ago, part of the ranch burned so we wanted to check things out.

Josh eating lunch at the house

I can't remembered what he called this, but it looked really pretty against all the brown

Indian Paintings

More Indian Paintings

I think some of these look like they could be fossils

These next few are part of an area that burned.

Even though it was burned, there were still signs of life!

Indian mound where we found a lot of flint and some pieces of arrowheads

There are a lot of crazy looking cactus out there!

One of the windmills

Josh was taking some pictures, Bayla spotted him, and wanted his picture taken again. I really don't know what his fascination with the camera is!

This was my first Christmas not to spend with my family, which was kind of sad, but that's life, so I really wasn't too bummed.

On Christmas Eve, I got this picture that said they missed me!

And then I got this one from Rylie wish me a Merry Christmas!

Her Grandpa RoRo and Ryan are taking her hunting to Big Bend this weekend, so they spent most of Christmas preparing her for the trip since she's never been. Look at her cute little boots! I'm a little sad that I won't be able to go with her because I really want to be there for her first time out!

I'm heading home tonight and Josh will meet me there tomorrow so we can do Christmas with my family and a New Year's lunch on Thursday. I really can't believe 2009 is here already!