Christmas

 It is really hard to believe that this is our second Christmas together as husband and wife. We are truly blessed to have all our wonderful family around to celebrate with. This year we did a total of 4 Christmas celebrations (Fletcher's Christmas Eve, Nordman's Christmas, Lockridge's Christmas and Fletcher's Christmas Day)

Tuck and Daisy even got a visit from Santa

Daisy knows that she first must sit before she gets a treat

Christmas Eve

The oldest four cousins got to sit at the adult table for Christmas Eve Dinner

All ten cousins are together for the first time in over a year

One of our many attempts of taking a nice picture

Twins

Brandon got this robe for dad

Uncle Brandon got our puppies lots of fun chew toys

Target Practice

Charles and Dave both got Craftsman stools

All Decorated for Christmas

Our Christmas Tree

This year we did not have a fire-place so we improvised

I saw this in a magazine so I decided I could make it cheaper than I could buy it. I cut down some tree branches from my parents house and spray painted them white, then I decorated it with red and silver bulbs and our personalized Christmas ornaments. I had so much fun making this!

Each Christmas I buy a new ornament and personalize it. I think it will be a fun tradition to continue each year, especially as our family grows!

All the wonderful Christmas cards we got this year

 A Christmas tree in our beach bathroom. I made this one too including the sand and shell ornaments

Bass Lake

The whole Lockridge family rented a cabin at Bass Lake the week before Christmas. It was so much fun and we all agreed that this would be a yearly tradition.
Day 1: We all arrived at the cabin early afternoon on Tuesday. Got the cars unpacked and the cabin fully stocked of yummy food, snacks, games, puzzles, movies and all our sleeping stuff. We wasted no time and got a 1000 piece puzzle started, which we finished in 24 hours. Megan cooked us a wonderful dinner of corn-flake chicken, rice and veggies. We ended the night with the movie Christmas Vacation.
Day 2: Woke up to the smell of coffee and monkey bread knowing that we had nothing to do that day but relax and enjoy each others company. We went on a walk down to the beautiful but very empty lake. Spent the afternoon playing board games, ping pong, and finishing up the puzzle. We all had another wonderful dinner and stayed up way to late playing games.
Day 3: We all woke up early that morning so we could eat breakfast and pack up the cabin. Two days at the cabin was just not long enough so next year we hope to add another day to our Lockridge Family Vacation.

The whole family

Uncle Charlie and Levi enjoying breakfast together

Auntie Christina and baby Caleb " I love that he is so snugly"

Games at the cabin "Lots of good Laughs"

Water Dogs

I am pretty sure that our dogs love the water and they will do just about anything to get wet. This weekend I turned on the water for my shower so it would be nice and warm when I got in, I walked away for a few minutes and came back to find both my dogs in the shower. It was so funny they were both sitting down with the water running down their backs. I could not resist but to take a picture. I have to say that I sure do love my crazy dogs!