The Kozel Family

The Kozel Family

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Christmas 2011

Christmas was great!   Grandma, Papaw, and Uncle Jim were here to enjoy the morning festivities.  I felt much better, and we all had a blast watching you two open your presents.  
Wyatt wanted a two-wheeled scooter, a new Buzz, and Zombie Lab.

Lily liked the paper much more than the gifts.

Stocking stuffer surprise!

Lily's loot (notice she is still playing with the paper)

Great minds think alike!

After presents and some breakfast, we piled into the minivan and headed to Uniontown to celebrate with Nona and Papa.  Lily, you sweet girl, you slept the entire way!   Aunt Anita, Uncle Chris, and Amelia didn't get into town until the next day, so we waited until then to open presents and have our big family Christmas dinner.  Addie and Emery were there,which made everything extra fun.
 
Lily. Lily, Lily.  You finally liked Daddy enough to go to him fairly consistently, but everyone else was still chopped liver.  You wouldn't go to ANYONE!  And then, right after our Christmas feast, Mikey picked you up and started playing with you.  And you liked it.  Whoa!  Everyone was very impressed and quite envious that you chose him over anyone else!


Amelia is getting so big!

Present time!

This was from PaPa.  You were pumped!

Amelia liked this toy of yours so much that she got one of her own the next day!  :)
Lily:  I can't believe we got the next shots.  Emery and Addie were so happy that they got to hold you.  Granted, you cried about 30 seconds after each of these pictures were taken, but you were happy for a minute or two!  We have evidence:




After some fun in Uniontown, we traveled down to Parkersburg.
We visited with Rachel, Oliver, and the rest of Rachel's family.
We had our annual family get-together, too.  Relatives that showed up this year included:
Aunt Jamie, Uncle David, Shae, Cameron, Hannah, Aunt Terri, Uncle John, Ben, Laura, Ted, Sophie, Andy, Courtney, Rae Ellen and Bill Stuart, Aunty Chrissy, Big Jim, Lisa V., and of course us, Grandma, Papaw, and Uncle Jim.

Wyatt, you and Ted hadn't seen each other in two years.  You played as if you were always the best of friends.  Sophie joined in on the fun, and Lily cried at everyone.  We all had a fantastic time!  We are going to do our best to make sure that you two get to spend more time with Ted and Sophie from now on.
Cousins on the couch...a tradition that has now been passed down you!

Courtney--one of several people who "broke the baby" during our visiting.  I promise you'll like her when you're a little older, Lily.  She really is quite nice once you get to know her.

We went back up to Uniontown for another day of visiting and then it was time to head home.
Love this one.


What's on the menu back at home?  Zombie brains, of course!


What a whirlwind!  Although the traveling can be exhausting, there's nothing like getting the chance to see (almost) all of your family in one week.  Christmas for us isn't quiet.  It isn't peaceful.  It is wild and fun and loud and hectic and wonderful. 

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