Christmas in Turbeville

Today was the annual McElveen dinner in Turbeville - held the Sunday before Christmas. It is always so good to see the family again! Needless to say, my diet is complete sabotaged from yet another day of feasting. We had a great time of fellowship with aunts, uncles, and cousins!

Uncle Gerald presiding

Liam opens his present

Harmon and Breanna wrestling Tommy

Tommy and Breanna

Tyler giving the newest addition, Carter, a bottle

Carter tries to take a bite on her teething ring

Mimi and Oneil

Stacy and Michael

Christi and Benji with Harmon and Carter

Aunt Beth and Uncle Ronald

Uncle Billy and Aunt Laurice

Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Iva Jane

Aunt Sadie and Uncle Ellis

Aunt Linda and Uncle Donald

Uncle Wayne and Aunt Deborah with Ian

Mimi with Tommy, Tyler and Liam

Merry Christmas from Turbeville

Christmas in Manning

Tonight we had our Christmas celebration in Manning with Mimi. Michael, Stacy, and Liam came and we had dinner and opened presents. It is our first Christmas celebrating with Stacy - we had fun!

Casey is raring to go!

Liam loves Star Wars!

and Heroscape!

Tyler shows off his tonsils

Another game for the phantom Wii

Tommy and Tyler show off their dirt bike gear

Tommy with an obnoxious cd

Stacy says cheers!

Stacy models her new earrings

Michael and Stacy with their fajita pan

Tyler tries to help Mom with her present

A new earring tree for Mom

A shiny new trash can (Casey proof)!

Jamie does his Gene Simmons impression

Jamie tries to get Casey back in line

Jamie with a dirt bike model

Mimi with a new picture of Liam

and a new picture of Kim and Jamie

and a new ornament of her and Oneil

Merry Christmas from Manning!

Christmas at FB

Today we celebrated Christmas at work with yet another feast and a fun time of fellowship. It is hard to believe that it is my 19th Christmas at FB! We had a great time.

back to front: Marcus, Shawn, Liyueh, Dessa, Natali, Leigh, Rita, Suzanne, Mae, Debra, Me

Our fearless leaders: Forrest, Dale, Stan, Sheryl, Dale, Leigh, and Bert

Lisa, Lena, Wiley, Mike and Dale

Susan and Pattie

Andy, Ron, Dave, Carol, Brad, Dale, Sherry, Jeff, Lanny, PJ, and Paul

Our security detail: Dave, Lanny, and Jeff

Let the Christmas Celebrations commence!

Tonight was the beginning of our Christmas celebrations. We are celebrating early since Stephen and Melissa are going to Maine to visit her family this year. Everyone arrived mid afternoon and we feasted and opened presents. Stephen and Melissa prepared the turkey and it was really delicious!!!

Stephen prepares to massacre the bird

Tyler provided us with entertainment during dinner

Tyler thanks Paw Paw for his present

Uh - what the heck is this???

Tommy enjoying his cackling key chain!

Tommy is happy to get to view Jessica Alba!

Stephen and Melissa

Paul

Aunt Gayle with Tweety

Paw Paw with his DARK denim

Oh, goodie - TJ MAXX

Me and Jamie admiring my Hawaiian Warrior

Jamie opens his giant box

Who knew Melissa was an Omnivore?!

Stephen is now officially a bookworm

Stephen is excited about his new shirt!!!

Paw Paw will NOT return his shirt!

Tyler's debut

Tonight was Tyler's first band concert since he started playing the trumpet. The kids did really well for only having played a few months. He seems to like it so far - hopefully, he will stick with it!

Tyler with band director, Mr. Rhodes

Tyler poses before the performance

The whole band warming up - can you find him?

Christmas Card Fun

We had lots of fun trying to get a photo for our Christmas ornaments and cards this year. James met us in the park and attempted to get a shot for us. As you can see from Emily's eyes, it was a better card for Halloween! Tommy took a really good picture of me and Jamie after we got home.

Check out Emily's eyes - Halloween card material!

Tommy took the picture for Mom &Dad's ornament