Christmas Part Four - Tennessee with the Kilgores

On Tuesday morning (the 29th), we left Americus and drove to Townsend, TN to spend the rest of the week and New Years with the Kilgore clan. Gary and Beth rented a 4 bedroom house there that turned out to be just perfect in housing us all. We had plenty of room and everyone had their own space.

On Tuesday evening, we had our family Christmas celebration, complete with a crazy gift exchange and a brisket dinner. I have no pictures of our gift exchange because it was mass chaos!!! As a matter of fact, I don't even know where our camera was! The kids had lots of fun and got some wonderful things. We ended up just letting the kids open their gifts and then we put the three little girls to bed. Then, the adults opened their gifts.

Here are a few pictures from the week. Most of them involve the kids playing. Chloe had so much fun playing with her cousins, especially Alia (since they are only 7 weeks apart). And Claire loved running after Chloe and Alia! I loved watching all of the girls be together.....these times for these 5 girls are not as often as I would like, so I was grateful for these 4 days together.

These were my "helpers".....I was trying to unpack! (The lighting is terrible in this picture!)

Santa brought Linnea and Makenna Band Hero for their Wii. Everyone enjoyed it and took their turn on either the drums, guitar, or singing. In the next couple of pictures, they were having a "kid concert"....at least that's what Chloe said.

Chloe's favorite part was the microphone. I'm convinced that she would have sang in that thing for days! She was usually either singing "Away In a Manger" or making up her own praise and worship song! I thought that this picture really captured the moment!

The three little girls! Aren't they just precious?

Apparently, Grandpa got caught up in a game of "Ring Around the Rosies" with Chloe and Alia. I don't know where I was at this point, but you can tell that Kevin grabbed the camera real quick to try and capture the game (his feet are in the last picture!). And with all of the motion in the pictures, they are kind of blurry. However, I thought it was too good not to post. In this collage, you can see the progression of the game.

We all had such a great time! Good memories were made and great fellowship was shared. My family of four will look forward to the next time that we can all be together!