Christmas Part 3

For Christmas Part 3, we packed up and flew to Baton Rouge where we had a slew of family to meet! The Curry's were anxiously awaiting their 3 grandsons/great nephews to arrive! We got in LATE Wednesday night. By the time we got into Baton Rouge (after an hour drive from the airport in New Orleans) it was almost 1:30 am, and yes, the boys were still awake at this point. Around 2:30 we finally got into bed. Here is Quin on his first plane ride!


Thursday morning started like EVERY morning should...at COFFEE CALL eating beneits and drinking cafe au lait. YUM. Basically a funnell cake for breakfast. Who could say NO to that? It's one of my favorite things about Baton Rouge. It's probably a very good thing that Lubbock does not have somewhere like this...good for the waistline anyways. That day consisted of going to Granny Curry's to pick oranges and to visit, a little last minute shopping, a LONG nap, and some gumbo for dinner that night. After dinner, there was a knock at the door. SANTA CLAUS came to visit! He brought the boys a present and told them that he'd be visiting and leaving thier gifts at home in Lubbock. What a special treat! We love Santa!







Friday morning....yep, you guessed it. Back to Coffee Call! After stuffing our faces with fried dough we went back to Granny's and the boys raked her leaves for her. There were a LOT of leaves! Quin and I watched from inside, but John and Braidy were all over the place...jumping in piles of leaves, swinging, running, eating, you name it. Ryan and Uncle Dan did a great job and I know Granny was so thankful for them to help her get all the leaves up off the yard! Later that day after another LONG nap, Todd, Marci and Noah arrived! The boys had alot of fun playing together. Noah is getting so big and is as cute as can be! After a yummy fried shrimp dinner, we all just hung out. The boys went to the hotel with Nena ane Pops and had a fun fun time.

Saturday morning...Merry Christmas! There were a TON of gifts under the tree, and most of them belonged to the boys. Talk about spoiled! Everyone was so good to us, now we just had to figure out how to get everything back on the plane! We opened presents, played with new toys, and had an amazing Christmas lunch consisting of ham, fried turkey, gravy, lasagna, salad, spinach madeline, dressing, and tons of delicious desserts! YUM! Later we went back over to Granny's to celebrate Christmas with her.








We had a wonderful Christmas with Ryan's family! We loved spending time with everyone who we don't get to see nearly often enough. Again, it was so nice and so special to spend time with family that we love dearly. Looking forward to our next trip to Baton Rouge...and no, not just for the Coffee Call!

We flew back EARLY EARLY Sunday morning. These last few pictures will show you just how much fun (and NOT how much sleep we all got) we had on our trip!




And I almost forgot...my utmost moment of failure as a mother thus far. We were lining up to board the plane and Ryan was talking to a friend he knew. I go to throw something away in the trash and this man walks back into our "waiting area" carrying my child, sweet Braidy. He apparently had taken off running down the airport, quite a good ways the man tells me. Mind you, he had done this earlier, but I had seen him, and I chased him a good 20 yards. However, this time he saw his moment of escape and took off. This poor guy had a daughter and he left her with a stranger to go chase my child. Proud moment. Braidy kept saying "I run away"...and he was so proud. I promise he loves us...he just likes being a little turd even more!