Christmas with the Sparks family

We spent the few days before Christmas with Jay's family down hear Houston. These pictures are all kind of out of order so bare with me...

When we first arrived at Pops house the girls were told that uncle Jeff's Bulldog and Pops' Lab had puppies!! They are only three weeks old but are just old enough to pick up, crawl around, lick, and climb. This is pretty much where the girls could be found (especially Jill!) during most of our visit. Jill would look at me with pleading eyes and say, "Can we take one to our house, PWWWEEEEAAASE!!" (no we did not bring home a puppy!)

Jill loves Gus almost as much as she loves his puppies and he was tolerating her laying on top of him without growling or snapping at her so I like Gus too.

Pops was giving Jena some ice cream, a rare treat since Jena is lactose intolerant (or something along those lines). It was so cute I actually forgot Jena isn't allowed to have ice cream until she was a few bites in!

On the night of the 23rd most all of Jay's family came over to Pops and Nikki's house to have dinner and exchange presents. Here is a cute one with Jay's mom, Meemaw Janet and Jay's dad, Pops.

The Sparks Family

Going from left to right: Me, holding Jill (who literally fell asleep during this picture taking session), Jay's dad and mom with his brother Jeff behind them, then Cassandra, (Jon's girlfriend) Jon, (Jay's youngest brother) holding Alazae (Cassandra's little girl), Jay holding Jane. Jena was already asleep upstairs.

Jay's grandma, Meemaw Georgie is just about the coolest grandma around. We are able to keep up with her on Facebook in between her trips with her groups of friends from the retirement community where she lives. (I swear her social calendar is busier than mine!)

Jay's aunt Jenny and cousin Ashley. We are all squeezed in by the fireplace because we were all freezing. Jay's dad likes to keep the house at a nice comfortable 60 degrees. I kid. But seriously we were all grateful when Jenny snuck over and adjusted the thermostat!

Cute pics of Pops and his girls....

The girls did some baking with Jay's stepmom Nikki. They made brownies and decorated cookies!

It was a fulfilled few days! Thanks for having us!!