Christmas Day 2011

"All right then, the Lord himself 

will give you the sign.  Look! 

The virgin will conceive a child! 

She will give birth to a son and 

will call him Immanuel."  

Isaiah 7:14

Immanuel means 

'GOD is with Us'...

I've never known anything more true in my life... 

Obviously:)

God truly is WITH us through it alllllllllll....

It does my heart and soul so much good

to see Macy & Travis together.

I myself grew up with these two...

There is nothing quite like all of us 

being together at my parents' house for

a holiday.  While it is VERY different from

how it used to be; it is FAR better than last year.

That's when we spent Christmas

Day at Texas Neuro Hospital in Austin.

At that time Travis was barely 

awake and was just beginning to 

hold his head up on his own.  

It is beyond words to behold a 

miracle in your very own life.  

When we join hands and pray as 

a family on Christmas Day,

our hearts are so grateful that we can

hardly form the words for the prayer. 

My mother makes the most wonderful

Christmas meal EVER ever EVER.

It breaks our hearts that Travis

can't eat with us.  We take turns

eating so he is not left out.

He loved my mother's cooking

so, so much.  :((((((

We certainly have extra rolls now. ;(

After lunch, we opened presents!

Grandmother & PaPa came through

with the main thing Huds wanted...

Hudson had to show Travis:)

With the grandkids being older,

it's kinda the Walker, Hadlee, Hudson

gift opening show at first! ;)

My dad is THE hardest person to buy for...

he never wants for anything.

This year he told us he wanted

a Baylor coat.  My sisters and I

were so excited to get him this!!!

A few months ago Grandmother was with

Travis at CNS and he chose "Hangover"

for them to watch.  My mother wasn't much

of a fan of that particular movie,

but she watched it with him anyways! 

How hilarious that she got him

"Hangover II" for Christmas!  ;)))

Uncle Wendell came through in a BIG

way spoiling my kids ROTTEN!!!

Grandmother got Hudson

these Toy Story pj's and as soon

as he opened them, he HAD

to put them on!!! 

Of course Aunt Lynna hooked

Miss Priss UP!!!!!!!!!!!

Travis got Janitor Huds his very

own DIRT DEVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haddie was thrilled over her

Build-a-Bear gift card from Wendell!

Travis liked the Superman shirt

and hat we got him:)

This.was.HILARIOUS.

Wendell had told Lynna to get him

a hunting hat for the cold.

Lynna came upon this one at

Academy and thought that is

what he meant. 
Well, it wasn't. 

BUT Wendell told us he would

definitely wear it the next time

he robbed the Circle K! ;)))

Troy thought he'd be better off

robbing Bush's Chicken since it

kinda looked like a chicken;)

The Merritts spend Christmas in Dallas

with Patric now since they want

to be in their own home for Santa.

They left money for all the kids...

my mother announced each envelope

for each kid.  "I have an announcement...

To Walker...Love the Merritts"!!!

The head scratcher I put with Macy's

gift was a hit with everyone:)

True beauties...

I love the kindred spirits....

We missed Walker for a while and wondered

why in the world he was so quiet?

Setting up one of his Legos that Aunt Michelle

and Uncle Terry had given him of course!

Are they not the best looking

brother/sister duo in the world?!?

We all love us some handsome HB, too!

My mother and dad surprised "the girls"

with Kardashian bags and Kardashian

necklaces!  It was too funny!!!!

Move over Kardashians.....

we are the Gibson Girls! ;)))

How funny that the one who got us

going on the whole Kardashian

girl thing was our photog;)

Papparazzi everywhere;)

Lynna wanted a picture of her green

jeans and Walker made sure she got one;)

I love my gorgeous sistahs!

Sweet, beautiful blogger Beth sent

us these AMAZING Jesus Calling

devotional books.  She is truly a gem!

So faithful and true to a family

she has actually never even met. 

God bless her heart & soul!
She is our sistah now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kris and Kim before the split ;)))

We all have a good time, I tell ya!

I am SO thankful that Uncle 'Willard'

is back with us at Christmas!!!

The crazies...Haddie had changed into

one of the darling outfits from Aunt Lynna!

Big Huds stayed in his new pj's all

day long...and finally crashed that evening!

How AMAZING is this picture?!?

THIS is proof that God IS with us!

"What, then, is the God I worship? ...

You are the most hidden from us

and yet the most present among us,

the most beautiful and yet

 the most strong, ever enduring;

and yet we cannot comprehend you."

-St. Augustine

TWO aunts BLESSED beyond MEASURE!:)

I love this picture..............
because I love that boy so much!

Our hearts are so full!

I was pretty much holding Travis up...

especially after we had been making him

stand there for so long for the pictures.

He kept acting like he was going to

fall backwards into the tree though

just to scare me!!!!!!!!!  He's a MESS!

Just so very, very deeply and eternally

grateful to God for another Christmas

with our family at Grandmother's...

"Now we see things imperfectly

as in a cloudy mirror,

but then we will see everything

with perfect clarity.

All that I know now is partial and incomplete,

 but then I will know everything completely,

just as God now knows me completely."

This verse, 1 Corinthians 13:12, promises

a day when we will no longer see

 through imperfect eyes.

God is with us NOW and

God will be with us THEN. 

Such a beautiful and amazing

Christmas!  Thank you, Lord Jesus!