A Connel Christmas - 2011

The Connell Christmas was today, hosted once again by Uncle Bobby & Aunt Susan! It was a house full as usual and lots of fun! The weather was perfect, so all the kids LOVED getting to run around outside. They only see each a few times a year, but they always seem to pick up right where they left off. Every time we leave Holloville, I always wish we lived closer!

The Connell tradition has been the same for years....BBQ, singing Happy Birthday to Jesus, and the newest tradition...Santa comes to visit! The guys always fight over who gets to be Santa! Well, that's not true, it more like the fight about who has to be Santa. Shawna lost the bet this year! I must say, he may have been the best Santa so far. He really got into it!

The family seems to be growing more and more each year! We had 35 (?) this year, and that's not counting the 6 that couldn't join us! PLUS there are 2 new babies on the way for 2012! I'm sure Grandmother and Pa never imagined 16 Great-Grandkids (well that will be 18 next year!)

 Sydney and Jones

 Happy Birthday Jesus!

 Santa (aka Shawna) This was Shawna's first year as the man in red, I think he enjoyed it more than he would like to admit.

 Sydney with one of Jesus' Birthday cupcakes!

 Maggie, Jada, & Rylynne

 Grandmother and Sydney

 Maggie, Rylynne, & TJ

 Uncle Bobby, Daddy, & Uncle Donnie

 Grandmother and Brian

 Grandma's little girl

 Uncle Brian trying to help us from making a trip to the ER! Rylynne thought she was ok to do this alone.

 Aunt Susan & Sydney

Proof these 2 little girls had a blast with all their cousins!