Diamond in the Rough: Christmas in Georgia

The year 2003 was a very special year, it was the year that our wonderful grandson, Phoenix was born. Now, the year I married my husband, the years my own children were born, those were very special years as well but nothing quiet describes the feeling of holding the baby of your baby for the first time. As it turns out, it's a good thing I found it so special and enjoyed him so much because he's the only grandchild I have! But that particular day, I had no idea he would be my only one. For four years we lived close enough that we really got to have him pretty much whenever we wanted him and we took advantage of that as much as possible. We spent many weekends playing with our grand baby! In the summer of 2007 we moved from Oklahoma City to Broken Arrow and my daughter and her family moved to Austin, TX. Now they live in Georgia! My husband and I used to watch a show called 'Thirty Something' and in one of the shows the in-laws come to visit and everything is hectic and the kids are all excited to see the grandparents and the 30 something parents are biting their tongues trying not to argue with the parents changing all their traditions, spoiling the kids, just all the changes and finally the holiday is over and everyone is hugging and kissing goodbye and the 30 something couple smile at each other and say, "thank God they live 1000 miles away!" I swore I was never going to be one of 'those' kind of parents! I didn't want my daughter or son to dread my visits and be thrilled when I left and I pray that they don't. Anyway, Rachel brings Phoenix to visit us for a couple of weeks every summer and then Gary & I and Rob, our son, go to Georgia to spend a week with them at Christmas. Here are some of the pictures from our visit in 2015.

Jacob, Rachel & Phoenix.

This was Christmas night after we had spent the evening playing games. We were all getting sleeping except the munchkin. I don't think he ever got tired. He was always smiling and always happy.