Home for the Holidays

We just got back from our Christmas visit to Atlanta. This year we decided to spend Christmas with the Eyres and New Year's with the Laws. It was a lovely time of spending time with the family. This is Christmas Eve dinner with the immediate Eyres, including PapaJohn and MumIvy; Ian's brother Roy and his wife Becky and sons Aidan and Cotter; Elisabeth and her husband Charles. The only ones missing in this picture are me, the photographer, and baby Kaitlyn, Roy and Becky's latest.Here's Grandma Eyre and her latest grandchild, Kaitlyn Hannah Eyre, born November 3.We had a wonderful time enjoying the family and resting. We even got Becky started on her first game of Settlers of Catan. Let the obsession spread to Orlando!!

But probably the happiest event was hearing the news that Rich, Ian's best friend, and his wife Michelle are expecting their first child. We've been praying for them for a year, so this was indeed glad tidings. Juancho will have a little friend to play with in Atlanta, in addition to his cousins.