Cousins watching "The Tail of Despereaux"
Uncle Mickey always does fun gifts!
Team Liddell
Haynes loved playing on the deer...not too interested in gifts
Ella Rose's Christmas dress
We celebrate Christmas with all of Brian's Liddell cousins the Sunday before Christmas. Each year we seem to grow, this year there were 48 people there! (47 actually, Luci's little girl Finley decided to hold out being born until the 26th) It is SO much fun! Mama & Papa decided a long time ago that it was best to celebrate early and make sure everyone could be there. Uncle Mickey comes in from L.A, the Bobbett's and Hartsock's from Waco, Jesse from Seattle, Callie from Colorado, and everyone else from Oklahoma all get together.
The last few years the little cousins have been acting out the Christmas story together and then we sing a few songs of worship. We have so many little ones that there are lots of shepherds, sheep, and angels wandering the stage! Ellie read the Christmas story this year and did a great job. Kooper lead us in our songs too! Next comes presents....the kids favorites!
We all draw names (thanks to Jeannie who assigns names since the Hartsock's have so many kids) and buy our favorite gift for the cousin we chose. We got gifts for Finley, Barrett, Avery, Nate and Todd this year. We always love sitting and hearing all the favorite gifts. Dan and Nancy bought all the cousins jerseys, footballs, and/or pom poms. Their shirts say Team Liddell and have their birth order on the back...even Ella has a shirt. Uncle Mickey gets all the kids a fun gift each year, this year it was chairs and the kids love them! Uncle Mickey also brought some movies for kids and adults to enjoy that are still out at the movies, so we let the kids watch a movie while adults opened gifts. That was probably the best idea ever!
The Liddell Christmas is probably one of my favorite traditions. I love getting to talk to all the cousins and hear what God is doing in their lives. It's so amazing to see how God is faithfully working through His children. We are so thankful for the standard Mama and Papa set for our families to love Jesus with all our hearts...We are so blessed!
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