Winter has seemed to fly by this year. The Teagues are up here visiting us for Easter, and we are all wishing we could be at the farm because it’s the best time to be there with this beautiful spring weather. We are all looking forward to being there soon! I want to make sure I record Christmas at the farm last year; it’s always fun to have these photos tucked in here to revisit.
For Christmas 2023, we tried something new, and postponed our big Harrison Christmas supper to the 27th. This worked out really well, as we were able to all come to the Bluff House on the 26th and have some time to celebrate Christmas with the Teagues and the Lays and JeeJee and Grandpa before having to set everything up for the big family event.
All of the kids were very excited to see the surprise Henry and Grandpa worked hard to construct: a zipline! It’s so fun, and everyone, Pippa included, got to enjoy it.
Texas and Marjorie are two peas in a pod. They have been inseparable this weekend and have had so much fun sharing a room.
It was also very fun to have a moment to open gifts; can you believe this lineup of kids and presents? I also loved the tree; Daddy cut it down from one of our own stands and it was so tall and looked beautiful with all the lights.
Here is a photo so you can appreciate how tall the tree was! It was perfect.
The Harrison Christmas supper was a full event, as usual, and Jimmy and Martha filled the tables with soups, sandwiches, and desserts, and everything was delicious and perfect. I love this photo of all the great-grandkids (Teagues, Lays, and Brewbakers!) with Great- Grandpa.
This is a good photo of the Harrison men. Daddy moved the Christmas tree into the shelter so we could enjoy it at supper.
Stellie was so cute in their matching dresses, and they loved their dolls from JeeJee and Grandpa!
The big kids had a lot of fun spending the night in the treehouse.
Ellie made a special request to drive one of Grandpa’s tractors, and he let her. She was very excited about this, and has brought up this memory often since then! She loved getting to drive.
It was a very memorable Christmas. We are missing the farm, and can’t wait to go back. We are glad, at least, that the cousins are all getting to be together this weekend. We are all looking forward to the spring and summer memories ahead of us to be made.
