New Year's Eve....

We spent 5 nights at the ranch and had lots of fun!!

Mom and I modeling the caftans that Mary gave us. 

Game time....

Mom brought a new one called Ransom Notes. And on NYE we played Scattagories.

 

 

Bill made some delish bacon wrapped dates! 

Silliness while shopping...

                                         

Ranch life makes Ranger very tired!!

We missed taking this picture for a year or two..but got it this year!!!

Look at where we started....those baby faces!!!

And where they are now!!! So grownup!

Lola says Happy New Years!

Counting down until 2024....

Sophia and Hutson. A 3rd Herridge kid!

Good Morning 2024!!! Woke up to this amazing sunrise....it's the beginning of a new year with so many possibilities!! 

Ft. Worth....

Dad invited us up to their house over the break. It didn't work out for all of us to come, so Mary, Grant, Lucy, Joshua and I went up for the day. Julie made gumbo (so good!) and this amazing trifle dessert. Afterwards they taught us the basics of bridge! Learning the basics didn't seem too hard!

Glad we were able to spent some time with them! 

 

Christmas Day!

Before the chaos....

Table is set for Christmas morning breakfast. 

Kids were checking out what Santa brought. 

Ranger loved his Christmas sweater! 

Not the best Christmas morning pictures but I'm glad we tried! It was important to get 6 Wille's in their matching pjs!!

 After 

Christmas Eve...

Christmas Eve was the usual traditions. We had a mini Christmas Eve Brunch just the 5 of us this year. Scheduling was hard and Mike had to be at the 10:00 service. But we had a mini brunch with not all the usual items but some yummy food. 

 

Photo Dump....

 

Merry Christmas from Ranger!

 The annual Christmas pic from Kara's. Next year we need to get him to smile more. :)

The Wedding....

At the end of October, Mom and Bill surprised us with an engagement! After 14 years they decided it was time to tie the knot. We were so happy for them and quickly started helping to plan the wedding on December 2nd. It was a small ceremony (our family and Bill's) at University United Methodist. 

It was such a sweet wedding. We helped Mom get ready and waited in the parlor until it was time. 

The first look! 

They walked each other down the aisle. 

And now it's official. 

We took lots of pictures! 

Later in the evening, they had a beautiful dinner at the JW Marriot for the families. It was the first real time that we had all spent together but there was lots of good food and conversation. 

 We are all so happy for the new couple. It will be fun to watch as they start their married life together!