Christmas Times with the Griners

Here are some pictures from our fun Christmas outings with the Griners. One afternoon, we let all the big kids make gingerbread houses. The children were very creative with their "architecture" and Max enjoyed exploring the Griners house for the first time as an expert crawler.



Patrick-Griner 2nd Annual Trip to Lake Lanier Lights was super! Again, we met the Griners and parked their car and all climbed in the back of Jack's truck. It was a chilly night, but with the camper top, a futon matress, and plenty of coats and blankets, we all stayed toasty warm. Christmas music blaring in from the front seat, children squealing with glee at the miles and miles of lights, and Smores by the fire at Santa's workshop made the night another great Christmas memory. Max thought he was one of the big kids standing in the window staring at all the twinkling diplays. As always, one of the highlights of the night was the stop at the live nativity scene and Kinsey enjoyed some rides at the carnival area before we left.








With my piano now at Jacob and John Scott's house, we decided to have Christmas gift swap and caroling around the piano. It was so cool to be sitting around my step-grandfather, Max's, piano, with my youngest named after him! The kids had a great time opening gifts and working on a "project", then we ate, sang some songs and then watched The Polar Express. Great way to wrap up a fun season of holiday events with such a wonderful family! We love you guys!