Christmas 2007

Thought we would share some pictures with all of you from our Christmas adventure this year. Kerri and I left Saturday, December 22nd at 8:00 am. We visited some friends (Mark and Liz Guthrie) for breakfast in Charlotte and then headed up north of Charlotte for Christmas with Kerri's father's side of the family at her aunt and uncle's house. After the festivities concluded, we left and headed for Knoxville to spend Christmas with Kerri's brother (About 10:30 pm). It was during this stretch of the trip that we got our first glimpse of what travel will be like when we go to Zambia. At around 2:00 am (We still were in route), after being on the go for about 18 hours, Gracyn, our middle child, fell apart. At this point, I looked at Kerri and said, "Do you realize that if we were traveling to Zambia, that we would be at the mid-way point?" It really put the upcoming trip into proper perspective. Anyways, after spending a couple of days in Knoxville, we headed back on Christmas day for the kids to open presents with my family. Although there was a lot of travel involved over the holidays, we are so thankful for the time we had to share with our family. We hope that your Christmas holidays were enjoyable as well.