New Year's

For my entire life, my dad and his siblings have gotten together the weekend after Christmas and meet up at a hotel. My dad has 3 brothers and 2 sisters (only one sister still living) so its always a lot of people and kids and their kid's kids. My grandparents Cox have been gone for over 30 years and the kids still get together. It is always a blast.

Anyway, this year did not disappoint. We had a ton of fun and so did the girls. The girls played with their second cousins while the adults talked. The kids even fit some swimming. After dinner, the kids opened presents and then we did our annual gift exchange. The rule always is you remain a "kid" until you graduate college. They you graduate to being an adult and being in the exchange.

Moma forgot "swimming shoes". So the little Texans wore their boots

Swimming with the kids

Mom, Dad, and Uncle Tony (the girls suspect he may be Santa even though we tell them his isn't)

Grandma and her babies after swimming

Yay! Someone took a family picture for us!

My aunt Betty. The girls love her!

Some of the "kids". Big kid Amber was really sweet with all the kids.

Kassidy mixed in. She was being silly