He flew when he was 9-months-old for the first time, so this was a different experience---and more fun! He kept saying, "We going to fly in the sky?!"
For any toddler to remain still for over an hour, you must come prepared. I brought a portable DVD player from work, but, in all the hustle and bustle the day before, I forgot to charge it. So, we fell back on the iPad. He has an Elmo ABC game he plays on there. Phew!
Laura Bush was on our flight! We knew something was up when we saw all of the security as we were loading the plane. We thought that was pretty cool she flew Southwest even with her entourage :-)
Once in Midland we loaded up the rental and drove to the Davis Mountains. It was a perfect time (as planned) for Jameston to snooze. Another phew!
Glad he napped, because once we arrived, the family festivities began! Lots of games with cousins (and aunts :-)
There was card playing,
(mainly Go Fish and Slap Jack)
(of course these two were a little young to understand the rules :-)
domino playing,
(big cousin, Riley, was a great teacher)
reading (second cousin, Kaelen, was a hit with all the little ones!)
(and Lauren was a favorite, as well :-)
and even a potato peeling contest!
The Turnboughs can make even the most mundane of tasks a fun competition :-)
One thing is for sure, lots of great memories were made!
Here is a picture of Ruby and Jameston taking a piggy-back ride on Papa's back:
Movie ("quiet") time
One of the BEST parts about our stay was that it snowed on the night of the 23rd!
The kiddos had fun outside on Christmas Eve morning,
and the views of the Davis Mountains were spectacular!
and the views of the Davis Mountains were spectacular!
Of course, it didn't stay long, since it had been in the upper 50's earlier that week. But, hey, we had a (temporarily) White Christmas!
JW had fun (ahem, thanks to Brett) learning how to throw snowballs!
Pure joy!
King of the Hill (or bottom half of the snowman)!
Me and my little guy!
My two guys
The matriarch of the Turnbough family, GiGi. She will be 93-years-old in March, and has 43 direct descendants, with 2 more on the way in the Spring :-) 
And then there are also the 17 people who have married into the family as well...our group at church on Sunday morning!
For this year's festivities, about 55 could make it. And Christmas Eve night was a fun (and loud) gathering. Santa Clause (a.k.a., Uncle Larry) even made a pit stop to see the kids!
Jameston was relieved to find out that Santa thought he was a good boy this year!
And he was sweet enough to go back and give Santa a hug after he received his present :-)
Riley got a new guitar!
The only thing J kept asking for this year...Simba!
Luckily, his Mommy found this back in November (so she was relieved!)
16 of the 19 great-grandkids (#19, Wyatt Winters, was born three days later in Oklahoma! And great-grandbabies #20 and #21, both boys, are due in February and April). These family gatherings are just going to get better and better (and bigger and bigger)!
More presents!
Jameston, who is following in his Daddy's footsteps, loves his tools!
He received a new drill, measuring tape and goggles
and made quick work of them!
Then on to the White Elephant shenanigans! It took probably an hour and a half with 55 people :-)
Action shot!
I think we know what to get JW next year (maybe not in pink :-) The boy is on a music kick as of late!
Christmas Day
Wide open spaces and a ride-along airplane. This boy was in heaven!
We celebrated with the Stewart side of the family on New Year's Day. This is the third year we have done this, and it works out nicely. As in, we are not driving all over creation within a 3-4 day span in order to get from family 1 to family 2, etc. Dad and Glenda went all out for us this year...I guess we had all been pretty good :-)
Jameston modeling the "Santa's Helper" hat, since he helped pass out presents this year
Lynnlee and Aspen checking out their gifts
What can I say, the boy loves monkeys!
He received a duck caller in his stocking (along with many other fun gadgets). Fun!
Helping Mommy open her gifts (one of them being a Texas Tech necklace)
Playing pool with Pops (while we made sure he did not toss any off the table)!
Giving Aspen a goodbye hug. These two love each other!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas season! Until next year's...
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