The World Wide Gypsy Holiday Tour!

So I finally talked myself into sitting down and writing my long needed blog entry. Austin and I have literally been across the country and back. Austin called it our World Wide Gypsy Holiday Tour---and that it certainly was! We left a couple of weeks into December in order to make it to see everyone on our itinerary. We drove 14 hours the first day. The excitement of a new journey, seeing family and friends, and taking a little break was so great that getting up at 4 and only stopping 3 times until we got to Nashville seemed like a breeze! We saw my grandparents in Mississippi, Austin's parents/siblings and some friends in Dallas, my parents and sister in Houston, other Vann siblings in Atlanta and then finished up our tour in D.C. just for fun!! Let's just say that driving 4,000 miles and over 40 something hours, sounded like a better idea in theory than in reality. We had a blast seeing everyone, but by the time we were done we were ready for our own bed and to not have to live out of a suitcase any longer.

One of the best things about our trip was time spent with our family especially the two new editions, nieces- Makennah Grace and Scarlett Lucille! We were truly blessed. God allowed us to be able to travel not only for time with our loved ones, but to speak with a few of our supporting churches. We were blessed with the ability to go and with the gifts that we received. God has truly provided! We hope that we are able to be as generous in the future. We had lots of laughs with so many people. We were sad that Audrea had to go through so much over Christmas and that she and Jeff didn't get quite the Christmas they expected...although I have a feeling 2008 is going to be an awesome year for them!! So now that we have begun to get back our routine of sleeping in our own beds and trying to recover from eating a lot of holiday food and resting a little too much...we are glad to say Happy New Year and a big thanks to all who hosted us this holiday season. We love you all. Hear are some pics. New Years resolutions should be the next of my hopefully more consistent blog entries!! Enjoy!!

Almost a whole year of wedded bliss! Merry Christmas!!

Crazy Uncles!! What are they doing to you Raegie Roo!!
Christian displaying her beautiful Barbie horse!
Little Ethan showing off his Cars on Christmas Eve!
We love all our nieces and nephews...she just lets us cuddle her the most!
Hanging out in DC in front of the Washington Monument.
Raegan is so sweet...she gets lots of Unkie's attention!
Our first Christmas as a married couple!!

Me and my sister celebrating my dad's birthday!

Gideon posing for his pic!!