Powell Family Christmas

This year the Powells got together to celebrate the Sunday before Christmas. We gathered at Papa Dale and Grandma Judy's for a meal of soup and sandwiches, gifts, and visiting.  The kids (minus Kaitlyn) were frequently told to "go downstairs" due to their volume!  It's a family tradition that the youngest reader reads the Christmas Story aloud from the Bible.  Another tradition is the Christmas PJ's Grandma Judy buys for all the grandkids and the photo session that follows.

 Braden helping Kolton read the Christmas Story. 

 The boys - Kolton (8), Dryden (9) and Braden (11)

 The six Powell grandchildren

The girls - Rylee (7), Kaitlyn (14) and Aubrey (10)

Merry Christmas to all!

A Christmas photo of Aubrey and Kaitlyn -- if they were dolls. 

Can you guess which one is which?  The blonde is Bailey and the brunette is Krissa. They got new outfits for Christmas from Grandma Judy, which fit the girls perfectly, don't you think?

BELLHOP 2010

Well, we just sent Kaitlyn off on her first official date.  For those of you who don't know or don't remember, BellHop is the annual Sadie Hawkins Christmas dance at CGHS.  Kaitlyn asked Senior Brock Frye.   Kaitlyn is wearing very high heels and Brock is still a head taller than her, which is saying something!  They are headed with a group to Manhattan for bowling and dinner at Famous Dave's before coming back here for the dance.  I hope they have a fun (and safe) evening!

Lady Braves Basketball

Kaitlyn's first JV game was against Osage City and they are tough!  We lost by one point.  Not bad, considering our JV is mostly freshman playing against sophomores and juniors.  Here she is shooting a free throw after getting fouled --she made the basket, but missed the free throw.  My darn camera wouldn't click the photo when she made the basket, of course.  I'm sure that was due to operator error.  She's even played a few minutes at the end of two varsity games (unfortunately, because we were getting stomped).  My only pet peeve right now is they have her listed as 5'5" in the program.  Whatever!

Christmas is coming!!!!

The Christmas count down is on.  Aubrey is marking the days on her calendar and she announces every day how many are left until Christmas.  If you don't count today or Christmas Day, there are 14 days remaining.  That's just TWO WEEKS!

All Dressed Up And Someplace to Go

The CGES Christmas program was last night and I managed to convince Aubrey she wouldn't be the only girl in her class wearing a dress (and she wasn't).  She looked beautiful.  Of course, this was a perfect photo opportunity.   Terry and Kaitlyn missed the program due to a basketball tournament in Abilene.  Thank goodness for video cameras.