Here are our two clowns showing off as we kicked off the Christmas season by decorating the tree.
We first celebrated Christmas with Zach's parents and brother's family. It was so much fun with special gifts, great food, and just a sweet time for the girls to get to know their extended family a little better. They loved it and were as delighted to give gifts as they were to recieve. We were also able to go to the State Championship game for Zach's highschool team. And they won State!!
We celebrated Poppy's (Zach's Dad) birthday at the same time!
Fun times openning gifts!
Just before Christmas Eve service.
Nastya finding out what type of goodies were in her stocking!
Jadon received a new castle and lots of knights and other creatures to go with it.
Benjamin is flying around now in his new scooter!
Katya loves all things princess and was delighted to be a princess herself on Christmas with her new Aurora dress!
Allee absolutely adores her new Elsie doll. She has read all the books at least three times each and has been wanting the doll for sometime.
My mom was very surprised by a new bike from my dad!! Since his frightening heart attack, he has taken exercise and healthy eating very seriously. Bike riding is his new favortie pastime and now my mom can join him! Go get 'em guys!!
The kids ventured outside to play - no coats needed since this Texas Christmas was almost like summertime!
One of the favorite gifts for the big kids (like my sister) was rollerblades!!! They've got wheels! A few injuries but everyone is quickly mastering this sport and loving it!! 
So a few days after Christmas we tried our ice-skating as well! It was lots of fun and finally we were cold :) 
One of the nights after the kids went to bed the adults tried out our new present - a microphone that works with an ipod. We had a couples' sing-off and my parents won!! Ahhh! So sweet!
What a memorable and fun Christmas we had! Thank you to the One who makes all this possible and gave us the gift of Jesus and of our precious family.
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6 comments:
Love your Christmas pictures. Some day I'll have time to post my own. What part of TX are y'all in? We're in the Houston area.
Natalie
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WONDERFUL pictures, thanks for sharing 'em!!!
Rejoicing with you as you and your family get to celebrate yet another 'first' with your two new daughters!
Oh, but I'm so glad you did stop to write! What fun you guys had! Thanks for sharing the pics and details of your holiday!
love the pics!! what a great christmas with all of us together!
we had such a wonderful christmas. i loved every minute of it. God has blessed us so so much this past year, our family has grown QUICKLY, and we all have our health. blessings, blessings. the memories we made will last a lifetime. i do think kateryna and anastasiya's first christmas as a potts was one they will always remember. and bennet toufiq, well he wont remember but gosh did he have a good time!! love, mommie
Steph, it's been a LONG time since we've talked! Congrats on your new children; they look like they fit right into the Potts family! I am so happy for you! One of my best friends here adopted 3 children from Liberia & she said she did not do anything extra until about a year after they came. Now, they are all settled in, and she has 6 kids and they all do wonderfully. It was nice to catch up on you- you still look amazingly beautiful & your children have grown so much!!!
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