Home For The Holidays !!

The Bunger family had their first Holiday season at home. We kicked it off with Thanksgiving. We had Steve's mom, my parents, my brother and sister and ALOT of food. We had a smoked turkey and a baked turkey and all the sides anyone could ask for. We ate way to much but enjoyed every minute of it. Braden had Gerber Sweet potatoes, Greenbeans and some apple sauce. We then watched some football and called it a day. Then we were gearing up for Christmas. My sister Clara and I hit the stores at 6:00 a.m. WOW that was fun!!!!! We were so busy with Braden that before we knew it Christmas Eve was a week away. Steve and I got the house in order and were ready for guests. My WHOLE family came over for Christmas Eve. All 13 of us were here and did we have a good time. We had our homemade tamales, beans, rice, chips and hot sauce and of course dessert!! We played games with kids watched movies and then it was time to get ready for Santa. Trying to get 4 kids ranging from the age of 6 months to 9 years to sleep early so that Santa could come, is a Christmas wish that I think all parents would ask for. The night passed and Christmas morning came with Braden waking up first, then our nephew Jonathan. We took a few pictures before our living room was covered with paper and bows. Braden had a great time eating the paper. Oh how he did enjoy tearing up the paper. He got alot of nice presents. I am pretty sure that he has all the Baby Einstein clothes that are out now. We think he has hopes of becoming a firefighter, with his first big red fire truck. He is sure to be a LONGHORNS fan for life. Braden received many wonderful things and we received the best gift of all that we were together for the Holidays. Steve's mom came up and we all had lunch. It was very nice to have everyone under the same roof for Braden's 1st Christmas. We have a great family and we truly could not have asked for anything more then what we got. Family here and far but still in our hearts. New Years eve at our house was very calm. Steve and I had dinner with my parents, and then we went to bed. I did manage to wake up for a few minutes before midnight gave Steve a kiss then went to bed. My friend Amber told me that what ever you do the first day of the year is what you will be doing all year long. So I did laundry and cleaned house - GREAT!!! Steve took a nap and Braden well lets just say he needed to pamper quick!! So the way I see the Bunger family will be cleaning house, cleaning Braden, doing laundry and sleeping. If that is all we do in 2006 THANK GOD!!! 2005 was a hard year for us and we thank you all for supporting us. Braden was truly the one thing out of last year that makes the year great. We are blessed to have him and would not give that up for anything. We pray that 2006 will continue to bring us and you many blessings. So from the Bunger family we wish you all the best in 2006. And keep looking at Braden's blog, it's sure to be a great year.

Braden with his Gramy and Grandbob from Memphis, TN.













Braden with his MoMo and PoPo from Denton, TX.

Braden with Mom and Dad in McKinney, TX.