2013 Comes to a Close

The last week has really been a pretty incredible one. On Christmas Eve, Matt and I went to the Christmas Eve service at church. If you have never felt the presence of the Holy Spirit, that is the place. It is amazing to see all the tiny little candles illuminate a worship center. Of course, though, in hubby-like fashion, he does something to get me tickled. By accident, he stepped on his candle, and it broke into pieces. When the choir lady came to light our row's candles, she refused to light his. She said it was a fire hazard or something. I thought to myself, "ironic." At the candlelight service. It was pretty priceless. We ended up getting his lit "as long as he held it by the wax." He did, and he burned himself. It was eventful, but it did not make God's presence any less evident.

After the candlelight service, we went to dinner at Pappadeaux, which has been a weird tradition in my family for quite a while now. It used to be Olive Garden, until we realized one year that no one really liked OG, so it was changed to Pappadeaux about 10-ish years ago. We then went home and woke up the next morning in our new place and exchanged gifts early and in our PJs--including Avery. She got a couple of new toys that she was really excited about. From there, Matt decided to ride the moped to my parents' house [which was a sight to see, let me tell you]. We opened gifts there and later that day had Christmas lunch with my family.

We also started our own little family tradition of taking a picture in front of our tree on Christmas day. Here are the first and second-annual Christmas tree family photos…

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After we celebrated with my family, we traveled to New Braunfels to celebrate with Matt's family. We were greeted with so many faces that we do not get to see very often, and we just had the best time. Some highlights were the Christmas dinner, Family Scavenger Hunt, Annual Bormann Bowling Party, and visiting the historical Gruene Hall (and Gruene in general). 

Believe it or not, that big family photo is actually only about a fifth of the amount of Bormanns that were in attendance at the bowling party. Once we left, we came back home for a couple of days and then headed to the bay to ring in the new year! We barely made it past midnight, but we were pretty on fire after the Aggies beat Duke! Johnny "Football" Manziel does it again. 

We have begun a Family Fitness Challenge that started today, the first of the year. I will post details in my next post and will continue to log updates throughout the challenge. For now, I will leave you with a few highlights from our year as we bring 2013 to a close. Happy New Year!