Lawrence family for Christmas!

My whole family came to visit us here in Washington last week!  They were here for 7 days and left on Christmas Eve.  It was so much fun showing them around the Vancouver/Portland area.  We got to do a lot while they were here... Richard, Joey and Jonny went snowboarding, we experienced downtown Portland, went to our church and heard Don and Richard speak, and much more.  Everyone stayed at our new house, it was a little crowded, but our three bedroom held up pretty well!

  

Here's us walking around Portland.  My parents stayed at the Heathman Hotel for two nights.  It was right in the middle of downtown surrounded by shops and the river.  It was a great place to experience what downtown is like, especially during the holidays.

 

 

The weather held up pretty well while everyone was here.  Not too much rain and not too cold :)  Even though I know Jesse would have liked it to snow.

 

 

Since they were leaving on Christmas Eve, we decided to celebrate Christmas together a few days earlier by opening our gifts to each other.  We pretended it was 6:30am (even though it was 6:30pm).

  

  

  

  

We had a couple themes this year...  Snuggies!

 

 and jeans!

Richard and I are so thankful to have wonderful families that care about and love us.  We hope everyone had a great Christmas celebrating the birth of Jesus with family and friends!