Christmas with the Stegalls

my parents' tree on our Christmas morning together, 12/26

target practice with the new BB gun: Mark, William and Will

our biggest Stegall Skating Spectacular-- 51 family members!

Mama Ann celebrated her 88th birthday on 12/24

my attempt at delicious Tuxedo Cake tasted good but fell apart

cousins of 2010: Henry and Alice

Glass Ornament making at Orbix Hot Glass

On December 28th the "big kids" drove up about 45 minutes to Orbix Hot Glass to make our own ornaments. It was so fun for my parents, Mark and I, plus my siblings and some of their children to select our colors and blow our own ornaments. Mark and I saw glass-making in Murano, Italy 7 years ago and really had fun getting to do it ourselves. I chose daffodil and blue/green mix, Mark chose red mix and celadon. What a fun memory and experience!!

Caroling with Daniel Cason

My brother surprised us with such a special treat on the 26th: Daniel Cason came to the house and played piano before dinner. Daniel has a special place in the hearts of my family. He played in the wedding for each of us kids, my grandfather's funeral and my grandmother's second marriage. He's the soundtrack to our most special days and plays with such skill, passion and love for the Lord. Check Daniel Cason Ministries link for more on his music and inner-city ministries in Birmingham, AL.

Atlanta Christmas with the Holmes

Mark, Emalee, Alice, Poppy, Virginia, Gigi, William, John, Elizabeth, Abby, Mark B.

Christmas Eve Service at PRUMC

Alice with her cousins, Virginia & William

Christmas morning fun - Alice loves her train, bus, bunny slippers and more!

Brother has a name!

 We are thrilled to have Sawyer join our family in February! Alice revealed her brother's name to our families in a Christmas card. Everyone loved it and so do we.

we got a great reaction from Mark's parents on Christmas Day

A Day with Grandaddy in DC

 My dad is staying in DC for work meetings through Wednesday this week so Alice and I joined him for a few hours today. We visited the Smithsonian Castle, trains and cars at the American History Smithsonian, airplanes at Air & Space, and ate a yummy lunch at the Native American Museum. It was fun to have Daddy's business partner, Clyde, with us too. Thanks for spending the day with us, Daddy! Alice and I enjoyed it (and Mark needed the time to finish final projects in his last week of graduate school). We love you.

A few of Alice's favorite things

outside, in the yard, with a stick, near the dog