emily kate

We had a great time over Christmas with our family. We got together first with my mom's side of the family in Abilene. I love it when we are all together. My mom is the oldest of five kids, and there are 11 grandkids, 3 grandkids-in-law, and 2 great-grandkids. It's a full house when we all get together, and I LOVE it! This year everyone came to Abilene. Here are some pictures from our time together...

Summer and her cute kids

Jason, Ava, and Bradyn doing their mean faces. Don't get on their bad side!

The girl cousins: Summer, Kasey, me, Jenny, and Carly

This year Seth broke his dad's record for the number of egg rolls eaten at one time. It was very entertaining for the onlookers cheering him on. Seth, you make our family proud!

3 generations: Summer, Grandma, Mom, and me

This is a picture of all the cousins. My uncle Don had shirts made of our my grandmother's family symbol. We were all proudly displaying our Japanese family heritage.

And here we are with my parents and sister's family. We had a Pierson family gift opening before our extended family came to town. We are so blessed by our families!


After Christmas we went on a ski trip with the Stovers and Wombles.
More pictures of that to come...