Rees Christmas Reunion

This last weekend, my parents hosted a Rees family reunion. Growing up, the Rees family always gathered together in Houston about a week before Christmas to enjoy fellowship and a gift exchange. And while we opted not to exchange gifts, we had a lovely fellowship with aunts, uncles, and cousins. We ate (a lot!), took a trip to Boerne, Sister Creek winery, the River Walk, had drinks by the fire at the Emily Morgan hotel, went to church on Sunday and just enjoyed catching up with everyone.

The picture is a little small, but here are the family members, from left to right:
Back row: Michael Rees, Bill Rees
Front row: Kristen, Randy, Logan and Ben Hood; Paul, Kara and Stretch Ford; Dick and Melinda Rees; Deanna Rees; and Mary Jane Magill.
And if you look closely, this picture is different! My brother and his family surprised my mom and dad by driving down to San Antonio on Sunday morning. They followed us to church and joined us for the service! My mom was so surprised! Uncle Dick, Aunt Melinda and Michael had already left for Houston, but we took another family portrait.

And here is my mom and dad with all of their grandchildren:

Logan (2), Ben (5), Becca (5), James (8 mos) and Jack (8).