Christmas... Take Three!

Mimi and Granddaddy visited after Christmas and to help move Aunt Sasa to Galveston. We were able to  open a few more presents together :)

Getting ready for New Year's Eve...

A few last pics before Mimi and Granddaddy head back to CO...

 We will miss you!

Once Upon A Christmas...

On Christmas Eve we visited the Market Street Santa to wish him "Feliz Navidad!"

Placing the rice crispy treats and Sprite for Santa (we were out of Diet Coke, Caden's original choice, so we settled for Sprite).

Matching Christmas jammies are such fun!

 Caden's gifts had a CARS theme :)

 For Charli Kate, the theme was dolls!

Celebrating Christmas at G'ma's!

Opening presents with Auntie Jen!

Aren't the guys so funny!

Birthday ToDo's

 Last Saturday evening we celebrated Auntie Jen's 23rd birthday. We had a great time at G'ma's with the family! Happy birthday to the sweetest sister, sister-in-law and auntie in the whole wide world!

On Sunday we joined our little buddy Will at Bouncing Bears to celebrate his 2nd birthday...

A good time was had by all!

Preoccupied with Many Merriments!

We have been so busy enjoying the Christmas season that I am terribly behind at posting on the blog! We recently decorated gingerbread houses with our playgroup (pics to come). We went to a super-cute cookie exchange at our neighbor's home and came home with a lot of sweet goodies! Cute idea Allisons! Sadly, I didn't take any pics. Last week Ryan and I had a date night at our church's Christmas Celebration. The annual Pajama breakfast was this weekend.
And a couple of days ago we attended the M&M social for our Bible study which was a Happy Birthday Jesus! party (pics to come). Very sadly, our laptop has been having trouble. We had to take it to the "doc." Needless to say, we have limited computer access these days.

Santa's Wonderland

A couple of weekends ago, we made a trip to Col Sta to view Santa's Wonderland. The weather was chilly, perfect for such an event! Santa's Village has many yummy foods and a cozy campfire for dining. There was also a Christmas movie playing and live music!

 How cute is this?!

 Driving through the entrance of beautiful lights!

 The displays were wonderful and seemingly endless. There were entire villages and homes and animal and trains of lights. I didn't include too many pictures because we didn't want to give away the sights. But our favorite was the final scene... make sure that you go to check it out!

"Walking in a Winter Wonderland"

Sleigh-bells ring, are you listening? In the lane snow is glistening. OR so the song says! In Houston, when summer finally ends during November, the weather stays a balmy 75 degrees for what seems like many weeks thereafter. During this "pleasant" weather a couple of weeks ago, we planned an afternoon out in The Woodlands Winter Wonderland. There were many festivities including a parade and ice skating. But the fun for us was the walking tour around the lights!

Thanks and Giving

We spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Dallas with family. We had a great time visiting with everyone! We even successfully completed a bulk of Christmas shopping during the Black Friday madness. This year was so much fun because we were able to talk in a few more family members into joining the tradition! What a blast!

 The wearing one of their many sets of matching Christmas jammies. We are so excited to begin this season's Christmas celebration!