December In a nutshell

Merry Christmas!!

Our 3 joys!
William's class at their performance
Ryan and I prepping the gingerbread houses
Annabel LOVED creating her own house
Coleson hanging out Ta Da

A trip to Bass Pro Shop

Not the best picture AND no one is crying. Is it bad that I was bummed that there were no tears? I always think the tears are classic.

And we are off to California

quick layover so we ran the ramps to get the wiggles out
BEAUTIFUL day at Moss LandingColeson's first trip to the beachWe were SO happy to be at the beachrunning from the wavesChristmas MorningThis will keep her busyAnd William busyUncle Brian, Caelyn and Coleson
So happy to be in California with familyCrazy CousinsUncle Ryan keeping the kids busyYummy dinner time
and cookie decoratingAnd the adults playing with their new ipads
The cousins put on a play for the adults- the story of Jesus. Can I say HILARIOUS from their perspective?!Uncle D

A quick trip to Truckee- we were disappointed with lack of snow. BUT, we still had a blast: we made mini snowmen, had snow ball fights, skied and had lots of fun with cousins.

Tahoe Donner Ski Resort was lacking snow and only offering lessons for kids. William was so bummed. But was thrilled to ride the chair lift and hike down. He loved riding the chairlift and finding patches of snow to play in.
Family hike

Cousins- we love watching these cousins play together. They love each other and have so much fun playing. We missed Beka and Kira. We can't wait to play this summer.

William Skiing

William's First time on Skies

William has been looking forward to skiing ever since we moved to Texas. This year we told him we would try. Our first attempt was a FAIL. With the lack of snow it made it difficult to find a resort for William AND Ryan to ski.

Annabel was prefectly content hanging out in the lodge sipping hot coco and playing games.

This smile was worn ALL day!

Proud Daddy

William was so proud of himself! He had a ball and can't wait to go again. Hopefully, his next time he will see more snow and continue to love it!

Bink and Novemeber is over!

WOW! November is over!
I blinked it was gone. Never a dull moment in this house. Below are some of the highlights of the month:

Annabel got her first haircut.

How cute is she? She was so excited to get her hair cut. She always watches Daddy give William a haircut and has patiently waited for her turn. We made a BIG deal out of it- she thinks it was worth the wait.

How could you not sit still when you get to sit in a pink Barbi car AND watch Dora on the TV right in front of you. :)All trimmed up AND a purple Dragonfly clip= One happy girl

Coleson

Coleson is growing like a weed. He now takes a bath in tub... a blow up tub.

sits in a high chair
and started eating solids
Does he like it??
Not so much.
He has warmed up to eating solids and thus far he LOVES sweet potatoes

William

William's class at their Thanksgiving party

feasting away

The other day I could not find William when it was lunch time.
I looked all around and found him here.
He said "Mommy, it is such a beautiful day I was just enjoying the cool breeze. We don't get many days like this here."

THANKSGIVING
One of the many turkeys of the day-
our appetizer

Enjoying the view of turkey carving

Big kids decorated the table while we pulled everything out and carved the turkey.

toasting- she thinks it is "wine" aka sparkling apple cider

feasting on sweet potatoes

Turning on the Holiday Cheer

Picking out our tree

Saturday night we headed out to Marble Falls and enjoyed dinner out before we saw...

these amazing lights in Marble Falls.

It was a bit cold and windy which is not what we are use to. So we stopped at Starbucks for hot apple cider to keep us warm. We laughed that all we had were long sleeves, sweaters and scarfs. I thought we would be plenty warm. NOPE
How quickly we have adjusted to Texas weather.

huddle up

guess who is the cold one?

they were so sweet together-holding hands

May this season be a time filled with lots of joy, fun and remembering WHY we celebrate!