December Jollys!

Our favorite thing to do these days is drive the car, with sunglasses or in this case Sugar's glasses, radio on Mary Poppins, cell phone in hand and the windows down!
We had such a great time at the Texas Stampede Rodeo with our dear friends Mary C and Bill! What a night!
Complete with a little monkey who rode a dog...hilarious!
Bye bye Gaia...we'll miss you and it sure was fun playing and putting my bows in your hair!

Road tripping to Austin for the football game and photo shoots and SUCH a fun weekend! This is when the love of Mary Poppins began! Sugar always knows best!

How about those Longhorns?!?! There have been some very exciting games lately and most of the family will be at the National Championship...this pregnant longhorn will be cheering from home! Hook Em!

Its beginning to look alot like Christmas....weve been talking about Jesus birthday coming up and we have June Bugs' birthday!

Needless to say June Bug was not a big fan of Santa this year! All day long she kept telling me "no Santa's lap..cry" as if she was narrating the story exactly how it would go! Santa made me sit in his lap and hold her and she stopped crying but at the last second I tried to sneak out of the photo and this is what we got! Isnt Santa's face priceless?!?

We were much happier looking at the ducks and the turtles

Maxi always goes with us to see Santa and then we go visit the trains...its one of our favorite traditions!

Sugar and Papa always get Kennedy her own painted train but we didnt have any luck finding it on the tracks this year!

Even the fountain is better than that dumb old Santa!
and window shopping of course!

This is pretty cute...Wilson is getting all of his toys and goodies to take to June Bug for her birthday...precious!

"Happy to You"..this is what Kennedy says these days for birthdays! We had lunch with Grandaddy on his special day!

More Northpark fun with our playgroup! I kept saying I wouldnt go back to that mall until after the holidays buttttttt Kennedy became obsessed with the puppet show there so we ended up going back again and again! She could literally watch the show all day long! She met a little boy Luke at one of the shows and has not stopped talking about him!

We went to the Polar Express in downtown Grapevine and had so much fun with the Elmores! The kiddos dressed in pjs and we sipped as hot chocolate as we rode the train and even had a visit from Santa. We finished the night with dinner on main street together!

Kennedy's favorite part besides being with Wilsee and Anna Kate, was the pony ride and the Grapevine teeny boppers that sang Jingle Bell Rock in a pre-show! She keeps talking about the girl with the microphone, braces on her teeth and the make up that we talked to after the show!

It was so much fun having Dinner Club at our house this month for the holidays! Look at how these babies are growing up so quickly!

We had our own private birthday party with Savanee! She brought us a pink shopping cart filled with all of June Bug's favorite things..including cheetos and m&ms!! Then we had lunch at La Madeline with the girls and ate cupcakes! Thanks for making me feel so special!

This is our fabulous MOPS group at the Merry Market wrapping up the semester! We even had a delicious pot luck meal and holiday party a few nights before with all of these great moms!

Always loves the umbrella rain or shine! This particular day it was raining and so we went out in our pjs just so we could sing "its raining its pouring" and put the umbrella to use! We also like to see the moon at night and sing I see the Moon and the moon sees me, God bless the moon and God bless me.

Decked in mommy's rubber bands and head bands...worn as necklaces and other creative ways! Pen in hand and the stroller not too far away! She likes to shop at "Hallmark" and "Target" but first she runs over to give a "kiss and hug" before she leaves with Daddy's wallet! Everything is "real fast"...she'll request to do something and then say "real fast ok?"

Happy to you YAYA...what a fun weekend of celebrating her 30th birthday! We had a slumber party at the NYLO hotel and had such a fun girl's night out beginning with pedicures and ending with girl talk and Disneyland! It was definitely a weekend to remember!

The annual Holidiva party with all the TCA girls! We had a pj brunch at our place with yummy food and a great time watching the little ones play together and entertain us! It was so great being with everyone and getting to catch up!

All the kids had a blast trying on hats and switching around with each other! funny!

now you see them....

now you dont! mmmm....cheetos turned upside down!

We went to a really fun event in Richardson called Santa's Village! It was so cute and Kennedy had the BEST time! There are tons of tiny houses and each one has a little activity or treat inside! Everything was lit with colorful lights and of course the puppet show was a favorite!

Riding a dalmation at the fireman's house and trying on the gear!

This little house had a reindeer saddle you could ride on and she even got a little red nose like Rudolph!
The petting zoo/animal house was by far the favorite! Daddy was brave enough to pick up the rabbit!
OBsessed with the kittens!



Mrs. Claus passed out cookies and was not as scary as her other half!

June Bug's little Mother's Day Out class had a cute Christmas party complete with Sprinkles cupcakes and a reading of the Christmas story. She loooovvveeesss her "school" and has learned so much this year! She can count to 12, knows all of her colors, has a memory like her mommy's :), as most people notice she is the chattiest little thing and can say anything and everything (yikes), and says the sweetest prayer about God our Father, thank you for a blessing, and snack ;) amen!

Our favorite house to come home to each night! Doesnt it look like the Griswalds?? I love it! Right when you pull onto our street you can spot it! It is a MUST that we drive by the "front porch" with "window down" every night! The neighbors have an orange lit up "Bebo" aka Bevo that she likes to look at too! Special thanks to Daddy and Sugar who helped hang up Christmas lights in the freezing rain..camo hats and all! I wish I had a picture of that! All the little elves (Honey and Sugar, June Bug and Daddy) made our house so festive this year! Do you think anyone would notice if we left them up year round?!?! It always just comes and goes way too fast!

I love having decorations up for all of the holidays! This front porch makes me so happy!