Merry Christmas

This Christmas our family got the best Christmas present ever! A chance to move. Normally that wouldn't be something you wish for but this move comes with a great job for Jason at the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office and a great small town for the kids and I:) It was just the thing we needed to be able to relax and enjoy the Holiday! As tradition we opened all gifts from my family on Christmas Eve, my kids have no idea how lucky they are! Most kids only get to open one present on Christmas Eve. Then we spent the night with Jason's family and had a wonderful Christmas morning followed by a fantastic meal at my Aunt Debbie's.

Tis The Season

Polar Express
This year was our second year getting to ride the Polar Express train down in Palestine. It is only as good as you believe it will be, and we loved it.





ICE
This year we also were able to go and see the wonderful ice sculptures featuring the whole Peanuts casts out at the Gaylord. It was super crowded but super awesome!

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

Today was the first day I was able to really get into the holiday spirit. We started off by attending a field trip to the Winspear Opera House to see the Nutcracker with Sara's school.







After that wonderful performance we decided to stop and say hi to Santa. The kids wanted to make sure he knew just what they wanted in time.

Thanksgiving Holidays

It was nice this year to have a whole week off with my kiddos. It was even more fun because I also got to hang out with my little brother. On Thanksgiving Day my mom and brother came over to our house where I was able to serve my first ever turkey. I did accidentally cook the bag of giblets in the turkey but it didn't seem to hurt it. I knew to take them out but only found the neck in my search so I figured we got lucky- not quite. Also during the week we hung around the World Aquarium and went and saw Tangled for fun.

Jason Getting Sworn In

 

 

 

 

We found out that Jason passed the BAR Exam November 4th, 2010 at 3:05pm. The next day he was sworn in at the Rockwall County Court.

Happy Thanksgiving

This year has been super hectic, but it was so wonderful to be able to take a moment to listen to the wonderful performance that Clayton's school put on. He just has a way of melting my heart!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

JASON DID IT!!! AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD!!!

Halloween!!!

First we had to get ready for Halloween. You know the typical scraping out the pumpkin guts, which no one but Jason was willing to do; then I tried to cook pumpkin seeds, they all burned; then carve the pumpkin, where Sara got to show us her mad punching skills; and last make a gingerbread house. Wait wasn't that last one a little early, not in our house. We love playing with glue like frosting and candy pieces that we will never eat we found a way to do it for Halloween:)





On Halloween we started at Jason's Parent's Home for some super yummy soup and a chance to see all the kids in costume. We had a Hippy, a mermaid-technically Merlia from Barbie and the mermaid tail, Scooby Doo and Superman! Don't you just love how Sara is getting into character by practicing her mermaid face!




Even though it is no longer the most popular thing to do I wanted my kids to have a good year of just old fashioned trick or treating! We went to my Aunt Debbie's neighborhood and had a blast as the kids ran from house to house filling their pumpkins with candy. It took all night but I think by the last house they were remembering to say thank you and not just get excited about the wonderful candy they received!