Santa's Wonderland

We have always noticed Santa's Wonderland when driving to Grandma & Papa's house, but we have never had the chance to go... until this year! We met the Wittschen's there and piled in the back of Gabe's truck and got to enjoy ALL of the lights and neat scenery. After the tour, you can get out and go to the petting zoo, eat, and play games, but we decided to skip that this year- the kids still seem a little too young for that. We will definitely go back next year though! It was soo pretty with all of the lights- definitely puts you in the Christmas spirit!!
Sophie trying to look inside the cab of the truck to see Daddy.

Dane chillin' with his crackers! :)

Playing "Where's Sophie?"

Being silly!!

Papa & Sophie

I thought this was too cute... Sophie follows Papa wherever he goes. She had already eaten lunch, but when she saw Papa sitting down to eat, she had to be right there eating too! She had her first taste of summer sausage with cheese and crackers (one of my childhood favorites). :)

Anyone Want Some More Smores??

Mom's Birthday Party

Surprise!!!!! My sisters and I (with the help of Dad, of course) surprised my Mom with a 70th Birthday Party. Her actual birthday isn't until Christmas Eve, but we really wanted to throw her off!! Haha! She thought we were just taking her out to a nice restaurant, so she was a little surprised to see her brother & sisters, family and friends all waiting for her at Becky's house. We had Pappasito's fajitas and a beautiful cake from Estelle. Gabe and I made a slideshow of my Mom's life. It turned out pretty good for a couple of amateurs. :)
I think Mom really enjoyed herself. It was a great party!!
The Birthday Girl!!!!

The table of Sisters.

Danni & Tyler getting the slideshow ready.

Mom & Dad watching the slideshow (not a great pic of them, but check out the funny son-in-laws in the background)! Lol.

Sophie loves her Papa!

Sophie getting Cole's sugars! :)

Mom had plenty of help opening her gifts.

The yummy cake.

Someone just likes the icing, not the cake. He didn't get that from me!!

The Queen speaks! Haha, just kidding Mom.

Is someone hot?

More icing.

Good to the last drop! Don't worry, it was already empty. :)

Cole & Zach with Grandma.

Christmas at Cypress Top

The county hosted a Christmas party at the dance hall in Cypress Top Park (otherwise known as Downtown Cypress). They had music, snacks, tours of the property (so I got to see my old room/house decorated for Christmas), and ornament making. It was really neat and they had a good turn out.
Here are some pictures of the kiddos making some ornaments for the tree.

Zach putting his ornament on the tree.

The star at the top of the tree. If you look real close, you can see a picture of my parents in the middle of the star!! :)

22 Months!

Little Miss Diva turned 22 months already!! Hard to believe!!! She is such a little person now. She repeats everything you say (so watch out)! And she likes to sing, dance, chase brother around the house, wrestle, scream, read books... the list goes on and on.

My favorite thing that she says now is: "luv u!" Melts my heart everytime! :)

Happy 22 Months Baby Girl!!

I Love Lamp!

Okay, so to understand the title of this post, you have to have seen one of our favorite movies, "Anchor Man." It's one of those silly movies that Gabe loves and I learn to love because he laughs at it so hard. It is contagious. :)

We are just relaxing in the living room when the two crazies walk in....

Guess it's time for a new lamp shade!! I knew the shade on my bedroom lamp was loose, but I guess it was on its last leg. Or it definitely had some help in being on its last leg!! Lol.

Who is that under there??

There she is!! It's Sophie!!

She thought that was so funny. So of course, we had to do it a couple more times. :)

The Weather Outside Was Frightful

December 4, 2009... another day that it snowed in Houston, Texas!!!!! Unfortunately, Tomball didn't get too much of it though. And what little we did get, it didn't "stick" around! Haha... :)

Once Daddy got home from work, we just HAD to go out and take a walk. Gabe loves it when it snows. He is practically a little kid, it makes me laugh. I guess we'll have to go see 'real' snow someday.
It was pretty cold and wet, I might add. The kids don't have heavy jackets, so I layered them to death!! Undershirt, sweater, hoodie... they didn't seem to mind once we were outside. :)

Aww, so precious together!

My little snow angel. :)