My Favorite Time of Year

This is my favorite time of year...Christmas. I tell myself every year that I am going to savor every moment leading up to Christmas Day. This year it is even more fun with Greyson being 2 and having our sweet little girl to share all the fun with.




We decorated the house the Saturday after Thanksgiving and are enjoying all the fun decorations. Greyson loves the Christmas tree and especially the lights and ornament that are on it. In hopes that he would keep his little paws off of the big Christmas tree we gave him his own tree with little ornament for his room that he could play with. Greyson also got his own nativity set from his great-aunt Lindsey for his birthday that he LOVES!! We read the Christmas story every night at bedtime in hopes that he will learn what the true meaning of Christmas is all about-JESUS!! We decorated Christmas cookies today; actually Jason and I decorated and Greyson ate them. Needless to say he loved it! Many of you know that Greyson has a fascination with lights, so we are anxious to take him to see the Christmas lights at one of the local parks this week; we know he is going to love it!

We hope you are enjoying the most wonderful time of the year too!!

Greyson's Birthday Party

We had a great time at Greyson's birthday party on Saturday! We celebrated with friends and family at the Children's Museum. If you have never been to a Children's Museum, it's great because there is something for everyone. We had cake, the kids played and Greyson loved opening his gifts. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us!!

Haircut pics as promised...

1st Haircut

So last Thursday after all the birthday festivities we decided it was finally time for someone to professionally cut Greyson's hair. Because the poor boy has 2 cowlicks we have been letting it grow out a bit in hopes it would help the cowlicks lay down. We decided that we would have Vivian who cuts my hair do it. I made the appointment at a time so that Jason could be there for back-up :) We were a little unsure how this whole experience would go since all the "trims" at home had ended in what seemed to be traumatic experiences for Greyson. Luckily Vivian has a TV in her little room so we knew that would help. We warned Vivian that this might end in him screaming bloody murder...we all geared up as she put the booster seat in the chair, put the cape on Greyson, and turned the TV to PBS. Luckily Clifford was on so I thought well at least the TV will have his attention for a second...He did GREAT!!! He sat in the chair, let Viv cut his hair while he watched Clifford and didn't act like it bothered him in the slightest!! I'll post pictures of the event soon!!

Happy Birthday Greyson

Yesterday was Greyson's 2nd birthday!! We had a wonderful day celebrating and can't believe that 2 years have gone by since our sweet little boy joined us. We started out the day with banana-chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, we made his birthday cake together, and then went to Chuck-E-Cheese's for dinner and fun (compliments of Papa)! It was so fun to see him enjoying the singing/dancing mouse and playing on the games and rides. We love you sweet boy!

38-30...WHOOP!!!

Jason and I were privileged to go to the A&M/t.u. game today and watch the Aggies beat the HELL outta t.u. We had a great time with our Aggie family that we have had season tickets with for 25 years. It was cold, but we bundled up and watched an AWESOME game!! Thanks mom and Jerry for watching the kids so we could go :)

Thanksgiving

What a great Thanksgiving we had!! We went to Houston and enjoyed a relaxing time together with my family. We woke up Thursday morning to beautiful crisp weather; the way it should feel on Thanksgiving Day! Of course we ate too much as everyone does but enjoyed every last bite. As I spent time with my family, I thought about how thankful I am for them. I thought I would share some of my thoughts with you...

I have the greatest husband in the world!! I love the fact that I get to spend each moment of life with my best friend. After almost 8 years of marriage I still get butterfies in my stomach when I am going to see him after we have been away from each other. I love that he "gets me" and knows what I am thinking without me even having to say it. He is a wonderful father to our 2 beautiful children. Speaking of our children, how blessed am I to be a mother. What a gift from the Lord it truly has been to have these little ones in my life. I always knew I would love being a mother but never knew I would love it this much! I love that I have a wonderful relationship with both my parents and my brother. I have realized that not everyone is as lucky to have good relationships with their family so it is something I strive hard not to take for granted.

I will leave you with some fun pictures from our day. I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving spending time with family and friends. Most of all I hope you had time to reflect on the many blessings that you have in your life!!