We decorated for Christmas - it’s one of my favorite things about the holidays!
Joy playing with the fabric nativity. Santa Jason setting up the tree.
Daddy and his girls!
Decorating the tree Lizzy and Joy playing with the nativity
The girls putting up the stockings – Lizzy showing us her extra stocking from preschool last year.
Because both of our families are here in town, we enjoy two Thanksgivings.
On Thursday, we enjoyed dinner with the Turpins. Marissa hosted us this year.
This was our contribution:
The kids loved playing with their cousins.
I wish I had more pictures, but Joy got sick and I had to take her home. Unfortunately, I took the camera home in my purse (ugh!), but Jason says that everyone had a wonderful time while I was gone. I left at 3PM and he says the kids didn’t even notice my absence till about 7PM. :) Jason says Marissa’s turkey was absolutely wonderful!
Friday was Thanksgiving with the Balls. This is the kid table:
The kids had fun playing and we all enjoyed the food!
I love this picture of Asia – she’s eating and talking to the man she loves!
Playing around on the farm.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!
Today was Sammi’s 10th Birthday! We chose all of the food we ate at each meal. Breakfast – Fruit Coffee Cake
Lunch – Clam Chowder, crackers, and cheese
Dinner – Roasted Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Garlic Bread, Fruit Salad, Sushi
And then Cheesecake and Sherbet
From us she got some earrings, a peek a boo Barbie, new Scriptures, and a cool paper making kit. Should I mention the fact that she woke us up at 5 something AM so she could open her presents before Daddy left for work? Yawn! So cute!
During the day the girls and I made Sammi and Jessi bunk beds – they are WAY excited!
AND……big changes……Sammi and I went to WalMart and got her ears pierced! She choose pink hearts. She looks really cute.
Sammi’s very exciting dinner:
And then present time – the common theme was money! She got $20 from Linda She got $25 from Grandma and Grandpa Turpin. She got $20 from Asia. She got $10 from Kathie earlier in the week. She spent that on a Webkinz that she named Blue Bell. Then she got this fun Webkinz from Grandma Ball. She named it Goldie.
She wanted Cheesecake and I forgot candles (what a bad Mom!), so I grabbed a candle from the house for her to blow out. Here we are singing “Happy Birthday!” In case you were wondering, Sammi was sitting on a huge bouncy ball through all of this! :)
And finally, a picture of Sammi and her two sets of Grandparents! Pretty Cool!
Happy Birthday babe, I can’t believe you are ten years old! We love you!
We went to the International Winter Wonderland Festival in the Woodlands yesterday. We started our journey at the 99.1 booth. Becca got a Christmas bell – which Joy is eating in the picture below. Sammi and Lizzy won free ice skating tickets! They are super excited! Jessi got a fun Christmas bouncy ball. They also had fun crafts for the kids to do.
We were so excited that Danielle’s family could join us. Here we are trying yummy fried plantains with a great green sauce.
We went over to the International Stage to watch the Uzori Russian Folkdancers. They performed dances from all over Eastern Europe – very cool! The kids enjoyed waiting for the dancers to begin – they found a very cool hill behind us that they kept rolling down.
We got some turkey legs to eat – Joy loved them!
The girls and I have been studying Spain, so we really wanted to see the Flamenco Dancers – very colorful. And then finally, our family on the waterway.
At least to us - it's 49 degrees outside. We are freezing!
(Becca corrects me - I(Mom) am freezing)!
So we made a fire - thanks to Mama and Daddy and Hurricane Ike for the wood!
Joy loved the fire. She thought it was fascinating! We roasted white and pink marshmallows – yummy!
