Christmas!!!

Jon, Annalise, and I had a wonderful Christmas at my parents house. I have way too many pictures so get prepared...

Being silly-

Playing hard and helping to "paint" the fence-

Getting Christmas PJ's- Annalise said "Cute!" when she opened them.

Eating her first Oreo-

Helping Bubba wash his car-

Visiting the giant angels made of lights that Annalise ADORES everytime we drive by-

Presents on Christmas morning!!! She also got a slide that won't be assembeled until we get to Fort Worth. Another big hit is a "Gum Ball Machine" that is full of giant fake gumballs. It has a lot of buttons to push and knobs to turn.



And, Annalise got to spend some time with Jon. He is about the leave on the high school ski trip and we will miss him VERY much!

A Sister-In-Law!!!

On Sunday night before Christmas, my brother got engaged! I am SO excited for he and Amy to get married this summer. Amy is WONDERFUL and I am just thrilled for her to be part of our family.

Here are some pictures-

Here are T and Amy with Annalise at our house before Christmas. Annalise thinks that Amy is just as awesome as T is.

Visit with Santa

Annalise and some of her buddies went to see Santa at the mall this week. She decided to wear her Christmas Dress. :)

She wasn't too sure if she liked him or not, but she did have lots of fun playing in "GermLand" and eating Chickfila afterwards.

Noah, Ellis, Grayson, Annalise, and Jasper

The Whole Gang

Winter Fun!

Annalise has had some winter fun lately!

She and Jon played outside in the cold one day last week and then when they came back inside she got to drink some hot chocolate- which she loved!

And, here she is in a really cute hat!

Christmas Decorations!?!?

Many of you will be shocked to hear that I decided to decorate for Christmas this year. It has been about 3 years since I put up our tree or really any of our decorations. However, I couldn't pass it up this year because I knew Annalise would love it.

Thanksgiving Fun!!!

We had a lot of fun at my parents house over Thanksgiving break! Here are some picture highlights-

Playing in the ball pit that Nana (my Mom) brought home from her preschool-
Enjoying tasty treats like cookies and apple pie-

Turkey dinner (eating it and wearing it!)-

Sitting on the couch with Bubba-

Special post-nap hairdo-

Putting up the Christmas tree!

"Painting" a masterpiece (this toy was mine when I was little)-