Santa's Wonderland

The girls had a chance to sit on Santa's lap with their Mommy and MiMa at Santa's Town in College Station. They really enjoyed it and Cale asked Santa to bring her a Barbie house for Christmas.

Houston pics

We are having a great time visiting my mom and Paul in Houston. The weather has been great and we have played at the zoo, the park and the hot tub over and over again! Thanksgiving was really special... and the girls napped during our meal- so I enjoyed a nice glass of red wine and soaked it up! My mom did all the hard work-and it was yummy! Cale is really into "being brave" right now and swimming by herself from one side of the hot tub to the other. Pretty funny. Leah loves to say, "me too!" to anything you might mention. She WILL NOT be left behind.  I will post some more photos soon as we took so many. We also made a trip to visit my family in College Station, TX and we went to Santa's wonderland. My Aunt, Uncle and Cousins were nice enough to feed us and let us play at their house for the day. Cale and Leah loved having playmates- and Andy had a blast with the boys playing Wii and football.  At Santa's Wonderland the girls both sat on Santa's lap and it was very fun to see.
Time to think about the trip back home. Both girls slept almost the whole way down here (we drove overnight) and we plan to do that again on the way home. Home- back to the cold weather!!!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving... and if you shopped today- hope you made out better than me... as I was there at 4:45 am but didn't get what I went for. Time for some coffee or a nap!

Christmas Pics... the story

So... back at the end of October, I took the kids to do some Christmas pictures. I wasn't sure they would turn out like I hoped the first time so we started early. I wanted to take some in their PJ's b/c they both love Jammies! Also, I brought a long a special pillow that was mine when I was little and a blanket (aka wubbie) that my kids love. Cale and Leah are both big blankie kids- so I thought this would be a neat photo.
Also, their Grammy bought them the most beautiful dresses for Christmas- so we wanted to wear those too!
Needless to say, the girls did a great job this day- and I was very pleased. We really like a lady that takes pictures at Picture People named Karen. They all were so impressed with how the pictures turned out that they put them on display on the wall at the store. 7 big frames and lots of holiday postcards. Lots of my friends have told me it looks great. I have not seen it yet in person. Here are just a few of the pictures from that day! Hope you enjoy!

Headed to Houston

I have been bad about blogging these past 2 weeks! Seems like things are already getting very busy with Holiday plans and travels. We are leaving this week for Houston to spend time with my mom and Paul. The kids are very excited and Cale even knows how many more days until we leave.  We are planning to drive all night Friday night...we did this about 2 years ago with Cale- and we made it. Here goes!
We have fun plan to see family while we are there and we will have a quiet Thanksgiving at my mom's house.
I am sad to miss my Grandma this year on Thanksgiving- but hoping she can hold out to eat something yummy.
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Sea World Video

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Sea World pics

Here are a few pictures from our day together at Sea World. The "Believe"Shamu show was amazing.

I loved the dolphin and whale show- and we even got to ride the roller coasters. Andy loved them too. I am trying to post a video or two so you  can see it!

Bath fun

I love this picture of the girls... taken on Friday night. Also, I LOVE my new Canon camera. Very nice to have clear pictures again....

A SUPER FABULOUS DAY TO BE OUTSIDE!

Here is Cale showing off her new Witch's hat... and her new Doll that we bought her for giving up her halloween candy. She is just fine with it... we let her keep a few pieces. :<) Also, you might take note that Cale picked her own outfit- so it is really neat.

Leah enjoyed the nice afternoon at the park. It was a little windy, but still a great day.

Happy Halloween

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween! We were able to see lots of family and friends and the kids had so much fun. We even enjoyed some snuggles before the kids went to bed. Thanks to everyone who made it a great day.