December, December, December...where did you go?

The 30 days of Christmas felt more like 12...here is what we spent our time engaged in...

Bethlehem Village-our church puts this reenactment of Jesus birth and the Village that he was born in. It is an amazing site to see. My mom helps organinze the entire Village. Way to go! Anna Claire and I worked in the Bakery this year...it was so much fun.

We had Doug's dad, step-mom, and mom in over the first two weekends of December. It was great to catch up with them...

McCade turned 4 on December 13!!! We celebrated with a arr---Pirate Party. He even had a real Pirate come and lead the treasure hunt (aka...Doug). The party consisited of Designing treaure bags and a pirate hat, going on a treasure hunt, and ending with a Pirate pinata...

The third weekend we headed to Austin for our annual Christams Tree and Trail of Lights event...we stayed two nights at the Embassy...took in the Austin Scene. It was so much fun! Doug got to go and see Aledo (his brother and family were down for State Championship) win State...Sarah got to finally eat at Moonshine (this is mom and dad's favorite place to take clients)...

We had a few parties (5 to be exact)...lots of great food! Christmas Eve service and then Christmas Day activities... And also was able to get up to date with kiddo shots and flu shots...like I said it was a crazy busy month!

Christmas:

McCade wanted a knights costume from Santa...he also got about 8 other super heroes to dress up in...along with a ton of dvds (Dr. Suess and lots of Veggie tales...this is what McCade does for quite time)...

Anna Claire wanted a bike and a flat drive way from Santa...yes that really does say flat drive way:0...she did get the bike, but Santa did not have time to come and work on this drive way...she also recieved a vanity and lots of jewlery to go with it. Uncle Nat and J got her a cell phone and camera (pretend of course)...but she has really enjoyed taking pictures and talking to everyone who will listen...her new favorite words (SAY CHEESE)...

Addie Grace got her own little tricycle...she would not get off of it while opening presents...she knows the drill. The moment she got off, there was someone toting along on it...she let us all know that it was unacceptable to be on her new toy!!! Addie also got a new kitchen and lots of fun food toys to go with it...she has also been sporting all her babies around. She loves to kiss and hug on her babies.

OUR VISIT WITH SANTA: Last year, Anna Claire did not want to have anything to do with Santa...this year she stayed a few inches away and softly let Santa know what she wanted...McCade sat right up there like he was a big boy...Addie on the other hand decided she did not want to have anything to do with this man!!! So, our picture this year had the four of us in it...McCade, Anna Claire, Addie Grace, and Mommy...