2014 Christmas Prep

 Pickout a Christmas tree. Done

 

 Decorate Christmas tree. Done.

 

Tell Santa what you want for Christmas.  Done, but with a bit of nervousness on the part of the 4 year old. 

 

Take pic with Santa with no tears or screaming.  Done, but with a bit of a nervous smile on the 4 year old! 



Thanksgiving

Another fun year, with a bit of a twist on what we've done for years now - Aggie football had to be factored in, so we had an early lunch at the Denson house and then Michael and I headed to College Station for the game. 

 The Thanksgiving cookers, minus Aunt Jean who was taking the pic

 

 The Thanksgiving cookers part two

 

 Hungry cousins making funny faces

 

 We were all 4 smiling at this point, the people in white were not so smiley at the end of the night.  Super fun to have the family rivalry on Thanksgiving now!  Looking forward to watching the game from the couch with everyone next year.  Hopefully the Aggies can pull off a win!

 

This one is a classic!

Space Center Houston

We were excited to have Heidi and Susan in for Thanksgiving and even more excited that they came in early so we had a few days to hang out.  Ella and I met them and Grandpa down at Space Center Houston one day (poor Addy was in school still!) and we got to run around that place.  And I literally mean run around...because that is what a 3 and 4 year old do in a place with wide open spaces!  Not sure how much they got out of the experience but they seemed to have fun.  The only pic I got of the 2 of them was dark, but here are some of me and Ella

Me and Ella and the shuttle carrier airplane that Houston got in lieu of one of the actual shuttles.  Still pretty cool to look at.  Kind of makes the shuttle look small which is strange. 

 

 Ella at the original Mission Control

 

Ella and the really big Saturn rocket.  At least I think it was the Saturn...was definitely a really big rocket.  We mostly walked/ran alongside the rocket, not a whole lot of reading about it. 



Reunion Weekend

Finally it was Michael and my turn to go to a game together - and this time with a lot of friends!  Game was not so great, it was cold and rained the whole time, but we stayed until the fourth quarter to watch the Aggies lose.  Still had a great time hanging with good friends!

 Me and My Girls.
We missed our girls who have left Texas and have more than a short drive to get to College Station so couldn't make it.

 

Cute but blurry pic of us before we put the ponchos on and headed out in the cold and rain.