December

Phew....it was a fast and furious holiday season, as usual.

I have been completely unmotivated to sit down and Blog about it all. I uploaded the pics last week and the post has just been sitting on my dashboard since. So, there is going to be little dialogue to go along with these pictures....but enjoy anyway. Meg loved Christmas this year. She especially loved seeing all of her cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents within a two week period. I took very few pictures with my family, because sadly, we were only with them for a few hours on the Friday Night Before Christmas.

Checking out her "Santa" loot from Bunny and Pop.

Trying out her new disney princess dress up clothes and shoes from Aunt Mallory and the Jackson fam.

Wearing her Sleeping Beauty dress and riding the Ariel "Bicycle" (as she calls it) that Bunny and Pop gave her.

The next pics are from Palestine where we went to see Chad's Dad and Stepmom. We got to go to their friend's ranch and do a fun Hay Ride. It was cold, but lots of fun.

Aunt Shaye and Maclane

Talking to the horses with Papa

Taking the inagural ride in the new Wagon that she got from Papa and Wyma.

Riding with Knox

Next we spent the actual Christmas in Tyler with Chad's Mom and his Sister's fam.

Craziness on Christmas Morning!

Meg and Maclane in their matching outfits from Mama Joy pushing their baby doll strollers in circles around the house.

It was a wonderful Christmas

Thanksgiving at Bunny and Pop's

We had ANOTHER wonderful Holiday weekend in OK at Bunny and Pop's House. Again, I didn't get many pictures of the adults. I need to get better about that! At least there are other kids to look at besides Meg, in these pictures. Chad actually took most of these pictures. I was inside where it was warm. Meg spend hours in the sandbox, on the slide, watching Scooby Doo, playing in the grandkid's room, riding the golf carts, roasting marshmallows in the outside fireplace and enjoying her cousins.

Meg and her Chauffeur, Austin.

Picking some of Bunny's little "matatoes"

Sweet Bronson, always happy to play with and take care of his little cousins.

Winding down with a movie and some milk

Meg, Audrey, Jacob and Austin

Throwing rocks and sticks in the creek.

Austin

Jacob

Bronson

I also just realized I didn't get a single picture of Baby Halle. She didn't spend much time outside either! Looking foward to many more wondeful family holidays at Bunny and Pop's House.

Wedding Bells

This weekend we were able to go to the wedding of the most precious couple. Chad and I had them both in our huddle group at church right after we got married. They weren't dating at the time, but we did get to be a part of their lives when they did start dating up until they left for College and the Air Force. It makes me feel really old since I think they were Sophomores in High School when we met them and now they are college graduates getting married.

I didn't get a single picture of Chad and I at the wedding. Take my word for it, we looked really nice. Nor did I get a picture of the Bride and Groom, the Cakes or any of the other friends or guests. I have a one track mind. We were also pretty busy trying to keep Meg from crashing the party in any way. Her best friend Merrick was the flower girl in the wedding and our other friend Luke was the Ring Bearer.....so Meg had fun dancing the night away with her friends. They were hilarious.

These are just a few I took before we left the house.

This is what I get when I say, "say cheese." I am going to stop saying that.

Fortunately we were sitting in a back corner with room for the kids to dance and play without disturbing too many other tables.

After meg say Luke and Merrick holding hands and swinging around, she said, "can you hold my hand?" It was really sweet. Usually she is happy to be independent and unconfined. That must have looked really fun.

Trick or Treat

Here is just a little glimpse of Meg's Halloween Festivities. She was a pretty cute little Tiger/Kitty....depending on which time you asked her. The next few are of the cute Pumpkin kits that Chad's Mom sent her. She had so much fun decorating and redecorating and mixing around these silly pumpkin faces.
Much more enjoyable for a 2 year old then carving a pumpkin, I think.

I quickly nixed the bow tie. It looked a little to Chippendale(ish) to me. Although, Meg kept asking, "where's my hair bow on my neck?", after I took it off.

We got to Trick or Treat with my nephews, Bronson and Austin again this year. It is really sweet how excited they get to go with Meg. I am not sure why she wouldn't sit any closer to them, but we were lucky just to get her seated for a second.

I think they were both a little tired of pictures here.

I had to get an actual Trick or Treat picture, even though Meg was content to ride in the stroller and eat her candy by this point. Her cousins were so sweet to get her a piece when she didn't come to the door.

Old McDonald

VACATION

I am a bad blogger. I go weeks without posting and then have too much to post about. I will try to keep it short.

We have had a wonderful couple of weeks. The thursday before last my whole family spent the night at Great Wolf Lodge for my Dad's 60th birthday. The second time we have been able to do that together. The kids LOVE it. We all do! I took my camera....unfortunately I was having too much fun to stop and take pictures. I was also busy making sure my dare devil 2 year old didn't drown. We did have some pictures taken of the kids in Grapevine though. You can see those at Kristin Cook's blog.....www.kristincookphotography.blogspot.com



Then Chad and Meg and I headed to Florida for 6 days. If you haven't been to the Beaches of South Walton area on Highway 30A....you need to go. We stayed in a condo, since it was just the three of us. I LOVED the whole area. Watercolor, Seaside, Rosemary Beach, Alys Beach. They are all little towns with tons of beach houses shops and fun restaurants. It is very movie like. Lots of locals and beach houses owners. It is a total change of pace from Destin which is just 30 min away. I am going to get a Beach House there, when I grow up!

I don't want to mess with uploading all the pics through blogger, so here is a smilebox slideshow if you care to watch. Meg had so much fun. No child has ever loved the beach more. She would wake up in the morning and say, "please go to the sandbox, please." She also loved riding in Chad's Kayak. I almost didn't let him bring it, for packing reasons....but it was a hit. I made sure he stayed VERY close to shore when Meg was in tow, though. We rode bikes up and down 30A one day, played on the beach a couple of days and drove into Destin to see the boats and have lunch another.

Warning....it's kind of long. I didn't even use nearly all the pictures we took.

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