Saturday, April 27, 2013

Ski Trip!

On Christmas Day, we left for our long drive to Snowmass!  Wow, it had just started snowing in Dallas that afternoon, and so the roads were slick all the way there.  Cary was our fearless leader, and we made it to the edge of Texas by the end of the night.  The 2nd day of driving was even more perilous, as our window kept fogging up and the weather was even more crazy as we approached Aspen.  But we got there...lots of prayers, lots of patience, and lots of snacks!!

 As soon as we arrived, the boys wanted to get in their snow gear and play in the snow.


 Mimi was already there, and she made snow ice cream!
 Woody Creek- our favorite!
 Elijah skied for the first time this trip!!  Yay Elijah!  All 3 boys did a great job in their ski schools.
 Of course we had a lot of fun hang out times at the house.



 When the boys were in ski school, we had some fun grown-up time too!
 There were some Christmas presents left to open...this one was labeled by Jaron "the coolest thing ever"....it was a bow and arrow from the Dollar Store.  :)
 Baby Penguin chocolates to Daddy from Lishy!
 More playing in the snow!


 Grammy and Baw Paw had given us these Christmas pajamas with our names on them and it was so fun to wear them all together!!



 We made our annual Christmas cookies in the shapes of a Star, a Cross, and a Crown.








 New Year's Eve!



 Jaron found this icicle "sword" outside!
 We made these superhero masks and capes for Jaron's stuffed "guys."  He loves these stuffed animals with the big eyes.

 Cary and I got to share a great Anniversary dinner at Eight K on the night before we left.  It was so good, and a great way to end our trip!


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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Christmas 2012!!!

Here we are getting ready for Christmas!

 Mimi took us to a nice dinner at the Park Cities Club.



 I just love seeing Elijah wearing these little Santa socks!
 Jaron and I went with Creede Hudson and Lori to decorate gingerbread houses at Cookies and Castles at Scottish Rite!

 Here are some photos of our sweet time with Uncle Jim and Aunt Kimmy when they came to visit in early December!





 Jaron and his class went to see a Nutcracker Puppet show!



 Here we decorated some huge gingerbread men at home!

 Then we went back to the Park Cities Club to visit Santa!  Here is Jaron with his letter.




 It did start getting cold, so we did some inside activities- like this puzzle!


 Cary and I right before a Ugly Sweater Christmas Party..
 Elijah's Class Christmas Party

 They sang "Away in a Manger" and "Jingle Bells."  Cary played guitar, and after the Christmas songs, someone requested "The Wheels on the Bus," so he played that too!

 Here are the treats Elijah and I made for his party!
 Mimi took Jordan for a nice dinner at the Reunion Tower Restaurant!
 Elijah shoe-shopping with Daddy!
 Jaron at his school for pajama day!

 Jaron and I made these cute Christmas treats for the kids in his class.  Little teddy grahams riding on candy cane and candy bar sleighs!  He was very proud of them!




 Jaron was an Angel in his class Christmas play.





 Christmas with Grandaddy, Gigi, Haley and Hannah!






 Christmas Eve!



 We had these little silhouettes made of the boys in Santa Fe last summer, and we gave them to Mom for Christmas...she loved them!!


 Hot cocoa in a little bitty mug


 Our Christmas Eve Birthday cake for Jesus!


 Their Christmas Eve pajamas- saying night night to Mimi!
 Cookies and Milk for Santa


 Christmas Morning!!!!

 Jaron got these 2 little animals he really wanted from the bookstore- Daisy and Stripes.  Elijah got a sweet little Knuffle Bunny.
 Goggles for our upcoming ski trip
 I got Cary these cool art pieces by Peter Lik for Christmas.  I was so proud that I was able to surprise him!
 Christmas Day at Mammas and Poppop's house!

 It actually started snowing lots of big, beautiful snowflakes right in the middle of Christmas Day!!








It was a wonderful Christmas!  Happy Birthday Jesus!!
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