It was a beautiful day to spend at the park. Sat. was in the 70's and absolutley beautiful. Two days before it was in the 30's for a high. We met a friend of my and her children at the park. Ashton took his rollerblades and had a great time. Ethan; well, he played in the sandbox the entire time we were there.
Anna Grace had her first play date over the Christmas break. Ava is the granddaughter of one of my employees, Jihan. Ava is from Austin and was here visiting her grandma. Jihan had us over for a wonderful lunch. Ashton and Ethan had a great time playing with Jihan's son.
It was wonderful to spend Christmas in our new home. Christmas eve we went to look at lights. Our church did not have a Christmas Eve service. We did miss going to church. Next year we are going to find a church that has a Christmas Eve service. That is one our our family traditions. We traveled to Carrollton in the evening to spend it with my cousin, Sandy. My aunt Nole was there from PA. We all enjoyed spending time together.
Mark and I can both say that we are so increadibly blessed this Christmas season. It has been a very hectic month with Mark working 6, 10 hour days a week. Moving during Christmas and the busiest shopping time for retail was very interesting. I was very fortunate to be able to take an entire week off so that we could get unpacked and organized. We love our new home and have met several of our new neighbors. We have all been very healthy and we are excited about what God is going to do in our lives this coming year.
What is a friend?
When I think of Leigh these are some things that come to mind:
1. The fun and crazy times we had together in high school
2. Leaving math class because we were talking about the prom and the teacher asked
us to take it to the hall if we weren't going to pay attention.
3. Toilet papering her new car.
4. Having parties and at one point the port a potty getting over turned down the street from my new house.
5. Riding around on a Friday nights in my VW bug.
6. Leigh throwing her shoe out the window because my coke spilled on it.
7. Getting pulled over in my VW because my back light was out.
8. Going to the races at Summerville Speedway.
9. Leigh being there for me when I had the call about my mother passing away.
When I look back and remember all of the fun and crazy times that we have had in the past, it makes me wonder what we will be like when we are gray and sitting in the mall people watching????
The army crawl is the greatest, she does get up on her knees and rock. It is so sweet to watch her get so excited about being able to move about.
We have had the chance to be very social this Christmas season. We had several Christmas parties that we attended. It was very nice to be able to enjoy our friends and co-workers.
We had breakfast with Santa.... Now Ethan wants a guitar and drums.? We have informed him that you don't always get what you want..... just what we need, drums.
Ethan had a great time. He wasn't sure if he wanted to get his hands dirty, but after he got comfortable he was really into it. There are some of his friends.
Santa Claus was at Cabelas today. We were ALL excited to let him know what we wanted. Ashton wants a new lego Star Wars play station game, Ethan wants a new tractor or a new wheel for the tractor that he has.
Ethan had his Thanksgiving feast this week at school. We were invited to join his class during their circle time. Beside Ethan is one of his best friends Sydney. They have been in school together 2 years now. We met them at church 3 years ago. They love each other and play together so well.
This was Ethan's first season of soccer. He had a great time and met some really nice friends. He was so proud to get his first trophy.
We had a great time at our church for Trunk or Treat. This is a picture of Aunt Rhonda.... the boys love her, she is Amy's sister.
I got froggy this morning and decided to have my own photo shoot. Ashton was my assistant, he helped keep her attention where I needed it. I thought these turned out pretty good.
