Cookie Party

Carson and I were invited to a cookie decorating (umm... I mean, eating) party this morning at my friend Jenn's house. She is so creative and kind and BRAVE to invite all of us ladies over and to let our kids go absolutely wild with icing and sprinkles in her house. :) It was so much fun hanging out with the girls and watching the kids decorate cookies and play. Carson enjoyed the decorating, but the whole time he either had a gun in his hands or a warrior helmet. I think he was trying to prove his manliness because every time I would tell him how good his cookies looked, he'd say, "... and look, Mom, I have a gun." Ha ha. :)

PF Chang's

We had a great time tonight hanging out with our friends Josh and Kelly at PF Chang's. Amazing food, amazing conversation -- and the kids actually sat through dinner without incident! I was so pleased. I'm loving that our kids are getting to the age where going out to eat is not a huge ordeal.

Boerne

I love small towns and the great outdoors. It does my soul good to get away from it all now and again. Yesterday Carson and I went out to Boerne for a photo shoot at a ranch (totally fun, BTW). Even though I was "working", it was relaxing... being outdoors, taking pictures, doing a different kind of work than what I normally do. It was refreshing.







When we were done, I took Carson to lunch (he was such a good "helper") in downtown Boerne. It was cold and a little bit rainy and it made for the perfect day. We sat inside a little cafe and ate tomato basil soup, talked, watched the rain. When we were done, we held hands as we walked around town looking at Christmas decorations, walking through antique stores, having a good time. It was a lot of fun. I love that town! [While we were there, I also discovered what I think could be one of my favorite stores ever, Ella Blue. I walked in and it's like they had everything I would ever want to wear. I love it!]

Breakfast

Walked into the kitchen this morning to find Carson helping himself to breakfast... :)

Flowers

My husband brought me flowers today... what a sweet guy.

The Christmas Season is Here

I always enjoy Christmas, but this year I've been even more excited. Maybe it's the cold weather, but I'm loving the Christmas music, the decorations, the shopping... all of it.

Monday we got out our Christmas decorations and got our house all decorated.






This photo isn't particularly Christmas-y but Aaron never lets me take his picture, so I thought it was noteworthy. :)




Last night I was hired to do pictures for the Christmas party Sandy's company was having. Santa was there and the kids had a blast! Carson was constantly at the side of the face-painting, balloon making clown asking her questions and making jokes... that is, until Santa walked in... I've got a ton of pictures of Carson in Santa's face, excitedly asking him, "How did you get here? Where is your sleigh?" And on and on...







There was also a clown there doing face painting and making balloon animals, so my kids left with a TON of balloons! As we were leaving, Carson looked back and said, "Merry Christmas, Clown." It was hilarious. Or maybe you just had to be there. :) lol


Tonight Abby has her first Christmas Program, so I'm sure we'll have pictures of that later on...

Jerah

Jerah is my niece. Isn't she cute? I just had to post these photos since I don't get to blog about her very often. I've loved the past couple times we've gotten to see her. She's starting to recognize us and TALK (this still surprises me. I mean wasn't she just BORN?!). When we were at my mom and dad's for Thanksgiving, Val and Jerah were able to come up for the night, and it was so fun watching her play with Abby and Carson. They all got along so well and had such a great time! I can't believe she's two!

Oh, and she's got a little brother on the way (coming in March)! I'm so excited!!

I have been very behind on blogging lately and I have lots of pictures and stories to tell so stay tuned. :)