December 18th

Idaho had SO.MUCH.SNOW!!! It was great fun for us to be able to play in it while we were there.  The kids made a snowman, went for 4wheeler rides, and had a ton of fun just playing outside in it. Lexie looked like Randy off of A Christmas Story-she was so puffy in her snow clothes! :)  Bella was a little wary at first, but she did kind of like the snow (yes, we had her in a pink sweater so she wasn't too cold).  That night, the little town of Sweet had a nativity play and a hayride that we went on.  FUN!

Trip to Utah/Idaho- DEC 16-17

Here we are...back in the car again. HAHAHAH!  Dec 16th we left for our trip at 3 am.  We made it to Durango about 6pm.  We stayed overnight in Durango, and then left for Utah the next morning about 7.  We got to grandma's at 245pm, then had to get back in the car again and headed to Idaho at 4pm.  We were going to stay overnight at grandma's and just drive to Idaho on the 18th, but there were big storms coming in and we didn't want to drive in bad weather.  The kids were amazing, again! YAY!  Even Bella was super good.  Thank heavens.....   our hotel in Durango was awesome, and I'm sure we will be staying there again.  Other than Lexie puking in Price Canyon (where the ice waterfall pic was taken), it was a thankfully uneventful trip.  :)

December 14-Sydnee's Gingerbread Man play

On December 14, Sydnee had her first Kindergarten performance!  Her class put on the Gingerbread Man play.  She was the little old woman (one of the MAIN parts of the show), and worked REALLY hard for weeks on her part.  We put her in a little dress, with a cardigan and apron, put powder in her hair to make it white-ish, and gave her a little handbag and glasses. She did awesome!! I just couldn't believe it...my little shy, attached, nervous little girls was up there singing in the microphone ALL BY HERSELF!! No tears, just excitement! I was so proud!! 

 

December 12- Wheelus Christmas

On December 12th, we had an early Christmas with Matt's parents and brother.  Since we will be gone for Christmas, we decided to have them over for dinner, and give the kids their gifts from them.  I FINALLY got to use some of my fun Christmas dishes that I've had for 8 1/2 years and have never used.  YAY! :)  The kids received tons of great gifts- many of which will be VERY useful on our roadtrip- and we had a super time. We also had a little "party" for Charlie, since we will miss his birthday too. (it's on Dec 17th) Don't you just love the look on his face! HA!

Dec 3rd- CHRISTUS christmas party

On Dec 3rd, Matt's work had their Christmas party at the Witte Museum.  It wasn't much to talk about, but we enjoyed being together. We didn't get very many good pictures either, but these are a couple....

Brian is 7!

On Saturday, Dec. 4, Brian turned 7!! Holy cow! I cannot believe this dude is 7 already.  The years have seriously flown right by.  I think I say this in all my kids birthday posts, but I wish I could just stop time..or make it slow down just a bit.  We celebrated his birthday by taking him and a couple friends to Chuck E Cheese in the morning, that evening he and Sydnee got to be in the Boerne parade on the I9 sports float, and then we went to Longhorn Cafe for his birthday dinner.  On Sunday we had a family party for him. Oh- and we can't forget about our trip to Krispy Kreme to get birthday donuts! 

Here are things about Brian at age 7:

He LOVES legos.  LOVES them. (and he's excellent at putting them together)

He is reading at 3rd grade level

He loves school, and is very smart

He loves the color red

Shaun White and Tony Hawk are his FAVORITES!

He can't wait to learn how to snowboard this winter

He loves playing sports

He loves playing Rock Band on the Wii

He is 49 inches tall

He is 48 pounds (haha, so skinny!)

He has such a big heart, and, beneath all the raucous behavior, is a truly special young man that I am so glad is part of our family!