Alamo Bowl!

Also while Kate and Derrick were here, we got to go to the Alamo Bowl! Sharon (matt's mom) got a bunch of tix, and it was a ton of fun! Craziness downtown, but that's to be expected. We took all the kids-more craziness, but for the most part, they did great! We had pretty good seats too, in the lower bowl. And for any of you who saw that game--it was great! We left at halftime because of the kiddies, but if we'd stayed, we would've been down there until midnight! Yikes! Thanks, Sharon for the tix--we had a blast!

The zoo

While Kate, Derrick and Kylie were still here we took a trip to the zoo--it was an awesome day!! A few of the animals weren't out though, which is always dissapointing, but we had fun nonetheless. The kids LOVED the train! I'm not sure why i didn't get very many pics though; I may have to steal some from Kate!

Out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse

The night before Mom, Dad and Ellie left, we all went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was eventful! HAAHA It's always interesting to try and take 11 people to dinner...3 of those being little kids. It was fun to be together though, and I miss them all terribly!

Christmas Day

Christmas day was what it is every year--chaotic and lovely at the same time. I love seeing my kids faces first thing when they see their gifts. There's something magical about it. We actually had to wake Sydnee up...bummer--that's why she looks a bit odd in her picture! HA! I love Christmas!! In the evening, we went downtown to the riverwalk to see the lights...i think i only got one decent pic and it's of everyone riding the trolley. oh well...

Sea World, Christmas Eve

We ventured to Sea World on Christmas Eve day and had a blast. The weather was PERFECT, and it wasn't crowded at all! The first pic is of the lucky ones who got to ride the roller coaster...i don't know if you can tell, but mom and dad are in the 3rd car, first row, and the rest of them are in the 4th car, 1st and second rows. I'm jealous!

Christmas eve

So these will be in no apparent order, because that takes too long. These are from our christmas eve....the one outside is of us putting out reindeer food (glitter mixed with granola) for santa's reindeer...and WE GOT A WII!! My mom and dad TOTALLY surpised Kate, Derrick, Matt and I with it...it's AWESOME! We are sooo happy! Thanks again mom and dad! Oh and YES, we girls all have matching pjs....a tradition we've been doing for YEARS. i love it!

Spurs Game! 3rd ROW floor seats!!

Everyone knows we love the spurs--but how cool is it that Matt got 4 floor seats to the game on Dec 23rd?!?! It was AMAZING!! I don't think i can ever sit in the nosebleeds again! ;) All the players were sooo huge up close, and we even saw Eva Longoria a few times. Yes, she is beautiful-and little! I could've taken her out if I wanted to....

Christmas Sunday

Of course we had to get fun Christmas sunday pictures....although, i'm not sure fun is the right word--you try and get a good pic of 11 people--including 3 kids. oh and we threw the dogs in for good measure! HAHAHA! Don't you just love how Kylie did NOT want to be in the pic with her parents?!?! and forgive my growing size in all the new posts--we only have 8 weeks to go till this baby gets here! can you believe that?!?!?

Catch up

Ok so i'm playing catch up now after the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over. My computer decided to crash about a week or so ago, so that's why i am just now getting to posting all of our fun pics from my family's visit. We had so much fun together! I am so sad their visits were so short!!! There's gonna be a ton of new pics and posts...so BEWARE!!
I'll start with a couple from our dinner out at Ruth's Chris for Matt's graduation/Charlie's birthday dinner, and from Matt's graduation day. (my parents weren't there for Ruth's Chris) CONGRATS Matt! We're finally out in the real world with NO SCHOOL! It's scary, and i'm not sure I like it all that much yet....