Finally..Christmas (Part 1)

Boy, December sure was a whirlwind.  I told myself I wasn't going to over commit when it came to singing, but alas, I ended up having 4 gigs (not including my school concert) and the rehearsals for those gigs.  Four really isn't a lot compared to what I used to do, but with two kiddos, four seemed like a lot.  We had a great Christmas season.  Since we were traveling, we did presents at home on December 20.

Daniel was very excited to see a new car track tower thing!

He really understood presents this year!  Of course, as always we could have done about 2 presents and stopped there.  He just wanted to play with everything right away.

Heidi got some sippy cups in hopes that she'd take milk from them at daycare.

This fishing game was a hit!  It's all he would play for awhile!

Friday, December 21 we took a red eye direct to Dallas.  The good news is that Daniel looooves to watch the movies on the flight.  The bad news is that he didn't fall asleep til the last hour!

My no sleep but we made it to Dallas selfie!

After some naps for the kiddos and coffee for us, we were able to go for a walk to the playground with cousins.

On Sunday, Dec 23, we went to the Dallas Zoo!

After a break for dinner, we went back in the evening for zoo lights.  It was awesome!

The boys did some yoga.

Heidi was cute.

We made and decorated cookies!

Cousins on Christmas Eve!

Christmas Day!

After presents from Santa we headed to Valley View.

Someone may have started a new Christmas tradition - a pinata...as long as Grandma's foot heals!

Okay and this is where the pictures go back to the beginning chronologically.  Just like our East Coast trip, these pictures are out of order.  So back to the beginning we go.

We walked around the Frisco neighborhood to look at lights on Christmas Eve.  I bundled Heidi up!

One of the gifts from Santa Claus.  We were glad he found us in Frisco and also happy he brought small gifts.

Star bread.

Back to Valley View.

Okay, that's part 1.  Part 2 coming another time!