Thanksgiving & First Santa Visit

Now that it's December 4Th, and the countdown is on till Christmas. How was every one's Thanksgiving? We had a quiet Thanksgiving this year. We had a surprise visit from my Uncle and cousins from Waynesville Missouri. It was GREAT to see them! After they came by, we just sorta hung out around the house, watched some movies, and as you can see, Hailey took a nap while Kate just hung out with us, watching the parade and playing some games. It was a good relaxing afternoon. Brooke was cuter than ever, she was playing with pot lids like drums, and she thought it was GREAT FUN, and we had fun trying sunglasses on her too. Later that evening Chris' sister, Amy, her husband, Eric, and their 2 boys, Tyson and Ryder came over for our big dinner. Robyn joined us once she got home from work. The kids played together and us adults got to talk. Mary also 'skyped' in, and it was great to hear from her and Trevor. So all in all it was a good Thanksgiving, just a quiet one.

Now that we are in December, the girls are very excited about Christmas and Santa and all the fun that comes with the holidays. The Frisco Square does a big light up the night, so we went to the first night of that event. Santa parachuted in, crazy, and fun, and then surprisingly, we were the first ones to see Santa, and the girls talked to him and told him what they wanted for Christmas. Kate was not afraid, and was excited to see Santa this year, she told him that she wanted a girl puppy this year, a puppy that would stay small. Hailey was shy and not so sure of Santa, so she mainly hid behind me, but she did get out that she wanted a new baby doll. Brooke was very intrigued by Santa, as long as I was holding her, but the minute I tried to put Brooke on Santa's lap, for a quick photo op, she was NOT OK with it.....see pictures(the first one the girls were worried for Brooke, the second one I told them to just look and smile...haha).......it was great, you can say we tried at least. So that was our first visit to Santa, we are planning on going back again this Friday night, and I'm sure we'll go to a mall or two and visit Santa there also. It's been fun, but December is already going by fast, the other day I thought it was still November, and here it is....December, the end of the year. Crazy! Brooke's 1st Birthday is right around the corner, and we are excited to celebrate her birthday soon, just can't believe she's almost 1 years old already.

Hope you are all doing great and enjoying your December as the end of this year approaches us quickly. Happy Holidays!