Christmas at PawPaw and Carlene's

Love my Auntie Ray Ray!!

DINNER TIME!!

Cutting the PRIME Rib! Yummy!!

Sweet Angel!!

Baby Whisperer Auntie Merezie!

"It's all fun in games until someone gets hurt!"- my saying when there is crazy horse play

HUGS!

Finally a Family PIC!!

Uncle Buddy's BOOTS!

Rory opening her IKEA Kitchen from Papaw and Carlene!

Grandma C :)

Snuggle time with PawPaw



Rory made this little pallet on the floor to watch ELF!

Love this pic!! Stopped by Nana and Papa's in Berry Creek on the way out of town! :)


A couple of weeks ago we went to Gtown to celebrate Christmas with PawPaw and Carlene! It was a great time as always! Thank you for hosting! :)

Rory's Christmas Program at School

 

Here are some pics from Rory's Christmas Program on Thursday! Nana,Papa, Grandma, Grandpa, and Jamie came to see Rory and her class sing..Jingle Bells, Away in a Manger, and Up on the Housetop!! They were so cute! And Rory (in my opinion) was the best little singer in her class! She is getting so big!! Afterwards we all had dinner at BJ's Brewhouse! It was a fun evening!

Christmas Caroling at The Whitley Place

Trying to get these kiddos to pose was like pulling teeth!! lol. SUCH CUTIES!!

Cute Carolers!!

They were so happy to see/hear us!! Love it!!

Love this pic! :)

Sarah Ruth, Gwen, and Mentor Mom (Laura) :)

I think I started a tradition...Last year I went to The Whitley Place (Alzheimer's Unit) to Christmas Carol with MOPS...it was such a blessing and really reminds you of the true meaning of CHRISTmas.  This year I brought Rory along...she loves Christmas Carols and enjoyed listening to all of us singing. (She woke up from her nap at 5:30pm and we were there at 6pm...so she was not in a "festive" mood..but still we had so much fun) One of the ladies came up to her and said "GIMME SOME SUGARS!" of to which she "politely" said "No!" lol. We passed out candy canes and the kids shook "jingle bells" and ran around the residents like kids on crazy sugar highs! The residents loved it!! Can't wait for next year!!

Ugly Christmas Sweater MOPS Christmas Party!

My wonderful and beautiful friend from MOPS...Sarah Ruth!! We had our Ugly Christmas Sweater Party today at MOPS...so much fun! Greg asked me to stop on the way home to pick up some BBQ sauce...the high school girl at the register said with a tad bit of sarcasm..."You're looking very festive." I responded with "I was at an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party." Her response with her hands up.."I wasn't going to say anything." I was thinking.."I swear! I don't normally dress like this..give me a few years though."

Every time you check in at MOPS they have a basket where you can write your husbands name on a piece of paper and place it in the basket if they have done something sweet or kind you want to brag to all the MOPS ladies about. I always put Greg's name because he is so good to me...and today his name was drawn. I stood up and told about 60 fellow mommies that Greg is always willing to watch our girls...(in fact he was home watching Rylee during the MOPS meeting) he takes Rory to work when mommy needs a break, stays up with them so mommy can sleep, watches them while I sneak away to a movie with Aunt Reagan. He comes home from a long day at work and immediately dives in to our crazy household always willing to help.  He loves his girls and treasures the time he has with them! He is a wonderful Daddy/Husband and I don't tell him that enough. That is why he received the "UDAMAN" get it "You the man!" Candy Bar!

Christmas Time

Helping Aunt JJ decorate her tree!

Daddy and Rylee at Let's Jump!

Woohoo!

Rylee at the Christmas Festival at Church! She slept the whole time...including the bumpy/dusty hayride where she was nestled in between two hay bales. She is the best baby!

The Last Supper Scene....my friend from the Senior Center was one of the disciple's...Rory and I began waving frantically (it reminded me of ELF..."i know him! I know him!") and Greg replied.."He can't break character!" ha ha.

Snyder/Hammerlun bunch on the hay ride!

CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW LOLLIPOPS!

The Crew!

Lot's of fun this week...Rory and I went over to Jamie's to help her decorate her Christmas Tree. We also had a dance party which Rory loved. She loves to dance! I went back on Tuesday for Rylee's follow up and found out she has double ear infections from all the RSV junk. She is on day 6 of antibiotics and is doing good. Rory had a sleepover with Nana/Papa J on Thursday...so nice! Greg and I had a pizza/wine night and enjoyed watching some of our favorite shows. And last night we went to the Christmas Festival at our church....petting zoo, hot chocolate, story of Christmas Hayride, and Bounce Houses! Rory loved the story of Christmas Hayride...however there was a bounce house in the shape of a huge caterpillar which totally freaked her out. She is scared of some really random things. So we pushed through the petting zoo...she pet a bunny and a goat. However, she just couldn't get that caterpillar out of her sight and was on edge. Clenching me with her legs, begging to go home etc. We ended up leaving early and enjoying some nice Chick Fil A at home! :)

Posing for a picture..waiting for the show!

Eating their Candy Canes....

Sitting in Santa's chair after the show!! Adorable!

Lovin on Rylee :)

our little Rudolph!! Thanks for the nose, Nana!

Rudolph with a "stache." Thankfully Movember is over and Greg shaved it this weekend!! I love the beard..in fact I begged him to keep it! The moustache on the other hand....HAD TO GO!

Decorating the playroom Christmas Tree with Auntie Ray Ray!

Helping Daddy untangle the lights!

On Friday, we had a girl's day with Amanda and Maddie. We went to the Casa Manana theatre and saw "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Rory strongly dislikes the movie theatres...but LOVES live theatre. And I mean LOVES...she sat on my lap and clapped and sang the whole hour and a half. It was such a special outing...I still can't get over how much she loved it. It even fake snowed on stage and Rory was determined to hop up there and dance in the snow with all the cast! Afterwards we had lunch at Chick Fil A...it happened to be TCU friday and the FROG/horn toad was there in costume...Rory was terrified. She is deathly afraid of costumes...we can't even go to Chuck E Cheese anymore without a full on shaking/hyperventilating meltdown. She better get over that fear when our Disney Trip rolls around in a few yrs. Auntie Ray Ray came up to visit this weekend and we had a great time...Greg and I did a little kid swap too!! Reagan and I went to see Breaking Dawn Saturday morning and when we got back Greg went to BJ's with Brock to watch the game. It was a great weekend and the extra help from Auntie Ray Ray was so nice!!

*Rylee is on the mend and still has very scary coughing attacks randomly. But is doing so much better. Tommorow, we go back to the doctor for an RSV check up and another weight ck!