Christmas Part II

After the festivities in Frisco, we headed to Houston for Christmas with Bob's family. We had a few relaxing days down there to play with everybody. Vovo & Vovo even hosted a block party one night, so Bob and his dad got plenty of grill time in! The kids also got to roast their first marshmallows! We are so thankful that we're close enough to see them often! And even more thankful at how much the kids love each other! You'll be able to see that in the pictures for sure... 

The girls are as "girly" as ever, and we had a little fancy nancy dress up session!

A White Christmas

This Christmas was the first one where we didn't rush out of town until after the 25th. We decided to stay around town, play with the kids, relax, and just enjoy the holiday in our new house. We stayed in our pj's, watched movies, went boot shopping with the kids, and finally took Bridgette to Gatti-town for her potty-training reward - yes, we really needed to slow down! We had family in town Christmas Eve, enjoyed watching the kids come down the stairs to see what Santa brought Christmas morning, and then enjoyed watching the rain quickly turn to SNOW on Christmas Day! We had a full on WHITE CHRISTMAS up here! The kids loved seeing the snow, and kept asking to build "frosty" in our yard! Enjoy the pics!

Christmas morning fun... Uncle Jared & Aunt Jenn stayed the night

to see all the excitement in the morning :)

fun in the snow!

hot chocolate with the neighbors... 

Gingerbread Houses

We started this last year, but were able to have a little more fun with it this year. My mom decided once we started having kids that she wanted something to be a tradition at her house every year. And since I loved these as a kid (and through college), gingerbread houses was an easy pick. We picked up a kit this year, and my mom had ice cream cones as "trees" for the kids to decorate. The kids loved it (including Bobby), and everyone got involved!

Dance, dance, dance...

Bridgette has been in dance this semester, and is loving it! This past week, the parents were allowed the sit in on the class to listen, take pictures, etc. I wish I had brought my camera, but the iphone pics will do. They were so cute wanting to show off for us! 

warm-up

 Aiden was completely still for the first 10 minutes... just watching

 Bridgette and her friend Alexandra

the "tapping" portion of class