Christmas with Grandma and Papa

Grandma and Papa will be in Lubbock for Christmas this year so we celebrated a few days early with them.

The hit of the evening was the singing poop emoji!

The kids all got new books to read, which they all loved!

It was a fun evening with Cory's family!  We will miss them on Christmas but hope they have a great time in Lubbock!

Visit with Santa

After the zoo, we took the kids to Sundance Square for our annual picture with Santa Claus.  We literally walked up just as Santa was taking a break so we had to wait an hour to see him. 

That hour seemed to take forever but it was well worth the wait!  We love the Sundance Square Santa Claus!  

Even Eden enjoyed telling Santa what she wanted for Christmas this year!

I hope the kids will always cooperate and let me have a picture with Santa, even when they can barely fit on his lap!  It's always fun to look back at old pictures and watch them grow throughout the years!

Fort Worth Zoo

Almost all of the schools in our area don’t get out of school until tomorrow, so we took advantage of the great weather and small crowds and spent the morning at the zoo. It was also half price day which made it even better!

I didn’t want to have to push Cory and his broken ankle around the entire zoo so we rented him a scooter!

Because the weather was so nice, all of the animals were out.

The kids begged and begged to feed the birds. It’s always been their favorite thing to do at the zoo.

There were no lines so we let the kids ride the carousel.

On the way back to the front of the zoo, the kids asked to stop and pet the snakes.

It really was the perfect day to go to the zoo! I’m so glad we were able to have a fun family day together before the busy holidays start next week!

Christmas Parties

Today was the kid's Christmas parties at school.  Lily's class decorated gingerbread houses at her party.

Eden's class had a brunch and played several fun games.

Mrs. Click was such a good sport!

Parker's class ate and played BINGO.  They also had an ugly sweater contest.  Parker's "Fa La La La Llama" sweater didn't win but it made me laugh!

Let's get a better look at that sweater!

We truly have the best principal and assistant principal.  They dressed up as Elves on the Shelf and greeted the students at the door on the day of the parties.

It was a fun day and now we get to enjoy the holidays!  I'm looking forward to a couple weeks off of school to rest and spend time with our families.