Date Night!

David and I don't get many date nights but when we do, we are usually in Jefferson since the kids can stay with Munner.  We took advantage and snuck in a date night and had a wonderful dinner!

Family Pics

We had some family pictures taken for our annual Christmas card and to formally announce our gift due in the summer.  Through a mutual friend, we connected with a girl named Lindsay who was originally from Waco but now in Midlothian.  She has her own photography business "Girly Girl Photography".  We were very pleased with her pictures and here are just a few!

Andrew's Christmas Party at Irvin Elementary

Alyssa and I were able to attend Andrew's Christmas Party as Irvin Elementary where he is attending his kindergarten year.  Mt. Peak is our Elementary school but was at capacity when we moved here so we cart him to Irvin every day.  The school has been outstanding and we have really enjoyed all of it except the commute each day!

Here are some cute pics I snapped of the fun time! :)

Brrr.....Windy Town!

Midlothian is seriously one of the windiest places on earth!  There are constantly strong, gusty winds.  It's definitely a prairie area!  While we hated to clean up all the falling leaves at our home in Woodway, we certainly miss the protection those beautiful oaks provided! A typical December day might be around 50 F, but here there are 20-30 mph wind gusts!!  Brrr......!

Thankfully, we bought Alyssa this cute hat to keep her head and ears warm!  Here we are waiting to pick up Andrew from school and she looked so cute I had to snap a pic! :)

First Attempt at a Gingerbread House

Hopefully the one we attempt next year will turn out better!

But at least I got a cute picture of Andrew & Alyssa dressed like Spiderman! :)

Spider-Men!

Spider-Men!!  Alyssa always loved Andrew's Spiderman stuff, so for her birthday, our friend Janet Powell gave Alyssa her very own Spiderman shirt :)  I thought this was cute of the two of them :)

First Christmas in our New Home!

The kids really wanted to decorate for Christmas - and so did I! It was hard breaking away from all the unpacking we still had to do but we shoved the boxes aside and enjoyed decorating our tree in our new home!

 

 

 

 

 A few days later, we hosted the Toy side of the family for family Christmas.   Of course, we still weren't unpacked or set up yet but I really wanted to have the dining room in better shape.  We lacked a tall enough ladder for David to be able to hang the second chandelier so thankfully Mike was able to give David a lift!

 

 

 

And it sure turned out nicely!

 

 

 

Even though we weren't quite settled, it was great having the cousins and family over!  We wanted a home large enough to host family and friends comfortably and we felt like all went well and everyone enjoyed themselves!

 

 

 

The next day, Alyssa got sick and while she rested, Andrew & I made Christmas cookies together to get ready for Santa to arrive!

 

 

Christmas morning came and Alyssa was still pretty puny :( but we tried to make the best of our Christmas morning together before Mike, Brenda and the boys arrived:

 

 

Alyssa loved her stroller and baby doll from Aunt Melinda!

 



 

Andrew was super excited about his "As Seen on TV" Stompees... he is a walking, talking infomercial these days! :)

 

Both kids were excited about the Wii!



 

Even though we weren't officially settled, it felt good to celebrate our first Christmas in our new home! :)