Christmas part 2

We drove to San Antonio on the 26th to spend a couple of days with Justin's family. Kate and Brody love playing with their cousins. Kate and Brody ended up getting more toys and clothes and having a great time.

Christmas pic #2

More Christmas pictures.

Christmas

Justin and the kids built a Gingerbread Man house together this year. His only rule was that I couldn't tell him how/what to do. I had to bite my tongue on several occasions.
Justin's dad and stepmom came up on the 23rd and stayed until Christmas day. The kids love when Grandma and Grandpa come up to visit. Grandma helped Kate make candy cane cookies while Grandpa chased Brody around the house. Since they were leaving Christmas day, we had our big meal, Christmas Eve after candle light service at church. Christmas Day started with opening presents followed by cinnamon rolls for breakfast.
Kate and Brody both got an ipod touch from Santa as well as toys, books, games and clothes. Their favorite gift was by far their ipod touches. Good thing Santa downloaded movies and games for them.

Santa

We took the kids Bass Pro Shop to visit Santa and I was pleasantly surprised that Brody sat in his lap and wasn't scared of him. Kate wasn't shy and told him exactly what she wanted. After pictures with Santa, we let them play some games that were set up around the store. Will definitely go back next year, cant beat free pictures.

School pictures

Brody and Kate got their school pictures in and they turned out great. It still amazes me how they can get them to smile and I never can.

Swimming

Kate and Brody both moved up in their swimming class. Kate is an excellent swimmer and loves getting in the water. Brody is more comfortable and confident now in the water. He is now practicing arm strokes and breathing to the side. Going to the pool this summer should be a lot of fun.

New York

Justin and I took an adult only trip to New York for a long weekend and had a blast. Kate and Brody spent the weekend with my dad and they loved every single minute of it. They camped out in the living at night, went fishing and got to get as dirty as they wanted without me getting onto them. While we in New York we met up with several friends. We had terrific dinners, great shopping, saw Rock of Ages and had a ton of laughs. We came home with tons of funny memories and sore feet.