Friday, December 7, 2012

December 6th


December 6th Advent calendar...
I love the bow that came attached!


We also attended the Tree Lighting Ceremony in Sugarland Town Center. Every year we look forward to seeing Santa come into town to help light the BIG tree!
It is so nice of him to take time out of his extremely busy schedule!
Our little Diva got called onto stage and ate it up!

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

December 5th

Love love love Christmas!!!!

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Santa's newest Reindeer

Our Advent Calendar


A new approach... Thank you Pinterest! She is so excited to get a present or a movie night! And we associate the TRUE Christmas story into each night... She recites to us each day, as if she is teaching us, that Jesus is the BEST GIFT! And that Christmas is a time for LOVE, FRIENDS, and FAMILY. So sweet!


December 1, 2, 3, and 4













 
 

So many of the gifts were things we already had in the house... It is a reminder of all that we have and Christmas is a time of togetherness.

We remember that Jesus came as our Savior and King... The very BEST present anyone could ever receive!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Christmas Card preview

This past weekend we went to Gruene, TX to borrow their beautiful scenery for the backdrop of our Christmas card pictures... It was highly successful and Gracelee was the perfect little model!
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Here are a few of the shots that won't be on the card, but are too cute not to share!










Friday, November 2, 2012

I really have been taking pictures!!!

Honest!

Really I am a bbbbaaaaaaadddddd blogger, and I probably have run off my readers...

Well, if any of you are left...

Here is an update... mostly pictures

Halloween was a hoot this year, as GL has REALLY figured it out!
She is not much of a candy eater, although she thinks it is super cool to go to a house and say 
"trick or treat" and wa-la you have candy in a basket!

Of course she got a lot of 'ooo's' and 'ahhhs' which in turn got her TWO handfuls of candy rather than just a piece or two.

I like to leave the camera behind and enjoy the moments like Halloween with her, so the weekend prior we do photo shoot! She makes me so happy and she is so easy to photograph and she indulges me all the time!
Such a good little girl!

She named herself, Elphaba... yes! from Wicked. My favorite and I hope it will become one of hers too!










And we took our annual trip to Dewberry with our besties to pick out pumpkins... 

 She is so darn cute!
 We also got a special day at the zoo to see The Wizard of Oz in 4D... Gracelee is infatuated with the story and we read the entire chapter book. She can recite what happened and the differences between the book and the movie (which are SUBSTANTIAL!)... I am going to get her good and ready for those school assignments where she needs to analyze literary pieces!
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It was such a fun day and the weather was really good to us!






 Doesn't she look like she is SEVEN years old here?!?!?!?!


 And my baby girl is always letting me play with her hair... Pinterest is the best (and the worst) thing in the world!


 And last but not least was Grandparents day... Cookie and Gracelee had a date night at the church and made special gifts for the grandparents that could not be there.
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It seemed like a very fun time!