Christmas Fun!

Here are some photos from the holiday activities that we've been up to these last couple of weeks... It's been so busy! I've had to take December just a day at a time. I really haven't been able to look at my calendar more than a couple of days at a time. Wow.

This is a picture of Scott and me just before we left for his company holiday party. We had a great time! It was a boat cruise on Lake Austin. Dinner was not served, but there were heavy appetizers and an open bar. It was really nice. We even got to dance a little! It was a cold night! I had planned to wear my holiday dress from 6 years ago (I was so thrilled that I fit into it!!), but it was a little strappy number that would have been cute, but not appropriate for the weather. It was a high of 47 that day and rainy. So cold rain on a boat (windy)... I got some new black boots and some cute leg warmer type socks, a black skirt and this sweater. I was warm and I felt cute too. Perfect!

Last weekend, Mike and Kristi and the kids were up for some holiday fun. There's a house in Circle C that goes nuts for Christmas. We went over there to check out their lights. The kids LOVED it.

Wyatt LOVES Ian!! I don't remember if I mentioned it before or not... When Ian was here for Thanksgiving, he and Grace spent the night at our house. In the morning, when Ian got up, Wyatt ran up to him and said "I Love you!". That's the first time (and only so far) that I've heard him say that. So precious!

We rode on the Polar Express! Here's a picture of Gwenny, Mitchell, Lily and Madeline.

Wyatt LOVED being on the train. He spent a lot of time looking out of the window!

About 1/2 way through the trip. Santa came through and gave each kid a train whistle. I'm not sure who thought that was a good idea... I think a train whistle as a departing gift is a much better idea. However, the kids LOVED it.

It was a big train. We tried to get a picture of all of the cousins together in front of the train, but Lily wouldn't cooperate.

All in all, it was a fun ride and we'll do it again, but probably not next year. The train depot is about a 45 minute drive from our house and the train trip itself is 2 1/2 hours. I think it's too long. We spent the extra money to get a climate controlled train car and I'm SO GLAD! It was actually a pretty warm day and the sun was shining in warming up our car. They had the sun shades pulled down on one side and the air conditioning on. It kept us comfortable. But, we walked around a little and visited the snack car. It was really hot in there. The other cars did not have sun shades and that made it pretty uncomfortable.