Mallory's Christmas Dance Class

The parents were all invited to come to watch Mallory's dance class the week before Christmas...it was SO cute. Mallory loves dancing and when she starts tapping she just gets SO into it....I can't wait for her recital in the spring they just announced that they are doing "The Wizard of OZ" her age group has the part of the munchkins! :) That is SO perfect! I LOVE it!

Coker Day School Christmas Party

Today was Mallory's Christmas party at school! It was so cute and we had a great time! I was the room mom for this party and I had a great time planning and running it! We made a really cute "Let it Snow" door sign and the kids got to see Santa Claus. I love her school and I enjoy all the other moms as well. We are really making some great connections during our time here in San Antonio. In the morning Mal has her little dance class Christmas recital! It is so fun to see all the kids and it really puts me in the Christmas spirit. I am just so thankful for all that we have and that Jesus was born on Christmas day. What a glorious time of year this is.... I am thankful for today and anxious to head home tomorrow!

Gingerbread Houses

We had a great time making gingerbread houses and gingerbread trains today with our friends! The girls had a blast and the moms worked just as hard trying to get them to stay upright! :) We enjoyed playtime and "mom" time with lunch at McDonalds after the projects were complete! Mal loves playing with her best buddy Peyton from school and it is great because her sister Lexi is close to Whitneys's age. Thanks Erin! We had a great time!

Craft Time

I got the girls these cute little "smore" snowman ornaments to make and they were so excited to start crafting (one of their favorite things to do) Scott was home so Mal thought it would be fun to have daddy help make the craft. Too cute! I enjoyed just sitting back and watching!

Coker Day School Christmas Pageant

I have never seen such a sweet display of the story of Jesus Christs birth. These precious children touched my heart today and reminded me of the true meaning of Christmas. I watched Mallory along with all the other 3 and 4 year olds sing their precious little hearts out in the "Choir of Angels" to the sweetest songs...my personal favorites..."Mary Had A Baby Named Jesus" and "Sing it on A Mountain"....the Kindergarten class acted out the Christmas story while the Choir of Angels sang the songs. They were so excited and new every word! The day school director cried as she concluded the pageant saying every year this display of true love for Jesus from these little children just moves her so much. I must agree with her! In the car ride on the way home as Mal was still singing the songs Whitney started singing to..."baby jus baby jus" Mallory said, "Oh mommy isn't is so great that Jesus was born because God loves us? Did you know Mary was Jesus' mommy just like you are my mommy and God chose Mary to be Jesus' mommy just like he chose you to be mine." I had tears rolling down my cheeks as I listened to my precious angels in the back seat. I am so blessed, so truly blessed.

Christ Church Christmas Party

We were able to be in town for the first annual Childrens Christmas Party at Christ Church. It was SO cute and everybody there did a great job organizing it! The girls got to make some really cute Christmas crafts and hear the story of Saint Nicholas. They also had their pictures taken with Mimi! Too Cute! We are excited to be at home for Christmas in just 2 weeks! Love you Mimi!

Elmo Slippers

The girls were so excited to show off their new Elmo slippers that Mimi bought for them! Mom was so worried about their feet being cold in the house...(it is 80 degrees in Texas so we didn't really think about slippers) Mom had the girls pick out some slippers at the store... Whit chose her favorite, Elmo and Mal wanted to match her...:) They loved wearing them around the house. Here they are showing them off while they are playing in Mimi's playroom!

At home with the Fam!

We just returned to Texas after having a fantastic trip home this weekend! We were able to spend a few days at home because Scott had to be in the office for work on Friday! What a blessing it was to have a few extra days with family! :-) We had so much fun! I really enjoyed the cold weather but of course my favorite thing was decorating for Christmas at my moms and having my whole family around. There is something about all being in one place that is so heart warming. It doesn't matter what we do or what we talk about it is just wonderful being together. I have the most amazing family! I LOVE YOU GUYS! See you in 2 weeks!

Whitney and the Phone

Whitney LOVES the phone...cordless phones, cell phones, pretend phones, all phones ....even Ipods...she kept putting my mom's Ipod up to her ear and she would say, "Hello? then a whole bunch of languages we did not understand and then Bye!" It was so funny! My favorite is when she plays on the phone in the kitchen that my mom has in the playroom at her house. It was my sisters when we were little....Whitney picks it up and says..."Hey What doing? She doesn't want to share and she just keeps talking" Scott and I are afraid that this is a sign of what the future holds...never having the phone available again :)

http://www.elements-of-green.com

Hi friends! I just wanted to share a fantastic website with you that you might enjoy checking out! My dear friend Gerry Sabin has opened a store in the Crossroads District in Kansas City, MO and he also has a website. I won't give much info...so that you can go check it out for yourself!!! I will tell you that they are a business committed to making the earth a better place to leave behind for our children! I love this quote I read on the site,"The earth was not given to us by our parents, it was loaned to us by our children…" I hope to go see the shop myself when I am back at home for the holidays! Gerry was my Sunday school teacher in Junior High and he did a reading in our wedding. He is a very special family friend and I wish him all the luck in his new business! Love you Gerry!

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Family Pictures

We had our family pictures made on Friday...I am pretty happy with the way they turned out! The photographer did a great job working with the girls. I was a little nervous how I would look since I had already been awake for around 30 hours at this point! :) As my mom said "It's a good thing they let you sit down or you might have fallen over!" Too funny! Here are a few of the many that turned out! :)

Christmas Festival 2

Here are a few more pictures from the Christmas festival...Whitney LOVED the train and the girls both loved Scrooge...Mal kept saying "Uncle Bench is Scrooge what Scrooge is this?"

Christmas Festival

We went to the Schlitterbahn Christmas Festival last night while Stacey was still visiting us. The girls go to see Santa...as you can see Whit doesn't have the love for him this year! Mal however came prepared with her list and was happy to share it with Santa...after we left Mal said..."Poor Whitney that was so sad...now she won't get any toys from Santa...but I will share all of mine...he has my list! " Hilarious! We also saw Rudolph and a million lights :) It was a great time!

The Market Square

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We headed down to the Market Square on Saturday to check out the festival going on. The flea market they have there is really fun and we found some really neat hand made items. There were also some street performers...you never know what your going to find in San Antonio!

Midnight Madness

After a wonderful Thanksgiving day with delicious food and a wonderful time with the girls at the park. Stacey and I decided to brave the Midnight Madness Sale at the outlet mall. It was supposed to open at Midnight so we got there around 10:30 to make sure we could find a place to park. When we arrived some stores were already open so we began our bargain shopping! We did not stop until 5:00 and then we stopped by Wal-Mart on our way home! The deals were AMAZING and I have almost all my Christmas shopping done. The craziest thing out there was the line to get in the Coach store. It was one in one out the entire time we were there. I have included some pics from the line (which I was not in) CRAZY! :)