Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve we headed to my dad's house to open presents with that part of the family. We had a big cajun feast this year and it was delicious. We also made the big announcement that we'll be having a BOY in May. My brother and his wife also found out they're having a boy so they announced on that night too. It was a lot of fun--we each made a cake that had blue on the inside so when the grandmas cut into the cake, they knew it was a boy! My sister-in-law is MUCH more creative than me so her cake was just adorable, and mine was well, a bit embarassing next to it! :) It was a great night and we had a blast!

Christmas Cookies

Daniel was a big help in the kitchen making Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve for Santa. He helped me bake and helped Daddy decorate (and by decorate I mean eat)

Moody Gardens Christmas Party

This weekend we had our family Christmas party in Galveston. We went down early to hang out at Moody Gardens where we went through the Aquarium. Colton and Daniel (and Scott) had a blast!! There were a lot of sharks, and the penguin area was really neat! After the Aquarium we had our big family dinner at Fish Tails. Dinner ran long so we weren't able to make it back to Moody Gardens for the Festival of Lights, but it's OK since we already saw plenty of Christmas lights at Santa's Wonderland a few weeks ago.

Bowling

Colton's 6th birthday party was at the bowling alley this year and it was Daniel's first time bowling. He LOVED it!! At first he would go up and roll the ball and watch it hit all the pins, but by the end he would just go up, throw the ball and run back and try to get another one! I had to teach him that he had to wait for the same ball to come back. It took so long to roll down there I understand his impatience (see video :) )

Santa's Wonderland

We went to Santa's Wonderland (just outside of College Station) a few weekends ago. We took a hayride and looked at >1,000,000 Christmas lights and Daniel had a lot of fun. I sipped on some hot chocolate to stay warm (although it wasn't too cold yet thankfully). After they hayride we hung out by the fire and listened to some fun Christmas music. We saw Santa was there, but we just waved at him through the window because the line was super long and Daniel already saw Santa and told him what he wanted.

Halloween 2010

This Halloween the Yates' came over for trick or treating and we all had a great time. It was so much fun seeing them both get into saying "Trick or Treat" and understanding that they actually GOT something for it!! Haley was the cutest ladybug ever and Daniel was a fierce Spiderman!

Dewberry Farms

This fall we went to Dewberry Farms. Daniel had a lot of fun this year because he could do so much more than last year. He had a blast on the slide, seeing all the animals (he made us go to the barn 3 times), jumping on a big "trampoline", doing a hay ride, and playing on the huge playground. We look forward to going back next year!