Christmas 2013

December was such a fun month filled with lots of Christmas activities! Here are some pictures of our favorite things we did.

  

Train Exhibit at Northpark with our MOPS group. Tyler was excited for about 5 minutes and then decided he was done and ran out. :) Maybe next year it will hold a little more of his attention. Tyler and cousin Will giving me a big hug! It is so fun having a cousin that is only 4 months older than Tyler. These two will be big trouble some day!

Making and eating Christmas cookies! 

We had a crazy ice storm hit Dallas and lasted what seemed like forever! Don't be fooled…that is not snow but ice! Tyler liked it until he fell down and then he was done. He has no idea how lucky that both December's since he has been alive have had snow/ice. Hopefully next year if it happens again we can go sledding :).

Tyler loved looking at the Christmas lights in Addison. This was our first time coming to this park and we will definitely make it a yearly tradition. It is so beautiful! Obviously Tyler was way more interested in the lights than smiling for a picture. 

And then we went to see Santa…

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This year we spend Christmas Eve and morning with Brian's family so we did an early Christmas dinner with my family on the Monday before Christmas. Tyler got a kitchen from my parents and a lawn mower from his cousin Tanner. 

He loves bringing me coffee, corn, and filling up his cup in the "water dispenser" on the fridge. :)

Christmas Eve we headed over to Brian's parents house for dinner. After dinner they always sing Christmas songs and Tyler LOVED it. He said "more more" after every song. 

After diner and songs we let the kids watch a short Christmas movie and then it was off to bed so Santa could get everything ready!

Matching PJs!

Christmas morning we woke up and let Tyler open some of his gifts. Santa brought him an Elmo that sings and hugs as well as a Batman car. His stocking had an M&M cup with a swirly straw, an etch-a-sketch, and a Mr. Potato head. Who would have thought but the "tato" is one of his favorite toys now! LOL

The rest of the day was spent opening gifts and playing. It was such a fun day!

Making the birthday cake for Jesus! 

What do you do with all the empty wrapping paper rolls? Hit each other!

We ended the morning by having a silly string fight! 

Merry Christmas! 

President's Club Trip to PlayaCar

The top salesmen at Brian's company earned an all expense paid trip to Playa Car this December. I am so thankful to have a husband that works hard and earned this trip for us! We had an amazing time relaxing and enjoyed every second of the trip! 

The whole group

The members of the President's Club (Jon, Kai, and Brian) with the COO (Jeff).

Toasting at dinner right after we got to the resort

The resort was beautiful! It was even more amazing being in Mexico because we had just been stuck inside the week before because of a crazy ice storm in Dallas. The 80 degree weather was PERFECT!!!

Part of the group eating lunch 

We spent one day on a catamaran/snorkeling trip. It was amazing!

Lots of reading and relaxing. Check out the lady in the background…haha!  

We were walking on the beach one night and saw a meteor shower. It was so cool! 

He is a pretty amazing husband and father. I am blessed! 

Looking forward to next years trip :).

Thanksgiving 2013

We spent Thanksgiving in Temple this year and had a great time hanging out with family! Grant's fiancé (Mallory) and her parents joined us and it was fun getting to know them. My parents also hosted the first annual D'Antonie's Crossing (name of their subdivision) Turkey Trot and we had around 60 people show up. It was so fun! Here are pictures from our trip.

Most of the group

On your mark, get set, GO! 

                  Tanner drove us around the block.             Cuddling with Hadley :)

iPop and Tyler out by the pool

Neighborhood bonfire!

Tyler loved Tanner's sleeping spot (in my parents closet). He would disappear for a second and you would find him just like this. Tanner and Tyler loved jumping and wrestling on the bed.

iPop telling stories

The whole family

We came back from Temple and did a "mini" Thanksgiving with Brian's family. Here is our "kid" picture from that.

New York City Girls Trip

When my sister in law, Adrian, asked if I would be interested in a girls trip to NYC I immediately said "YES!". I am so glad I did because we had a great weekend braving the super cold weather. We flew out early Saturday morning and after quickly checking into our hotel we left to explore. Saturday was filled with lots of fun things like lunch in Times Square,   quick trip to Central Park, Tiffany's, FAO Shwarz, Apple store, and to top the day off, it snowed (for about 5 minutes but it still counts). 

Not quite the "view of Times Square" we had hoped for :).

 

Shelby (Adrian's sister in law), Adrian (my sister in law), and Me! Basically it was a "sister in law" girls trip!

Central Park

Having fun in FAO Schwarz!

SNOW!!!

If you know me you know I am a lover of the list. Each night we would look at all the things we wanted to do while we were in NYC and I would keep up with them and cross off things we had done. Let's just say we were very productive with our time! Adrian and I had both been to NYC many times before but it was Shelby first trip so we had fun showing her all the "touristy" sights. Sunday was filled with many more fun things! Probably my favorite day of the trip.

Grand Central Station

We decided to take the subway down to Ground Zero, Battery Park, and the Statue of Liberty because it was all of 9 degrees that day. It was bitter cold and super windy so we didn't stay too long. 

Lion King on Broadway was absolutely AMAZING!

Yes we did! I do not know how he stands out there in just his underwear. 

Yummy lunch/dinner and Adrian totally tried octopus. You could see the tentacles...yuck!

 

Radio City Rockettes

Rockefeller Center

Getting cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery

Monday we didn't waste any time and quickly got up, checked out of our hotel, and headed back out! We did a little Times Square shopping at the M&M store, Disney store, Toys R Us, and The Loft. Please remember that Adrian and I both have small children :). It is so much fun going to those stores now that I have a kid. 

Wall of M&M's 

Lunch at The Boathouse

One last stroll through Central Park and then we headed to the airport. Thanks ladies for such a fun trip! Let's do it again next year :).