Dreams Come True

Hope all of your Christmas wishes came true yesterday! I know that kids all over the world were dreaming of a white Christmas and for some of us here in Texas that dream came true!

Before all of the snow arrived we headed to Royse City on Sunday afternoon for Christmas with Ryan's whole family. Above: Christmas love; Mamaw (Ryan's grandma) with her great grandchildren; My brother and sister in-law stole my camera; My sister in-law and I wearing our matching scarves from Christmas past.

 

Christmas Eve Morning! We all spent the night at Ryan's parents and opened our family gifts in the morning. Above: Mallory & Eva excited and in the Christmas jammies; I found the Christmas pickle (and won $); Eva opening gifts; Eva's new playroom table; Kiersi and Kayden opening gifts; All the cousins in a box (Nana & Papa's real gift); and My sleeping beauty after a not so silent night.

We stepped outside and snapped a few holiday photos all dressed up. 

Christmas Eve afternoon we drove back home for our church service. Our plan was to go out for dinner at Cheesecake Factory after service, but by the time we got done visiting it was already later, and then we found out they had a 30 minute wait, which we didn't think would mix well with an already worn out baby girl. So we decided to pick up some Chicken Express and have a picnic by the Christmas tree instead. New tradition? I think so.

Above: Christmas Eve picnic; Too tired to wait up for Santa; Playing on her new car that Santa brought her; Delighted with the vanity that Daddy gave her.

My family came over for lunch Christmas Day to enjoy good Mexican food, more presents, and lots of snow! Above: Mamy and Eva with her new apron; Christmas dinner table: Mamy opening her new diamond necklace from my Dad (SURPRISE!!!!); Four generations of women; My dad and grandpa with Eva.

The of course we bundled up and took the munchkin out to play in the snow! She LOVED it! We got enough snow to have plenty to stomp around in while it was still blowing in hard. That baby looks pretty cute bundled up in her snow gear!  

It was a really awesome Christmas. I love Christmas even more now that I can share it with my husband and daughter. I can understand why our parents love to bless us with gifts so much because it was really fun to see Eva opening all of her presents. We've had a blast playing with all the new toys and our playroom is now officially sponsored by Fisher Price! Just kidding. Now we'll be enjoying having Ryan at home a bit more this week and staying snuggled up warm inside.