Tough Girl!

Cooper got her first black eye for Christmas! She fell and hit a toy piano. At first we thought she just had some food or something above her eye. The next morning she woke up with a slight black eye that has gotten worse each day since. It doesn't seem to phase her and she didn't even cry much when she hit her eye. Maybe having two brothers is paying off.

Merry Christmas!

CHRISTMAS TREE 2006

Our Christmas card this year is not "Christmasy." Scott and I both love the pictures we chose but the kids are not dressed in red and green big bulky sweaters! For some reason I think you need one of those pictures every year.
Sunday morning before church I decided to capture this since everyone was dressed and looking nice. I told the kids that I wanted to take their picture and the twins actually went and stood by Cayden and posed! We will try again next Sunday but here they are in a Christmas outfit with our tree this year. You can see how much Cayden loves them by the way he has his hands around his twins!
Merry Christmas and God Bless!

Salado Stroll 2006

One of my favorite things to do at Christmas time is the Salado Stroll. It begins with the Salado Christmas Parade which I highly recommend. It is short, has fire trucks, live animals, candy, all the local kids, Santa, and the whole thing is usually no more than 20 minutes long. The parade is the Thursday prior to the first weekend in December. Then, the first two weekends in December they have what is called the Salado Stroll.
Main Street in Salado is decorated for Christmas with white lights on everything that would stand still. All the shops in town are open way past normal business hours. There are locals selling hot chocolate, apple cider, sausage wraps, burgers, and our favorite, Kettle Corn. You are sure to see at least two Santas which as the kids grow older gets tough to explain. It just makes it feel like Christmas time. Tonight that was especially true because it was so cold.
Scott and I have gone by ourselves and with the kids. Both ways are very different and great. Tonight we bundled everybody up and walked Main Street looking for Santa and Kettle Corn. We found both and got a rare family shot with Santa and the Mrs.
Merry Christmas!