Christmas Morning and Christmas with our Juillerat Cousins

We spent Christmas morning just the four of us at home. 

A family picture before we opened presents. 

 

Stocking time... 

 

Daddy and Caden checking out a new Lego set. 

 

Caden hanging his new ornament. 

 

Annabelle, Daddy, and Caden. 

 

Caden, Annabelle, and Mommy. 

 

The kids opening their present from us...clues to let them know we are going on a trip to Walt Disney World! 

 

Annabelle with her new dollhouse from Grandpa. 

 

The kids furnishing the new dollhouse all set up in the playroom. 

 

Caden quickly put together his gift from Grandpa...a Lego Police Station.

 

We headed to Tyler that afternoon.  A family picture before we opened presents with our Juillerat cousins. 

An extended family picture with Great Grandma. 

 

Annabelle, Abby, James, Caden, Hallie, and Jack before we opened presents. 

 

Opening presents. 

 

Abby, Annabelle, Caden, and Hallie cuddled up on the couch watching Tangled.



Christmas with our Jolly Cousins

Our San Diego cousins were in town for two weeks over Christmas break.  The kids had so much fun playing with them. 

First we went to see the trains at Northpark. 

 

Both sets of siblings had their own train.  We found Wyatt and Luke's pretty easily, since it was lined up on a wall.

 

Caden and Annabelle's train was on the tracks.  One of the workers helped us locate it.  

 

We also went to Build-A-Bear, while we were at the mall that day.  Caden building his bear.

 

Annabelle building her bear. 

 

The kids with their animals. 

We also saw a puppet show at the mall.  That night the kids set up their own puppet show at home.  It was so cute! 

 

One day we went to ride the Polar Express in Grapevine.  A family selfie on the train. 

One of the workers took a picture of all of us on the train. 

 

It was snowing when we arrived at the North Pole. The snow smelled like peppermint.

 

Mommy and Caden selfie in the snow. 

 

The kids' front row seat for the elves and Santa show. 

 

A photo op after the show. 

We celebrated Christmas with the Jolly side of the family on Christmas Eve.  A pic on the couch before we opened presents.

 

Annabelle, Caden, and Wyatt ready to open a few presents! 

 

Caden with the game that Mimi and Tia gave him. 

 

Caden reading his new book with Mimi. 

 

Tia and Annabelle with her new doll. 



Covenant Christmas Chapel

Caden's class, along with the other three Kindergarten classes, sang "The Friendly Beast" at Covenant's Christmas Chapel.  They wore different animal headbands, and they were so cute!

Caden is the second from the left on the third row back.

Later in the program the entire K-6 sang a few songs together.

 

One of Caden's classmates invited us over to see Santa at her house.  Caden had fun.  Annabelle was a little scared and refused to sit on his lap.

We finally convinced her to take a family pic.  

The kids have been enjoying the season and the fun activities that come along with it.  A family selfie with our gingerbread house.

The kids have been doing advent crafts, too. 

We are fully settled into our temporary kitchen.  Here are two pics of our set up.

I volunteered to sub for Caden's class, while his teacher took each child out one at a time for end of semester testing.

Annabelle's ballet teacher had the class give a little impromptu performance during their last ballet class of the semester.

  

 

It's been so warm; the leaves are just falling off the trees.  Annabelle had fun one Saturday playing in the leaves.