Waiting for Rainbows: November

Awww, the holiday season...What not to love?! Having kids make the big moments priceless and even the every day moments seem very special as well. I love seeing the world through the eyes of a child. May we never ever lose that perspective.

November:
The kids are loving school and we love that they love school. They had a great time at the Thanksgiving feast which was a lot of fun to join them at too.
Just before Thanksgiving, Aubrey had to be a brave little girl and get her tonsils and adenoids removed. We all were a little anxious going in, especially since she was having some asthma complications for weeks on end prior, but she was so tough, strong and brave. It was a fairly long recovery, but we were thankful for having all of Thanksgiving break off from school for her to recover.

Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving was relaxing and blessed! We hung out together in the morning and played board games. The weather was absolutely gorgeous so we did some geo-caching at a new park we had not yet been to before. It was nice to find another nearby park that we can walk/ride bikes and explore. Aubrey was still in the thick of recovery so we did get a picture earlier in the day, but unfortunately no family pictures thereafter due to her not feeling well. I regret not having any, but sometimes this happens. We enjoyed our time with Aimee, Israel and Tessa--the food and company was top notch! Do you notice a missing tooth on Aubrey? She was so excited to lose her first tooth. Avery now is at four missing teeth!

Birthday boy: Happy birthday to the most amazing husband and dad on the entire planet! We had the most wonderful time enjoying a fabulous meal on a bucket list restaurant. We are so thankful that Aimee and Israel are so kind to us and watch the girls so we could enjoy a date night out!

December 2017:

SNOW in Houston!!!: SO much fun! I got the kids up early before school and we all played out in the snow. We definitely made memories this day!

Fun Winter Activities: Making popcorn garland, making hot cocoa mason jars, making cookies, having marshmallow wars--fun is the name of the game!

As a side note: Avery is missing her front two teeth on the top and Aubrey is missing her front two teeth on the bottom. All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

School Christmas Parties:

Grandma's Birthday Celebration: Every year we make gingerbread houses in memory of gramma. It is a great memory we have from growing up and mom asked to do it every year with the kids and was able to make one each Christmas visit with the kids. It was something we all looked forward to. I thoroughly enjoyed a big, decadent chocolate dessert on her birthday in her memory (which she would have loved to devour with me!). My sweet best friend and her momma (who has always been my second momma) always are so thoughtful in remembering my mom and sent flowers on her birthday.

Pictures with Santa!

Christmas Eve Eve Church service and Christmas Eve: We love being with our church family every Christmas Eve Eve and celebrating the birth of our Savior. It is always a special service that we have many memories from year to year. We enjoyed making gingerbread men for the first time to leave for Santa this year.