Christmas with Ryder

We really, really enjoy having Ryder at our house.  Walker and Everly are in heaven and it's just all around good fun.  This last visit was especially fun because we got to celebrate Christmas!!!!!

He came to town and Bunny and RayRay and Pepaw and Maggie all came over for some good ole fashioned family fun.

I'm sure you can guess what the kids were most excited about…. presents.  

Walker and Everly are at the PERFECT age. They love everything they open.  Although, I must admit, 11-year old Ryder even loved it all!!!!

This was a pretty cool gift we were able to get Ryder:

Rachel (college roomie and sorority sister) is married to Curtis…. he happens to be a defensive coach for the panthers.  Turns out, Ryder is a huge Luke Kuechly fan.  So, Rach and Curtis hooked us up.  Ryder really likes it!!!!

And, here are a few family photos:

It was a great day and a fantastic weekend!

Making a Swish

South Grand Prairie High School did something really amazing to celebrate Carson's life.  They held a charity basketball game and all the donations and proceeds were donated to Make a Wish in Carson's memory.  Almost five thousand dollars!!!!!

I'm very happy that the kids and I were able to make it to the game.  Pretty special.

Walker and Everly were so excited to see Ryder!

The student council presented us the grand total!

The cousins.

After the game, we got to bring Ryder home with us to celebrate Christmas  It was a great day!!!

Overbooked?

We were invited to a lot of parties this holiday season.  I find it super fun.  Clark says we were overbooked.  Ha!  But, all it all, all the events were great and a fun time was had by all.

Here are some (okay, a lot) of pictures!

It started with shopping at Nordstrom:

The next night, Clark and I were off to downtown for his work party.  It was a masquerade ball!

Next up, a party for the whole family at our neighbor's house:

The next weekend, I had a dinner party for my girls' group.  I love setting my beautiful table!

Such great friends!!!

Not done yet.  Everly was very excited about the girls only, mommy/daughter party:

It was a grinch theme.  She loved watching the movie:

And, finally, we went to our neighborhood party.  Santa was there and the kids enjoyed watching a movie outside. 

We met lots of fun neighbors and looked at christmas lights on the way home (Walker drove)!

It was a jam packed and fabulously fun two weekends!!!!  Looking very forward to more holiday time with the family.

A Wise Man and an Angel

The PDS Christmas program is always really cute.  It's great to see both kids perform at the same time!!! Nanna and Bubba came in town to see it!

Everly was first.

And, she sang her heart out!!!!  Loved watching her.   Then she got to stay to watch her brother.

He also sang his heart out.  So precious to hear their little voices sing!

We were able to grab a couple of cute pics before they went back to school:

We are proud of our little wise man and angel!

Bring on Christmas

We have an annual tradition of going to the Bentwater Christmas kickoff the weekend after Thanksgiving.

It means it's officially Christmastime!

Balloon animals and hats:

Seeing the snowman:

Both got to go down the snow hill "super fast!":

Daddy was off hunting (he got a deer!), so here's the three of us:

 And, the babes with Bunny and RayRay:

I am very happy to tell you that neither child wanted to ride the camel!  Woohoo!  Mama was off the hook.

It was a super fun time and a great way to get into the holiday spirit!

Thanksgiving on the Farm

Thanksgiving at the farm is always a blast.  The kids always look forward to being there…. because there is always so much to do!

 The bounce/slide was up and ready for them!

Then it was time for a walk down the hill to the trampoline:

And, hayride fun!

A TCU/Texas game that night meant the house was divided!

The kids were funny, wanted to cheer for both teams, so they wore purple, but added some burnt orange in their headgear:

Yay, Frogs won!  (Sorry daddy!)

I just love these pictures:

The light was beautiful and I made everyone pose for a couple more pictures!  Nanna and Bubba with all the grands is always a great picture!

Our silly puppies made their first trip to the farm.  Oh my…. I don't like that they have such freedom and don't always come when called.  Next time… they'll be on leases.

But, they did have fun playing with Chewy!

We had a great time and are looking forward to being back for Christmas!!!!

Big Boy Sleepover

Walker and his little buddy, Hudson, have been planning a sleepover for months.  Finally, their wish came true and Walker got to go spend the night at Hudson's house.

They went out for pizza:

 And, had movie night with popcorn and hot chocolate.

They are such cuties!!!

Walker had a blast and had no home sickness and was thrilled to be with his friend.  And, Hudson's sweet momma sent me this:

Sound asleep!!!  What a wonderful first sleepover experience!!!!!  I'm pretty sure this was the first of many more sleepovers for these boys!