Christmas in Sugar Land

We got in the car Christmas afternoon and drove back to Josh's parents to celebrate Christmas.

Claire loved these snowmen!

So many presents. They couldn't even walk through!

I was very happy to get my Cricut!

Claire received a huge box of babies and was very happy! She cried and whined until Josh got every single one out.

We took the girls on The Polar Express train in Palestine. We went on it last year and had so much fun!

It is a long drive, but I think it's well worth it!

Claire ate her entire cookie the first five minutes!

Elise's favorite part is having the conductor punch her ticket. 

Elise was so happy to get to hold baby Reese. She just kept staring at her! She's such a pretty baby. 

We met up with Josh's good friend, Jeff and his wife for drinks one night. We went to The Flying Saucer which is my favorite place to go for beer! The choices are unlimited!

Claire loves putting on Elise's bike helmet 

We had so much fun visiting with Darci and Jackson at chick fil a. The kids had a blast and loved being able to order on their own. Elise and Jackson have been friends for a couple of years! It is so fun to watch them get older! 

Fun in The Alamo City

We were so happy to go back to San Antonio. It had been a very long time since Uncle Josh had seen all the kids together.

The first night we just hung out at the house and let the kids play! Claire can say everyone's names and really loves saying, "Bella."

On Saturday morning, we went to The Rose Theater to see, "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer." It was super cute and very interactive.

This is a picture of our two little ones trying to get in to a little bit of trouble!

We surprised the big kids with a night trip to Sea World. They have the entire park decorated for Christmas and it was fun! 

Sunday night we were excited to have a night out with our family. We got a babysitter and went out for dinner and drinks! It's not often we are all together at the same time anymore! It was a lot of fun!

The next day, we took the girls to see "Junie B Jones" at the Majestic Theater. They did a great job and I was impressed that Elise wanted to get her picture taken with them! Usually she is too shy or scared.

We had another night out without children! We went to an awesome place called, Dough. We even had a special surprise from our good friend, Amy!! 

The kids (and Josh) had been looking forward to decorating Gingerbread houses and cookies! Elise really got in to it this year. Claire just wanted to consume as much candy as she could. 

We were shocked that the kids performed so well for Santa. No tears! Maybe next time we will get some smiles from all of them!

Elise had asked LeLe if we could go to Morgan's Wonderland. It is one of her favorite places to go. I've blogged about it before, but if you haven't gone it is a must see! It was designed for special needs children, but anyone is welcome.

There is a House in San Antonio called, "The Frozen House." Elise thought we were in arendelle. 

The next morning was last minute shopping day! The boys took to the kids for a daddy day! One of the places they went to was bass pro shop. 

My favorite night of Christmas is Christmas Eve. I look forward to the Christmas Eve service every year. 

We have a tradition of opening up our stockings the night before. Claire loves her new stool!