A week ago we had our family/maternity photo shoot. This was the photo shoot we won from the contest our photographer put us in. So I have to thank all of our friends and family on Facebook that voted for us and shared our picture. Our photographer is Amazing and captures some wonderful memories. We have only seen the preview so far and waiting on our cd of images. We are so pleased with the preview that we are so excited to see the other pictures.

Every year we go to Bass Pro to see Santa. This year we had been talking about Santa so much. The past 2 years Colton cried and was not a fan of sitting on his lap. We told him how nice he was and how he knows how good he has been. Colton was ready to see Santa and sit on his lap! Jay & Shannon's little boy Jackson was there with us. We told Colton he had to show Jackson how fun it is to see Santa since Colton is older.

We wait in line and he starts to get anxious. He is starting to get upset and telling us no I don't want to see Santa!! We, well I try to talk to him about it and tell him how nice he is, and so on. Of course I want to get a Santa picture so we have one from every year. He's going down hill real fast and started to get upset. We are the next ones in line and Nope we are out of there. Cody wasn't happy with me trying to force him to go see him. So we watch Jackson see Santa and sit on his lap, but that still didn't make Colton want to go see him. We walked around and looked at him and I was able to get him as close as I could to take a pic. The entire time he kept looking over his shoulder like Santa was going to come and get him. Poor thing!! Why are kids so afraid of Santa? He's a cute old man, with a big belly, and a fluffy beard! Hopefully next year with Barret's first Christmas we will have a success with both boys!!

It's that time of year again, our favorite, Christmas!! We thought Colton was going to remember all the Christmas decorations, we were wrong! He didn't remember anything! He didn't remember the train either!! It was fun unpacking everything and setting the house up for Christmas and of course seeing his face and the excitement when we pulled decorations out! He enjoyed putting ornaments on the tree and we even let him put the angel on top. We had a wonderful night together as a family decorating and watching Christmas movies!!

At the beginning of December we attended a teacher I used to work with, her daughters wedding. It was such a gorgeous wedding. A Christmastime wedding with all the beautiful trees and lights are just magical. We went with my very best friend Jenn and her hubby Judd. The four of us had a great evening together and seeing so many old teacher friends we used to work with. They had a photo booth and of course we all had a lot of fun with that.

Thanksgiving in San Antonio. This is the second year that we have all gathered at Dad & Christine's house for Thanksgiving dinner. It was another successful dinner with lots of food, family, and friends!!

Colton and Grand Dude enjoyed playing together in the yard and riding the truckster all over the place!!

We seem to have started a tradition this weekend. We meet up with Johanna, Cody's high school friend, and her twin girls and do something fun. We wen to Kiddie Park, rode the trains t the zoo, and Sunken Gardens. It was such a fun day and the kids of course had a really great time!! Usually Jordan will also come with us and hang out. All the kids love Uncle Jordan!!

There is a picture of Colton and Daddy riding the flying saucer, they ride this together every year, too cute to see them squished inside it. G-Mama sent me a picture of Cody and Toby on the same ride when they were little kids. Very cool!! Such a neat kid park that has been around for such a long time. Cody and I both went to Kiddie Park as kids, it's fun to now bring our kids here to play!

On our drive home we stopped at Buc-ee's, a gas station that has turned into a tourist attraction all over Texas!! On the way for a potty break we saw Buc-ee and he wanted his picture with him. Well it was not real just a giant stuffed animal, and I was completely shocked that he wanted to take his picture with him!! On the way to the bathroom we took a picture with him standing next to him and on the way out he wanted another picture, this time he held his hand!!! Crazy, that beaver was Huge!!!

We love spending time with them just wish we could do it more often. They live in Arlington and we are in Katy. Thanksgiving is our meet up time since we both come to San Antonio to celebrate with our families.

*The last four pictures are from Thanksgiving 2011.