The girls showing off their fans from Vietnam
Every year I watch the movie, White Christmas, and address our Christmas cards. This is the first year I let the kids in on my tradition.
Just sitting at a red light on a normal weekday. No big deal. =)
We met up with friends to see the Christmas trains at the Botanical Gardens.
We've been to the Sunken Garden in Como Park!
Steve and Vallerie treated the kids to a fun night of Christmas lights and toasted s'mores
Her most natural and beautiful smile is without showing her teeth, but every now and then we get a glimpse of this smile, and I LOVE it
Birthday fun for the soon-to-be ten-year-old! We took the girls to the paint-your-own-pottery shop, and then Gretchen hosted her first sleepover with these sweet friends.
Her actual birthday! So many presents for this special girl
In the Payne family, you can get your ears pierced when you turn ten. Gretchen was nervous, but super excited!
Sweet Big Brother bought the Birthday Girl a pair of earrings of her choice
Beautiful Gretchen!
Birthday Buddies: Gretchen and Ms. Toika share a birthday and make a point to see each other each year on, or around, their birthdays.
We hosted friends for Mexican food and games on Christmas Eve
New pajamas from Grammy Deb for Christmas Eve!
Merry Christmas morning! Stockings come first, then a big breakfast and a Christmas Bible reading devotion, then presents. It was a slow and quiet morning for just the five of us. Later in the day, we joined friends for a delicious Christmas meal.
The face you make when you get a gift you've been wanting for two years!
Kaye K and Big Daddy gifted the girls and I tickets to see The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe at a local children's theater. The day after Christmas, we enjoyed a girls' date to see the performance, which was wonderful, and enjoy some "girly" food at a local cafe.
We used our Six Flags passes one last time, taking advantage of the free-friend passes
Another fun outing as a family while Ryan had time off work, exploring the streets and shops in Georgetown
We love our MAJOR Payne =)
