Christmas 2011

I'm still trying to catch up on blogging, so here's a few photos from the Christmas holidays. This year was pleasantly low key and relaxing....we went to my Dad's a few days before Christmas to see the family, then to my mom's for Christmas Eve, then our house Christmas morning and Dickey and Pam's for Christmas day. I know that doesn't sound relaxing, but it actually was! We scaled it down quite a bit for the kids this year which was nice....they still got more toys than they know what to do with though! The kids had a break from Pre-K for 2 weeks...I totally enjoyed having them home all the time. It made me realize how little time I have before they go to kindergarten...I am soooo not ready for it:(

Kevin surprised me with a new camera a few days before Christmas (I still haven't really figured out how to work it though), here are some pics in random order...unfortunately I had the camera on the wrong setting at my dad's house so all the pictures I took were a huge blur. Be sure to check out the recipe blog....trying to catch up on that tonight too!

Zoo Fun with Friends

I'm trying to catch up on my holiday blogging so I thought I would start with our fun zoo trip we took the day before Christmas Eve. Hannah and Hunter's friends Jackson and Jessica (also twins) and their mom Judy invited us for a fun day at the Houston zoo, and the kids all had a blast...so did the moms. Our favorite part of the day was watching the elephants...we walked up to see the one of the baby elephants playing with the big male elephant. The little one kept nudging the big one, I guess wanting it to play (or trying to make him mad) and the big male ended up rolling around on the ground and making a scene. It was pretty entertaining, especially when the zookeeper came to see and told us they haven't seen the big male down on the ground in a long time...he weighed something like 10, 000 tons!

Jackson, Hannah, Hunter, Jessica

crawling through the aquarium tube


elephants putting on a show