Crazy Texas Weather

 In the midst of this freezing thunderstorm, I bring to you a month ago... when it SNOWED.... IN TEXAS. 

We were having brunch with the Devlins when it started to rain. Then, we all noticed. That wasn't rain. Those were flurries!! It had been a pretty cold week, so to our surprise, the flurries quickly started to stick. So, in our pure Texas fashion, we grabbed a quick jacket and some boots and ran outside. The kids were freezing, but no time to bundle up because who knows how long this was going to last, right?!

Charlie clocking stephen with an ice ball

The flurries slowed down and we came inside. "Well, that was fun." No disappointment here. Snow - in any form - is awesome in Texas. So, the kids went for rest all happy to have "payed in the snow Mama!"

Little did they know, the snow just kept falling! We haven't seen snow like this since Miles was tiny. It was amazing. So pretty.

Stephen and I were itching. I think this is the first time we've ever wished the boys to be awake quicker. Usually we relish in our naptime. But today.... TODAY IT'S SNOWING. We did the proper bundle this time and headed out to play.

Carson was a little unsure at first. 

Erin working hard at her snowman

Snowball fight!!

It didn't take long for Carson to figure things out and for the rest of the day, so long as he had a snowball, he was a happy camper

Love.

And here we sit, Feb 12th, 30 degrees with ice covered trees and snow in the forecast. Yall up for round 2?!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Miles:  "Mama, Santa bring special toys?!?!"

Almost! We're almost there. On Christmas Eve, we planned brunch with the Gates and had an afternoon of cookie baking. Had to make sure we had all the yummy sweets for Santa!

Special Christmas Eve dinner - Tree quesadillas! Pinterest has nothing on me *brushes shoulders* ha

The day was finally here! Christmas! This is the first Christmas Stephen and I have had with the boys, just us, so we were excited to spend the morning relishing in the moment. 

Miles was SO excited to open the gifts. Before we knew it, he'd taken the tags off all the presents, so we didn't know who was for who. Dangit - who was this one from?? We may have had to play some investigative work, but we figured it out. Carson opened maybe.... 2 .... gifts. He wasn't super interested which worked out great for Miles. Miles wanted to open EVERYTHING. 

We planned a surprise scavenger hunt to reveal our big gift - a fish tank! Miles did great following the clues. Carson? Yea, not super interested. haha!

Look at that Barney Fife face!

Custom whiskey barrel from Denise. So cool

After an awesome morning, both boys took a much needed nap. My parents and the Gates came over for happy hour, dinner and a Feekin gift exchange. 

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Goodnight!