Christmas 2017

Christmas is always a crazy busy time of year for us and this year was no different.  We jumped right into the festivities as soon as I got back home from Nashville.  It was the start of the kids Christmas break, and what better way to kick it off than meeting Santa at a friends house.

Both kids were super excited to see the big guy and not at all apprehensive as they have been in years past.

My friend Cele put on a great morning with ornament making, cookie decorating and even mimosas for the Mom's!

After Santa we headed over to We Rock the Spectrum to keep the first-day-of-break fun going.

Later on that evening Jordan surprised Isla with an "Elf" movie party at the Alamo Drafthouse.

There was a competition at the beginning and Jordan and Isla WON!

The break was filled with fun times with friends...

Annual Adult/Kids Gift Exchange at the Alleys

Game Night with the Gaysers

Quenisha's Christmas Shrimp Boil

Christmas Eve toast at the Kennedys and BBQ Dinner at the Perkins

and relaxing times with family...

Bike ride through the Heights

Midweek Lunch at Big Paulies

There was only a small bit of drama when the trampoline that was supposed to arrive WEEKS before Christmas Day finally admitted on Christmas Eve that it would not be here in time.

This was Holden's biggest present and I was heartbroken that I wouldn't get to see his happy face on Christmas morning.... Craigslist to the RESCUE!

We found a guy in Houston selling trampolines - AND at half the cost.  Granted, it wasn't as nice as the one I had picked out, but the size we needed was hard to find.  I was concerned, but once we put it together I realized I had nothing to worry about.  It worked great, and fit in the spot perfectly.

Christmas was a success!  We spent the morning opening presents and eating cinnamon rolls before heading over to the Lennon's for our Annual Christmas celebration.  We ended the evening with drinks, dessert and games at our house.

To be clear... It wasn't all butterflies and rainbows.  Heres a picture of the bunch of bananas Holden threw around the house one morning...

I hope you all had a wonderful and relatively stress-free Christmas surrounded by loved ones!