Christmas in Gainesville

We headed north on Christmas day to spend the weekend with Dusty's family in Gainesville. Hudson knows exactly what he wants at Granny's house...cars! He went straight to the closet to get daddy's hot wheels from when he was a kid, it's pretty cute! And then we were treated to way too many presents and Granny's yummy food!

The next day we celebrated with the whole Brewer family! The adults enjoyed another great gift exchange and Hudson and Addison entertained themselves!! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa! And Justin and Janice for hosting, we had a great time!

And SADLY, I did not get a single picture of Hudson in the snow. I mean, it's a White Christmas and no pictures?? What kind of blogger am I??

Christmas in Kaufman

We had a great holiday with my family in Kaufman. Hudson and I were able to go a little early and just hang out with Mimi and Paw-Paw, one of his favorite things! Here's a little run-down of our Christmas visit:

*Visiting the trains at Northpark!
*Mommy and Aunt Angie visiting Lydia and new baby Bobby!
*Yummy lunch with our friend Steve!
*Playtime with cousins!
*Christmas Eve service at Watermark Community Church!
*Opening presents in our Christmas jammies!
*Throwing a second Christmas fit because he wanted Walker's presents! :)
*Eating, eating, eating! (Maybe that was just mommy!)

My parents house keeps getting more and more full as the years go on, it's a total blast! Thanks Mimi and Paw-Paw for a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas at Preschool

Hudson's school had a Christmas sing-a-long and his toddler class got to go on stage with the big kids in their jammies and sing "Happy Birthday Jesus" and "Jingle Bells"! These are terrible pictures, but you can see how well he sat there and did not sing a word! :)

And after the sing-a-long...time to meet Santa!!! We knew he would not be afraid, but Hudson and Santa ended up being down right chummy! They talked, smiled, traded candy canes...overall, a pretty good visit! I wonder what he asked him for!!

First Christmas!

We celebrated Christmas tonight with our friends the Testone's. We have done this each year we have lived here in Austin, but tonight was the most eventful yet. I am truly thankful for friends who know my son's passions and want to help foster those passions with toys they knew he would love. I am also thankful for friends who do not judge, look on in disgust or walk out our front door vowing to never return when our son throws the Temper Tantrum of 2009 right on our kitchen floor because we had to take away the toy they gifted him! Hudson is OBSESSED with lawn mowers. (It's okay, we know it's weird.) Anyway, Lyndsey found the really fun bubble mower at Toys R Us and thought it would be perfect for Hudson...of course!! UNTIL, Jack tried to touch it! Yikes! Crying, stomping, and gnashing of teeth ensued. We're working on the sharing and the true meaning of Christmas!

Now I realize the pictures you see are all happy and full of Christmas cheer, but believe me the video that we took of the previously mentioned tantrum is not so pretty! I know, terrible parenting for pulling out the video camera to record such events, but he might need to see it one day.

We love the Testone's and can't wait to see what blog worthy moments next year's Christmas gathering brings! Fa la la la la!!!

6 years later...

Our life looks a little different, but I wouldn't change a thing! Happy Anniversary Dusty!

Wreck'em Tech!

I took NOT ONE picture during our family Thanksgiving gatherings (will someone share?) but I did pull out my camera for the big weekend game between my Red Raiders and the Baylor Bears who gave us a little bit of a scare! The game was played at the new, and ridiculous, Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. And if you can't tell from the pictures, we were AT THE VERY TOP! Adam was a little nervous that I was going to to into labor as we walked up the 150 flights of stairs to get to our seats! But no worries, she's holding on!

It was an ugly win, but we pulled it out! Sorry Baylor friends!

The Brewer Boys

I'm a few weeks behind, but better late than never!! So Kim, my best friend from childhood is a fellow blogger and recently blogged about our long overdue visit with our boys. Did I mention we both married into the last name Brewer? Well, we did and so two weeks ago, the Brewer boys met. I would suggest reading Kim's blog, she's way more clever with words than me!

And make sure you look closely to her blog layout...she's got a "FEW" things in the works!! :)