Chocolate Advent Calendars

Every year since before I can remember my mom or grandma has bought us kids the chocolate advent calenders that count down the days til christmas. Well yesterday in the mail I recieved a package from my mom; containing 4 of these calenders one for myself, Annabel and the twins. It was such a fun surprise and fun to share one of my traditions with them. Even Annabel enjoyed tasting the chocolate!

Snow in Texas!!

*UPDATE*
So I was told that I have wintessed history because this is the first time it has snowed two years in a row in Beaumont.. Also it did snow enough to ever so lightly coat the ground.







I am so excited it is snowing here in Beaumont! From what I am told this is a rare thing! C,C, Bella and I went out to get pictures and to play in it! If you look really close you can see it!

Black Friday

Every year I join the masses and go shopping on black friday! This is one of my all time favorite traditions and it was a bit sad not having my "crew" to go with that I usually do but C and I went and had a blast!! We went to Toys R Us at midnight then went over and got in line for Target we were there waiting for 3 hours so we played card games and froze our tooshies off!! Thanks C for going with me!!

New Moon

Twilight with C and D


C and C waiting for New Moon


They were resting before the movie started


I am a huge Twilight fan and loved going to the mid night release of the movie so this year I of course had to go see New Moon at mignight! At the one theater they were showing Twilight so I went with C and D to see that then went to the other theater where I went with T, T, C and C to see New Moon.. Thanks girls! I had a blast!

Ocean in Texas?!

So today on the way home from running some errands Cathy, Annabel and I stopped for lunch on the boardwalk on the bay. I kept referring to it as the ocean because I mean honestly all the water on the this planet meets up somewhere and there is no where in Utah where you can go sit and look out to the horizon and not see where the ocean ends and the sky begins! I LOVE IT!! The board walk had all sorts of rides and they even have a two level merry go round that I took Annabel on. Cathy thought I was like a little girl in candy shop because I was excited about everything, my dad always told me "simple minds simple pleasures". I had the best time and it was a great day, Thanks Cathy!


A view with "the lone star" (haha good times! inside joke)


Us on the merry go round


Boardwalk


The other side of the bay


The view from our table


This is painted on the wall of the resturant it is a scale with the different water levels of the hurricans that have hit. The Ike line is about 11 feet from the floor, amazing!

Sweet and Happy

Computer time?

Tonight I had Annabel sitting on the chair in my room watching a kids song thing on youtube while I did a couple things and this is how I found her! She made sure she was comfortable and relaxed! I absolutely love this girl!