Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we spent the evening with Nina in Dallas.  Meg, Jarrad and I got to Nina’s house around 5:30.  Meg was very happy to see Nina, Auntie Lee Lee, Uncle Eddy and Jackson.  Unc, Aunt Michelle and Parker got to the house a little later in the evening.   

Meg and I had baked Christmas cookies the night before, so they were ready for decorating.  We all decorated a few cookies and ate a few too.  Right as we were finishing up cookie decorating, Nina’s power went out.  Thankfully she has a gas stove, so we were still able to cook what we needed.  The power was probably off for over an hour.  As we were sitting at the table, enjoying the meal, the power came back on. Nina is a candle burner, so we had plenty of light. 

After dinner, we exchanged Christmas presents.  Meg got lots of great stuff this year, including a cook book, apron, Juicy crayons and a box full of money.  It was a great Christmas Eve.

***Parker Ramsey***

***Jackson Bradley***

Christmas at Nina's

On Sunday, we celebrated Christmas with Nina at her house.  This year, we tried something different...we all brought a dish.  Jarrad and I cooked chicken and ribs, and Jarrad's siblings brought the rest.  It worked out perfectly. 

The meal was wonderful and the girls (Meg and Katelyn) couldn't wait to open gifts.  So, after lunch, we exchanged presents.  Meg was so excited when she opened up her gift from Nina.  It was a changing table from American Girl for her Itty Bitty Baby, Rachael.  She couldn't wait for Jarrad to put it together.  Thankfully, it wasn't very complicated. 

She got a Zuzu Hamster pet from Leigh Ann and Eddie.  It was such a wonderful day.  Everything was perfect. 

Our second Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving day, we headed over to Nina's house. As usual, she cooked entirely too much. But, everything was wonderful. After our meal, Megan and I headed out for a walk thru Nina's neighborhood.

The day was beautiful, so I took my camera along for the walk. Thankfully, she was a willing subject for most of the walk.

***my sweet model*** ***walking down the street***

***love this picture***

After our walk, Meg and Nina played a few hands of Go Fish (or, "Go Fishing" as Meg calls it). Meg was so excited that Nina taught her how to play. We also looked thru a few of the black Friday ads and visited.

***Meg and Nina playing Go Fish***

Sunday at Nina's

Sunday, we had lunch at Nina's. As usual, she cooked entirely too much. It had been a long time since we saw her. When we got there, Meg talked Nina into dressing like her. They were both wearing black pants, black shirts and pink tops. They looked so adorable. Of course, I had to take pictures of the girls dressed the same.

***Meg and Nina getting prettied up before the pictures*** ***beautiful girls***

***so sweet***

***Look at Meg's funny face***

***pretty***

Christmas Eve

The years that we stay in town for Christmas, we always have the same routine. Christmas Eve at Jarrad's mom's house, Christmas morning at Jarrad's dad's.

Christmas Eve, we also decorate cookies for Santa. Meg really loves this. This year, Jarrad even got in the spirit and decorated a few. I was impressed with his creativeness.

After cookie decorating, we sat down for a wonderful dinner to eat and visit. Meg was so excited about opening gifts, she just kept asking and asking. I remember when I was growing up that I used to be so impatient with the adults because they never seemed to be in a hurry to open the presents. Eventually, she won and we opened gifts. Nina completely spoiled all of us (as usual).

***Jarrad decoraing a snowflake***

***Meg adding the final touches***

***Meg & Daddy***

***Meg on Christmas Eve***

***Meg "sleeping" on one of Jarrad's gift boxes***

What a wonderful weekend!

My parents came into town on Thursday night and stayed until Monday morning. We had such a great visit. Time always goes by too fast when they're in town.

Thursday night, we went over to Luke & Patty's house for dinner and to watch the Spurs game. We had a good time visiting with them. Luke made his famous french fries. Poppy was drooling over the fries - they're delicious I must say. Below is a picture of Jarrad and Megan at Boompaw's...i think it's a cute picture of both of them.

Poppy always comes with a list of places that we must eat...guess it's because they only eat at one place in SA, so he needs the variety when he's in Mansfield. Outback is on his list, so we went there on Friday night. It was very yummy. Below is a picture from the restaurant - Meg was being goofy, so I couldn't get a great picture. But, this picture is a good shot of my parents.

Saturday, we had a fun filled day. We spent 3.5 hours at Cabela's...yes, you read right, 3.5 hours!!! At least this time we bought something - last time I spent that amount of time out there with Jarrad, we walked out empty handed. Below is a picture of Meg with a huge stuffed moose - she wasn't very happy that I was making her take a picture with him. but, I'm the mom, so I win :) After Cabela's, we took Meme and Poppy to the Stockyards in Ft. Worth. They had never been. On our way from Cabela's to the Stockyards, Meg fell asleep in the car. Just looking at the picture below makes my neck hurt! Of course, it wasn't the best weekend...the humidity was off the charts, but we had a great time anyway. After we walked around in the stockyards, we went to dinner at Riscky's. While we were at dinner, Meg decided to put stickers all over her face - she's so goofy!

After dinner, we went down the street a little so Megan could sit on the Indian's horse. We had walked by him earlier and she didn't want to get on him, but she changed her mind. So, we had to go back.

Sunday, we had Jarrad's mom and brother and sister over to our house for Mother's Day Lunch. Meg always loves it when Nina comes over. Not only does Nina bring her lotion and lipstick every time she comes over, but she also lets Megan apply the said lipstick. But, Nina looks beautiful anyway. I had a wonderful weekend!

Third 2007 Christmas

December 18

Our 3rd Christmas this year was over at Sandra's house. We had dinner, dessert and opened presents. It was a perfect night. Meg had a blast with Leigh Ann's new dog, Sam Bradley, and running around at Nina's house.

Meg got lots of pretty, pretty things from Nina...make up, lotion, and hair accessories. Meg is a very lucky girl to have so many people that love her so much!

So Sweet

Nina & Megan


Poppy, Megan & Meme (at the ranch)