Christmas

Our Christmas celebrating began on Dec. 13 when my mom hosted Christmas for her side of the family. The day was filled with presents, laughter, and food.

Then on Dec. 23rd my mom and dad had Christmas for me, my sister, and Charles. Again there was presents, laughter and more food. The pups even got a present of their own. The bone would later make Bailey sick. She threw up until she got every last piece out of her system. She's fine now, thank goodness.

On the 25th we were off to Longview with the dogs. It probably took about 4 hours to get there. When we got there we got to visit with some of Charles relatives; Aunt Gail, Uncle Jack, Granny, Johnny, and Brent and his family. The children were very excited to play with the dogs. Oh, before our trip we had to head to Pet Smart to pick up a new little "house" for the dogs. We call it a house but in reality its more like a cage, well crate I guess. We needed one for them at his aunts house. They seem to love it. I have even caught them inside it when they don't even need to be in it.

For the first time in a long time I was unable to make it to my dad's side of the family's Christmas. I wasn't able to be in 2 places at once so we had to choose. It makes it a little difficult but we survived. Thank you everyone for all the wonderful gifts.

On the 27th, Charles' mom and brother came to Round Rock for a visit as well. I got to see some old videos of him growing up. Too Cute!

All in all, our first Christmas as a married couple wasn't too bad. It seems as though Charles and I are out growing our apartment. We are running out of space for all of our junk. Maybe it's house hunting time. :)

I am usually pretty good about taking pictures, but this time I only have a few. Next year I'll be better. I promise.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

Happy birthday Christie!!!

Puppy Poses

Poor Rowdy

What more can I say? This is what happens when we get bored.

Today

Here we are on the eve of when my parents have Christmas. Charles and I finished our shopping yesterday. Yes, we braved the cold and we were late with the shopping since school let out so late for the holidays. What happened to having time off?

Anyway, tomorrow we are headed to my mom and dad's to celebrate. In true holiday fashion my goal is to get up real early and wake my sister up..."hey Christie, Santa came"... just like old times. I can remember it all to well, her waking me up when we were little or me waking her up as we got older.

I am excited about this year cause it's my first Christmas with Charles as husband and wife. I don't thing will be too much different than past Christmas' other than the fact we now have to plan out where we are going to go in order to make sure that we visit both families. Now comes the time when we have to decide who gets Christmas and who gets Thanksgiving. That's gonna make it tough.

Today has been kind of a lazy day, its so cold outside. We have pretty much stayed inside except to take the dogs out for a walk. Man, I am looking forward to getting a house with a backyard for them. The dogs have pretty much taken over the couch and the blankets too.


There they are all snugly together. I guess I was feeling a little festive, so while blogging I decided to make some cookies. Thanks to the PTA fundraiser all I had to do was turn the oven on and pull the cookies out of the freezer. Talk about easy. :)