New Years Eve

Fireworks in our driveway. Not a whole lot, but the kids had fun.

My backyard

This is what we can do in Texas at Christmas time. No need to worry about snow, or freezing to death. And the fire is just to get rid of the trees knocked down by Hurricane Ike, not to keep us warm.

Cleaning the Boat

Chad decided to clean his new boat, and all the kids wanted to get in on the action. You know, before they had to do any work, then they'd rather ride the jeep. Between complaining about the cold.

Christmas Day

Santa was able to find us in Texas without any problems. We opened presents at home and then headed over to Chad's house for even more presents. We got so much stuff we had to leave some of it in Texas. But at least we will be home soon to be with it.

Christmas Eve

We went ahead and opened a few presents on Christmas eve. We wanted to be able to head over to Chad's house as early as we could on Christmas day.

Grant's Christmas Concert

We attended Grant's annual Christmas concert tonight. The kids all did a great job and Grant even had a special part. Mason wanted to participate so bad. Although his version of Jingle Bells is "jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, Old McDonald and Mr. Ride just love to hold the sleigh, Hay!" I've tried to tell him, but he will have none of it!

And here are some videos of the performance.

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Mason's Christmas Party

Mason had his Christmas party this morning. Everyone had a great time. They had a magician, and then the big man himself showed up. Santa brought everyone a present.

And if you think it looks like any school back home take a look at the map on the wall and the windows. Not something you see everyday back home.

If you click on these they will take you to the videos.

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Juggling

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Mason Juggling

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Mason and Santa