Best part of Christmas

The best part of Christmas this year was definitely my sister Michelle and her family coming to visit from Wyoming. This was her first time visiting Texas! We got to make gingerbread houses, go to the ICE exhibit, Fort Worth Zoo, shopping, etc. I LOVE my sister and it made my holiday that they came here for Christmas!

My sister and her cute family!

Us girls!  Do you think we look alike?

The kids had SO  much fun playing together.  Emma was especially sad when Victoria, her cousin her same age, left.  She always asks when she can come back or when we can go see her.

To my ever so talented and oh so smart sister - THANKS FOR COMING TO VISIT!  We LOVED having you here.

Some of my favorite pictures from the holidays...

Gingerbread House Making!  We LOVE to make gingerbread houses.  We try to have some friends over every year, after the kids go to bed, to make our own gingerbread houses.  Here is the adult gingerbread house making results.

Here is Emma and her good friend Rachel.  They have so much fun together.  They spent some time in the bathroom "getting ready" and came out with clips all over their headbands, clothes, and shoes.  It always fun taking pictures of these girls.  They know how to strike a pose! 

For Thanksgiving we gave Emma some sparkling cider. You can see how she is enjoying the moment and then, notice in the last picture, she says, "What in the world did you just give me mom and dad!"

These are the ONLY pictures we have from thanksgiving dinner and/or guests - the kids eating pie.  We had our good friends over and had a fabulous Thanksgiving feast with way to much good food!

Check out Santa's face here.  It was near impossible to get Santa to crack a smile.  I am not sure if it was the fact that I was taking our own photos, and not buying their $75 package, or because he was having a bad day.  We'll never know.