december madness

december was a wonderful month. we literally celebrated all month long and i loved every minute of it.

justin's grandma came and stayed with us for 6 days. while she was here his parents, my adorable nieces and their parents, and austin all came to visit. so we had visitors for about 9 days. it was so fun.

while they were here, baby tate was born. he is more perfect than you could imagine. i can't get enough of him. here is a picture from when justin met him for the first time.

the weekend before christmas we drove all across texas.. seriously like 800 miles from friday -sunday. want a recap? friday, justin, austin and i went to fort worth and went to gaylord texan ICE with katie. it lived up to everything i expected. saturday we went to the lake travis state football championship at cowboys stadium. unreal stadium and they won. state record 4 championship in a row. woohoo. then we headed straight to tyler for a wedding. we missed the ceremony but made it just in time for the food and reception. perfect.



Real life Gingerbread house





sunday we stopped by my wonderful grandparents house for some delish food and came home. i was off work the entire week of christmas and it was heavenly. i got to hang out with my sister, hang out with justin, run last minute errands and just enjoy doing nothing.

christmas was wonderful and went by way too fast. we spent christmas eve and christmas morning with my parents and my dads family. christmas day we drove to austin and stayed until monday. love me some family time! we are without a doubt extremely blessed with amazing families and everything we have.

Christmas in Austin

Lane and Amber wrapped everyone's presents this year. It was the most precious thing.

i have monday off work so i can't wait to start 2011 off with a bang! i know its going to be a great year. until then, cheers and have a wonderful and safe new year!