Our Christmas

It's so hard to believe that Christmas has once again come and gone. All the anticipation leading up to the big day is great. The decorating, the shopping, the gift wrapping, the time spent with our loved ones. It's a lot of fun. Then, in the blink of an eye the presents are torn open and all is back to normal. I'm a big picture taker but I have to admit, I do get kinda caught up in the moment and forget to click that little camera. I did, however, manage to get a few. These are my faves.

 Taya in awe of her highly anticipated paint desk.

 

 Ripping into her life size paint-able play house.

 

 Lovin' on the bear Ethan bought her.

 

 Hugging her new MP3 player.

 

 New headphones.

 

 Daddy making sure they work properly.

 

 Very first Under Armour shirt.

 

 Bubba Corbin taking a look.

 

Mounds of gifts!

 

 

 Taya bought each of the boys new Lego's.

 

 Hugs :-)

 

 Ethan's gift from Corbin. A new Cinch bag and a Ranger shirt.

 

 Check out that face.

 

 My heart.

 

 The other gift from Corbin.

 

Melts. My. Heart.

 

 

 Realizing he just got his VERY OWN cell phone.

 

 That face!!!

 

Taking it all in. I ADORE this pic. He had tears in his eyes.

 

After we opened our family gifts, my parents and brother came over to open even more loot. It was a bit rushed because we were off to the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine. It was so much fun. I recommend going to anyone...but be ware, you need LOTS of money!



 

 The view from our fifth floor room when we checked in.

 

 View from the same room when we checked out.

 

 That's the Gaylord Texan across the way.

 

Comfy, cozy room.

 

 

Check out the website.

http://www.greatwolf.com/grapevine/waterpark

 

 

Christmas was amazing. The gift getting and giving was great but the best part was being able to spend the entire day together...just the five of us. Swimming, laughing, soaring down water slides, chasing each other in the "silly" river. As we were walking down the hall in the hotel to the water park, Taya grabbed my hand, looked up at me and said "This is the best Christmas ever!". I'll never forget that. While we were playing in the water Ethan told me he was having $420 worth of fun. Corbin said "This place is awesome". I wanted to make awesome memories with our kids. We did just that.

 

We're already starting to plan where we're going next Christmas.

 

Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus! It's because of your love and sacrifice that we are able to celebrate!