Cookies for Santa

This year Ava I and started making cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. It was so much fun. I'm loving that she is old enough to get into holidays. I even gave up control and let her do most of the work!

She got to pick out our shapes for the cookies

Then the fun part came...sprinkles and icing!!! She had place each one on the cookie just in the right place.

Look how pretty they are!!! Santa really enjoyed them!

Thanksgiving

I believe this will be the end of Thanksgiving post (yes it's april of the next year! I know I know)


Grammy got Ava a super fun craft to do over Thanksgiving break. We made hand print ordiments for the christmas tree.
Hand painting is always fun!!!

And even more fun when you get to wear it!!!

Every Thanksgiving we go and see Santa at Bass Pro Shops. By far the best place to go. Lots to do and FREE!!! Plus the Santa is so sweet and good with the kids.

What a great Uncle Paul riding the rides with Ava.

You know it always looks weird when you walk into bass pro all dressed up!...Poor Jason had to get in the picture again...Addy isn't very sure of Santa

Watch out Ava is driving

BEEP BEEP move out of Ava's way!

It was also my birthday...

poor Ava passed out...good thing I had Addy to open all of my gifts

HoHoHo

It is slowly begining to look a lot like Christmas! We have had our tree, and all the other stuff up around the house for a while. But the weather has kept it from feeling like Christmas. We have our AC on in our house, and it is 75 degrees outside! I hope it is at least cold for Christmas day!

Well over Thanksgiving break we went back to Bass Pro Shops for our Santa pictures! This year we got a group picture and by themselves...and yes I am aware that I didn't upload the single of Ava...Thats becuase I haven't scanned it in yet...I know I'm a bad momma...

Here is Addy, Jason, Santa, and Ava Kate....I bet you figured this picture out pretty fast...Addy wasn't going to have anything to do with poor Santa. So Jason got to sit in Santa's chair...wasn't that nice of Santa. And Ava could really care less about Santa...not scared and for sure not impressed with the man. (I was impressed how real he looked and how nice he was)




Addy, Jason, and Santa.

If y'all haven't been to Santa's workshop at Bass Pro Shops it is pretty cool. It's free, and there are TONS of free things for the kids to do. It is AWESOME!! Oh and they do santa passes so you don't have to stand in line as long.

We have all but one gift to buy...and it is just a matter of going and getting it! All of them wrapped (well all that are in, we had to order two of them). The bad news is that I don't know if we will make it to Irving with all of them since Ava has carried them all over the house!!!

***Update on Colton. He is feeling better and doing a little better for now. He has been able to lose 34 lbs of fluid (in 2 days! WOW!) and his blood work is looking better. He even got to go "home" to their rented apartment in Houston. (they try to keep transplant patients out of the hospital as much as possible since there is sooo many germs in the hospital). Please continue to pray for him, his family, and Dr.s/nurses. Pray that it was a misdiagonsis! God has been so good in all of this...bringing sooo many to lean and to trust in him. Just keep praying!!!

Hope all of y'all are doing great, and are enjoying this Christmas season. Most of y'all should be getting a little something from Ava in the mail soon! Enjoy!