Snow??? In Houston???

Yes, you read that right... we got snow last night. It's crazy...

Tuesday it hit 70 here... yesterday was so bitter cold and brought snow...
Today is it's supposed to get into the 60s this afternoon,
but drop again to freezing tonight.
Seriously! Very difficult to make plans around here. We are supposed to go to the zoo tomorrow with a friend of mine and her little girl, but it will be a last minute decision with the way the weather around here has been. Here are some pics of our event yesterday...
and NY family, don't laugh at how little the amount is that we were celebrating. This is Houston and snow is an extremely rare occurrence!

While Logan was napping is when it all started, so as soon as he woke up we made our way outside so he could see snow for the very first time. You can tell by his smushy face that he had just woken up! :-)

Very little was sticking to the grass, but it was enough to see that he was leaving his trail behind him when he walked through the yard.
Thankfully our neighbor parks his car outside and Logan got to get his hands on some of the "white rain"- that's what he was calling it!
Here is his handprint on Enrique's hood... "it cold mommy"
Then I showed him how to make a snowball and he suddenly forgot how cold it was!
White rooftops in the neighborhood on our way out to get some dinner!

And before we went to bed, letting the dog out brought a sight to our eyes... again, no laughing!
Here is our deck just after 10 o'clock...

and here is Logan's swing set...

and I believe our dog is a snow-virgin too, so it definitely took some prodding to get him to head out and yellow any snow! But really, how precious are these paw prints!?!?!

All in all, it was lots of fun... my mom says that this is NOT why she moved to TX, having had a very difficult time keeping herself warm while we were out and about shopping yesterday. But lucky for her, all the snow was gone just hours after the sun came up this morning. Today's weather is worse though, because the wind is making the cold so much less bearable.

Christmas in our home!

Christmas has begun and what a difference with a two year old compared to last year at this time! Logan so gets the excitement and as you will see in the pics below, he really enjoyed the night of putting up our tree and pulling out all the decorations. We have only just begun, as nothing else is really up yet, but it was an exciting night!

Helping daddy put the tree together...
at least that's what he thought he was doing!

Realizing he may have been in Daddy's way was no big deal
when he found the box and decided to play in it!
While I was looking for the tree skirt, this is what he was doing with it.
After I showed him what the tree skirt was really for, the Santa hat sparked his interest. We were playing Christmas music while doing this, so here you may be able to tell he was actually dancing!

The first ornaments to be placed on the tree were the first two homemade ornaments Logan has ever made... though I know there are MANY more to come! :-) Both were made in the church nurseries this past week...
so precious to mommy!

Putting up some ornaments with a little help from daddy. He thought this was so cool... especially when he'd find ones with his name or picture on them!

Last night really began the holiday season for me. Seeing the excitement through Logan was so much fun and really helped remind me what Christmas is all about.

Holiday in Gordon/Graham

Ok, so I'm like a week behind on this, but our Thanksgiving was so wonderful. The weekend before, we celebrated the holiday in town at my parents' house and my brother came to town... such a nice, relaxing couple of days. For the holiday week, we went to Gordon and then on to Graham and thanks to Grana and Papa (Jeff's parents) we had such a great break, as they took care of everything "logan." Mommy (me) got to sleep in every day and came back very refreshed! Here are some good family pics we were able to get with the people that were together this year!

All the boys... Jeff, Logan, Tommy, Kevin, Big Papa and Kris
All the girls... Brenda, Muna, Debra, Katie, Kelley and Jessica

Grace Family... but I think Logan was DONE with pictures!
Running around outside was just too much fun!

Playing with the new sticker book Grana got him... this was a daily occurence- sometimes multiple times a day! Thank you Grana for the new book, but mostly for your patience while Logan wanted to do itHIS way... not the way the book told you to! :-)

Doing one of his favorite things... driving! Gotta watch him though Aunt Kel,

or that nickel's gonna get stuck in the cd player!

Ready to go out into the cold! That hat makes his head look huge, huh?!

Ok, so here we have a new-found love.
The wind was so strong in Graham (a place where "fall" actually exists) and we ended up with a yard full of leaves. Too bad this was discovered just as we were leaving, because I think he'd have wanted to play in the leaves every minute for the rest of our trip if
we weren't all ready and packed to head home!
He LOVED this and it was just precious to watch!

Throwing them into the wind!

Taking a "swim" in the leaves! This made me want to get down and roll around with him... but it was freezing out and I stayed around just long enough to get these shots!

Hope you all had a blessed holiday time. Can't believe we are in December already!