Celebrations

 Better late than never - I'm finally getting to a post on our celebrations from the last month! Somehow, timely blogging has become a thing of the past for me. Not a big deal since I don't think there's a large audience out there waiting for updates (ha!), but I still like to get these memories "on paper" for my girls to hopefully enjoy someday. 

We celebrated Christmas Eve with the Brittains. Lots of good food, drinks, and laughter - and this is the only picture I have to show for it!

Christmas morning started bright and early (although not as early as some years - I think this year was close to 7:30), and was full of fun! 

We had a lowkey winter break. Lots of games, movies, walks, puzzles, trips to the park ... late nights, sleeping in, too many snacks, etc. The girls went through a little Rootbeer Float phase over the break!

Here's one of the puzzles we finished over the break, in time for the Cyclones Fiesta Bowl win!

On New Years Eve, we went bowling. Steve and I each had a high game, and left sort after three straight hours of bowling. New Years Eve was cold and rainy here, so it was a perfect socially-distanced indoor celebratory activity! At home, we did poppers and watched the ball drop.

Shortly after winter break, we celebrated birthdays for Steve and Jim! Steve said Jim looked at the fireplace all day long, anxious to get into his gifts. 

Jim had figured out presents at Christmas, and his birthday was the icing on the cake. I'm pretty sure it was his best day ever.

It was steak and ice cream cake for this 40-year-old! Hard to believe. Steve and I have now celebrated twenty birthdays together. Here's to many, many more.

Sunday SNOW Day

All week, the forecast showed potential snow in North Texas today. We've seen that forecast before, though, and didn't get our hopes up since snow in North Texas means it could be a lot somewhere but none here. So when I glanced out the window just before noon and saw a couple of flakes coming down, I was so excited!

The girls headed straight outside. If you look closely, you can see a few flakes in this picture. 

They went into the backyard and brought Jim outside with them, and the snow started to pick up a bit.

Jim wasn't sure what to think, but he had fun chasing the girls around and eating it!

Look at those big flakes! After multiple years in a row of snow days, it's now been years since we've seen this much.

There was some decent accumulation on the greenbelt out back and at the park.

The girls decided to give their sleds a try. We ordered these five or six years ago during a winter when we had multiple snowfalls, and they've just been waiting patiently for more use.

Headed to the park. They were out in the snow for a solid two and half hours before coming home wet, cold, and happy!

There are still some flakes coming down. Nothing that will stick around long, but it sure made for a beautiful - and exciting - Sunday!