Christmas 2017

After mass we usually host friends for a dinner of tortilla soup and fixings, with lots of fun sides brought by our friends. It's a lovely way to celebrate Christmas Eve!

Christmas Morning

Opening presents at my parents' house

and Dirty Santa with the cousins at Steven's parents' house

A blessed holiday indeed.

Steven turns 10!

Steven Joseph had a bunch of boys out to the local park for pizza rolls, cake, and SPORTS!

So grateful for this fun and passionate boy!

And it was so fun to have these great friends to celebrate with!

Early December 2017

I've found a solution to my photo dilemma (I think!), so I'll be catching up with the last 6mos of photos! Here goes...

December always includes fun surprises on St. Nicholas Day

They left out their shoes and got some Christmas PJs and other surprises

Celebrating PaPa's birthday on the 7th

Waking to a winter wonderland on the 8th!

We honored the life of a sweet baby girl, Mariana Faustina.

She lived one beautiful day and touched many lives.

A balloon rosary reminded us of Our Lady's protection

Katie had a ballet performance during her class.

Katie is Four!

Four years of Katie has been...

Four years of sunshine and roses.

Four years of joy and smiles.

Four years of rainbows!

One of the mass readings yesterday was from Genesis, about the rainbow God sent to Noah: 

"This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come, 
of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you: 
I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign
of the covenant between me and the earth."

Katie reminds us of God's goodness. She is such a little love. 

We were all so happy to celebrate all that she is at her Rainbow Princess Bouncy House Tea Party yesterday!

God has given her a special gift, and I pray she always possesses this sweetness and joy!

Family Photos October 2017

I decided to take family pics early this year. We took them in October, ordered them in early November, and we ended up being the first Christmas cards that many people received soon after Thanksgiving! We went to a historical park area in Tomball one Sunday evening and used the timer on all of these photos with everyone. It was quite a feat, and I'm so happy to have a big family photo with all of us!

We're out of storage on the laptop again, so I am behind in posting our Christmas photos. Hopefully I'll catch up soon with memories from Christmas and our big trip to Washington DC last week!
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