I looked out the window

and guess what I see...

We enjoyed our 1 day of a Houston White Christmas!

What is it about snow that is so magical to look at! We spent the entire morning mesmerized, just looking out the windows. 

Doug came home extra early from school to play in the snow and drink hot chocolate with us! 

Family Fun

Doug and I are family people.  I think we are pretty lucky that we both come from such wonderful families that we love to spend time with.  I can't think of anything else I look forward to more than getting to spend time with my favorite people.  I love crazy houses full of kids.  It was so fun to host part of the party this Thanksgiving! (And much less stressful to cook Thanksgiving when you have 2 seasoned cooks in the kitchen helping!)  We are looking forward to our pilgrimage home in 17 days! (Although I think Cal may be most looking forward to see Grandma's dog Goldie and Grammie's dog Zoey.) 

We missed you Josh!

We had a great time at NASA, The Aquarium, The Natural Science Museum, Ice skating, parks, movies, eating out, etc.!

(And yes, my goal was to keep the chubby girl out of as many pictures as possible.)

Aunt Di

We kicked off the Thanksgiving week with a special visit from Cal's very own Princess Diana. Cal got lots of good fashion advice. 

They look like a pretty happy family don't they.  Although they all look a little too much alike. 

We all graciously helped Diana eat her delicious birthday cake. 

Diana was such a good sport!  She put up with Callin bossing her around all day telling her exactly how they were going to play.  This was the part he insisted on blowing on her belly over and over and over.  He probably likes to hear her laugh/snort as much as everyone else does.  It takes a long time to wear a two year old out of a good thing. 

We're so glad you came.  Come back soon!