Howdy folks! Christmas is right around the corner, and we had quite a busy week of activities. Monica had her choir concert, we went to the Trail of Lights, and hosted a relief society party at our house. We had several late nights, and I think Monica and I might be more tired than the kids are, but we're all happy and having a great time, and are super excited for Christmas!
Oh hey, Monica put together the 1 second every day for November! Check it out!
Winry had a school assignment to decorate an ugly sweater with a tradition we have, so she drew Elf on the TV, specifically when the narwhal is talking to Buddy. A+ work for sure.
The girls got to show off their ballet dance as it was the last class before the winter break. They're dance class has a dance to come watch about once a month I'd say, which is pretty cool.
On Tuesday night Monica had her choir concert, and I went with the girls. It was in downtown on the UT campus. The girls and I had a great time.
The music was super great, and I don't remember the last time I was at a performance that professional. I really enjoyed all the music, and it was a great evening. Monica called us between shows and we chatted a little while we were walking to the car. I also recorded Monica's favorite song from the concert, O Holy Night.
On Wednesday night my work got tickets to the Trail of Lights for all of us here in Austin. Unfortunately we got stuck in traffic and did not meet up with the rest of the group, and it took us like an hour to drive the last mile or two into the parking lot, and we had some hard times in the car, but as soon as we got to the lights everyone was so happy. I specifically remember Winry when we got out of the car and were walking in the dark saying something like "this isn't even fun" or something like that. Then the second we got through the front gate and saw a bunch of lit up trees she flipped a 180 and said "WHOA! Look at all those pretty trees!" Speaking of walking in the dark to the entrance, Grayson was having a wonderful time singing Jingle Bells for all to hear!
Next to the parking lot before entering there was this giant tree set up. They don't have lots of pine trees down here (and I don't think I've ever seen one this big anyway), and from our observation it seems pretty popular to put up trees like this were you run lights up to a star at the top. This one was huge, probably 100 feet tall, and we got to walk under it. It was really cool.
Here we all are inside. Grayson and I were just moving too fast for the lighting, we were too excited.
The tickets that work bought for us got us in an hour early... which didn't end up mattering because we got stuck in the parking line for so long. But it also got us into the zip area where they had cookies and hot chocolate! So that was super fun. Everyone probably ate too many cookies, and the hot chocolate was pretty good too.
Grayson took his to go. Being called the Trail of Lights, everything was set up along a path. There were tunnels of lights to walk through in some places, and there were a lot of displays on the side to check out. The Trail of Lights has been happening for a long time, and some of the things looked like they were definitely long time traditions. There was even a dinosaur Santa that Grayson loved. Also, looking back at this picture, that tree is really what caught my eye. That is super lit up and looks amazing!
Towards the end of the trail there was a big I love you in the trees, and there was a really cool tunnel as the exit too.
Jelly still spends most of the day with me in my office sleeping. One day this past week she was snoring super loud! (p.s. she's snoring right now as I write this) Also, I think she might get a little cold being shaved, because she's been sleeping on me all night long lately, and if I wake up and move around she does NOT get off.
One morning when Grayson woke up he grabbed a book and started reading to his stuffed cat in his bed! What a cutie!
On Friday the girls had a dance to show off for hip hop. They did awesome.
And then in the middle of the night last night... Brooke threw up. :( I stayed home from church with her as it was my week (not an Elders Quorum week). She mostly slept the whole time. Hopefully she's feeling all better soon.
I didn't take pictures while I was doing it, but I spent all day Saturday painting primer on the shelves for the office. You can see one bookshelf built, I had to sand and prime three others. It was a lot of work, but now the priming is all done and hopefully we can get to painting soon.
Today when Grayson was going down for his nap he told me he was hungry, which made sense because he didn't eat his lunch. So when he asked for a snack, I brought up his sandwich from his lunch, which he of course didn't want, so I left it on his bed. And just a minute or two later, wouldn't you know it, he was eating his sandwich!
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