Christmas Pictures

We started our Christmas Eve out with lunch at Macaroni Grill, just the 3 of us.

As we were leaving Macaroni Grill... it started pouring.

It was a mad dash to the car.. we were all soaked.

We headed to Aunt Debbie's to hang out with my family..

Afterwards, we headed to Grandpa's to play with Jackson and open more gifts!

Santa-Drew showed up!

Cash did not know what to think!

He was so sleepy, he probably thought he was dreaming!

Christmas Day, we hung out at home (playing with our new toys!) until the afternoon..

We made a stop by Mimi's and then Aunt Erica & Uncle Jerry's house

Dad.. what the heck are you wearing!

I'm really bummed that this picture turned out blurry!

E&J took us to see some really cool lights!

It's like something you'd see on You Tube!

This is Elfis, a puppet that sings!

He also had the Krengles..

which were Beatles puppets that sang also.

You tune your radio to a certain channel and listen from your car

...it was so neat!

We had a great Christmas!

We all got lots of good stuff!!

We loved getting to hang out with Aunt Steph & Uncle James!

Can't wait to visit them in April!

Zilker Tree

Meeting Mr. Claus

I know the line for Santa can get crazy long, so I wanted to get it done before Thanksgiving. So, the day before Thanksgiving.. we took Cash over to meet Old Saint Nick. When we arrived, Santa was on his lunch break.. luckily, he was due back soon.. so we decided to wait for him. We were the first ones in line! We got up there, snapped a couple of pictures.. paid and we were done. Not much to it! But, we got this precious little picture to keep forever!

Oh Christmas Tree

I sorta impulse bought our Christmas Tree last night. We kept going back and forth on if we wanted to chop a tree down, or just buy a fake one. Well, I made the executive decision last night. I was at Wal-Mart and saw this cheap $35 tree.. and decided what the heck, I'm getting it. It's 6 1/2 feet tall, pre-lit and pretty much perfect for our little living room. We spent last night decorating the tree and putting up all the Christmas junk.

Mia found herself a new bed for the next month!

Christmas Tree Farm

Yesterday, Diego and I went out to Elgin to the Evergreen Farms and cut down our Christmas tree.. We had been wanting to do this for the last few years but we always settle with Home Depot! We decided to make a little trip out of it and went to go eat at Meyer's BBQ. I wouldn't recommend it. I haven't eaten at the other BBQ places in Elgin, but I was not impressed with Meyers. But hey.. the tea was good!

So we got to the farm.. we drove straight there! I was happy about that because normally we get lost when we don't know where we are going! At first, we were not sure how everything worked, but we got some help and we walked (by choice, we could have ridden the tractor) down to the fields. I was wanting to get a Leyland Cypress.. instead of a pine tree this year, because I hate all the needles getting stuck in the carpet! So we walked through rows and rows of trees! No Leyland Cypress to be found.

We must have walked around for 30 minutes, finally we saw a lady that worked there and asked her.. and she pointed to 2 small rows of the Cypress trees. They were heavily picked through, and we thought we weren't going to find our tree :( Then she came back and pointed to two other rows, where there were a few standing at perfect height. It took us a while to narrow down the options.. but we finally found our tree :D

As Diego reached for his gloves to start sawing away.. he realized that at some point he dropped one of his gloves! Bummer! So we thought heck, let's just go back and look for it. Of course, we never found it... but the tree was not at all difficult to cut, so it wasn't a big deal.

After the tree was cut the man came and picked us up in the tractor and took us back. We paid and left. It was a pretty fun day, and a neat experience! Despite it being a little cold for my liking!

The Lone Glove..

I love our tree and all if it's imprefections :D

#75 - Make Christmas Cards

Well I made Christmas Cards today.. but I don't have a picture.. I will see about getting one. I went to my mom's house (they have more x-mas stamp options than I do) today to put together this years batch of Christmas cards. They were finished in about 2 hours. They turned out pretty good for being put together so fast.

#87- No Luck This Year

#87 on my list was to go to the Christmas tree farm, and cut down our own Christmas tree with Erica & Jerry. Our plan was to go Sunday, the 25th.. but due to the yucky weather.. we were not going to be able to go... and the next weekend was already booked with little Jackson's birthday party.. So Diego and I just went to the neighborhood Home Depot to pick out a tree. It was a little bit more expensive than the Christmas tree farm.. but it was a lot less work.. and a lot closer to home! So, all-in-all it worked out and there's always next year!

Here's how our tree turned out!