Christmas Festivities at Grandma's House

In the small town where my parents live, the Kansas City Railroad brought a Christmas train for people to tour and meet Santa Claus. Mrs. Claus was with him, and she was really cute.

Decorating Grandma's tree, which she has not done for five years because Grandma and Grandpa are always in Washington for Christmas.

'Tis the Beginning of the Magic of the Season

Our First Texas Thanksgiving

John has a brother and a sister who both live in the Dallas area with their families, so we spent Thanksgiving Day with them and their kids. We had a nice dinner together and let the kids just play. Since the weather was nice, they played outside a lot, and our kids loved the dogs. We had a very nice, relaxed Thanksgiving, and the kids got cousin time with cousins they have not previously known very well. And Uncle Michael shared his tractor collection with Seth. In the outside pictures you can see a new fence around the yard. A tornado blew down the old fence. It just went around the yard and ripped the whole thing out!