Christmas fun!

The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas have flown by.  We have stayed busy and here are some highlights.

We went to a local town, Dickinson, to grab dinner and walk through their lights.  It was no Lights of Lakeland, but was pretty neat.  We also went to a walk through Bethlehem at the local Methodist Church, but I did not take any pictures.

I need this in my yard!

We had some Santa parties.  The moms club one could not get a dad to play santa, so a mom with sick kids did, but she did not have boots, so red toenails it was.  :)

We also had a neighborhood party.  The girls had a blast.

We met the Pabons at Kemah.  We had a blast, even though it was so cold.

The girls and I went to the local nature center.  They have one free Sunday a month.  It was pretty and they have an old farmhouse and bison.

 And there were some early presents.  Sam got a nerf rebelle, so Zoey pulled out the old smaller ones.

My main gift is a new oven.  The old one was original and the microwave made a weird noise and the oven had only one working element and was not working well.  So we bought a new one at Sears outlet.  It was a double convection.  Nick had to redo the cabinets to fit it and there were still a lot of challenges.  But it is in now and so pretty.  I also got this spice organizer.  

Sam and Zoey opened a few things already.

Sam continues to work hard at piano.  She has enjoyed the Christmas songs a lot.  She was nervous about being taped, but she is doing so well for having done lessons just over a year.

Merry Christmas from the Southern Kellings!  Hope everyone has a joyous and peaceful holiday season.