Christmas #1

On Christmas Eve, after church, we went to my parents house to celebrate Christmas. Jayson and Jennifer announced that they were having a boy... Connor Alan (Yeah! Now to start planning the baby shower:))

The girls enjoyed opening their gifts

Jeff loved his gift

Sweet Caroline

Christmas #2

Christmas morning, Santa came to our house and left lots of presents.

Juliann got a big art table

Caroline had fun at her first Christmas

Juliann in her Dora outfit - She liked her Dora gifts most

After opening our gifts, we went to Jeff's parents and had a wonderful breakfast.

Christmas #3

On Christmas Day, we went to my parents for the Hoffman Christmas (my mom's family). Juliann and Alli had fun making Gingerbread Houses.

Sweet sisters

The Hoffman sisters - Cathy, Connie, Phyllis, Monica

Christmas #4

On Saturday, we drove to San Antonio. We got to see Michael and Nikki's house decorated for their first Chrismtas in it. Everything was beautiful. We had a great time and ate delicious food.

Juliann enjoyed playing the drums with each member of the family.

Christmas #5

On Sunday, we went to my parents for the Bram family Christmas with my Dad's side of the family. We ate good food again and played white elephant exchanging of gifts. Here are the girls getting ready to go.

Christmas Pagent

Juliann participated in the Christmas pagent for school. I loved watching the 3 year olds sing their songs. They were awesome! Juliann's favorite song was "This little Train"

This little train, on the tree, Santa put it there for me...

The Train Came to Town

A little over a week ago, we all went to see the train that came to town. Jeff and Juliann stood waiting in the rain for about 45 minutes. Caroline and I joined them in line a little before it was time to board. This is the train car we went in first. The girls got to see Santa...

One car had lots of trains... Juliann loved watching them

The front of the train

New Dress

Mommy wore one of Aunt Jen's sweater the other day. I really liked it so I decided to try it on too. First I tried to put my legs through the arm sleves, but for some reason, I couldn't get it to stay up. Then mommy showed me how to put the sweater on correctly. I liked dancing in my new dress! -Juliann

Happy Birthday Jeff!

Ten things you should know about the birthday boy...
1. Wonderful Daddy
2. Awesome husband
3. Played baseball in college (left handed pitcher)
4. Employee of the Year for FSB - received the award last night
5. Born Dec. 6, 1978
6. Thoughtful, Caring, giving person
7. Always willing to go the extra mile
8. Enjoys the outdoors, fishing, hunting, sports
9. Likes new technology
10. Went to three different colleges - HBU, WCJC, and Lamar University

Snow

When we were getting ready for our day yesterday morning, we looked outside and this is what we saw...SNOW! Juliann was super excited. She said she was going to throw some snowballs at Aunt Katie. (Aunt Katie lives in Colorado. We went to visit her last Christmas. Anytime Juliann sees snow, she thinks of her.) We got out of school early. Juliann enjoyed playing in the snow. Here is her snow angel.

Caroline's first snow.

Juliann and Kendall making a snowman.

Time Flies

Little Miss Caroline is six months old already. She is growing way too fast. I want to freeze her. We have been waiting for her to crawl for the last few weeks. She gets on all fours and rocks, but she hasn't figured out how to crawl yet. This is good because I am not sure I am ready for her to be mobile. She loves eating her cereal, vegetables, and fruit. She has such a great personality! I could sit with her for hours and play with her. I love her smile and her cute little laugh! Here are a few pictures of Care Bear (Juliann's name for her)... I don't think I'll crawl today

Yummy Food

Care Bear

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

After Thanksgiving, we decided to put up our Christmas Tree. Jeff pulled this tree out of the attic and set it up. Then he said, "We need a new tree. That one looks like crap!" I said, "I tried to tell you that last year." This tree is probably 25 years old and was given to us. It's still a great tree, but a little small for our living room. So Jeff decided we needed a new tree. Jeff went to Wal-Mart and came back with this beautiful 9 ft. tree. We love our new tree! Daddy, you're the best! We have had fun decorating it too!

Juliann enjoyed decorating the top of the old tree that we put in Caroline's room.

Juliann can't wait for St. Nick to come on Sunday so maybe she can get her own tree.

Fun for Juliann

Jeff promised Juliann that they could sleep out in the tent Thanksgiving night. Jeff put up the tent and Juliann had fun playing in it. Jeff told Juliann it was to cold to sleep outside, but they could make a tent and sleep inside. So here is the tent they made and slept in. Jeff is such a wonderful DAD!! Sleeping in the tent

At school, Juliann's class had a Thanksgiving Feast. The Pilgrims (PK4) invited the Indians (PK3) to a feast. The children enjoyed lots of goodies and looked adorable.