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| Christmas Day |
We had a wonderful Christmas Break. I was able to take off 2
weeks with the kids and Matt was off on and off, wish he could have been home
the whole time with us. Katherine got out of school early on the 21
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so went to the mall and had her nails painted red and green for Christmas.
Saturday the 22nd my mom came over and helped us
bake over 100 Christmas cookies. We kept some but dropped most of the off at
Texas Children's Hospital on the heart floor and one of the Ronald McDonald
family lounges. I love baking and decorating cookies with the kids, but it
feels even better doing it for such a great place as the hospital. It's hard
imaging spending the holidays there, so we try to spread some Christmas cheer
to those who are not spending Christmas at home.
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| My favorite activity.. making Christmas cookies with the kids!!! They had so much fun, we made over 100 cookies. |
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| We delivered over 100 Christmas cookies to Texas Children's Hospital |
We had a great Christmas eve and Christmas day with our
families. The kids got LOTS of new toys to play with. Santa was good to them
this year J
Both Katherine and Colin got a LeapPad2 and LOVE THEM! We already have had to replace the batteries
within 3 days.
We had fun playing with our new toys and going on some
outings (movies, Chuck-E-Cheese, indoor moonwalk bounce house).
Then it was already time to ring in the New Year. Can't
believe we had to say good-bye to 2012, it was a great year with lots of fun
family time! I am excited to see what 2013 has in store for us but in a way I
am scared.. I know 2013 brings a big challenge, Colin's 3rd and
hopefully last open heart surgery. We have to hit our weight goal for the
surgery, we need to keep him and the whole family healthy, and this will mean
slowing down our active lifestyle some (which might be hard for us). A few weeks
before surgery, we have to pull Colin out of school and he will have to remain
out of school for about 2 months post-surgery, so for about 3-4 months this
year, we will be at home protecting Colin from germs that could be bad for him.
BUT with 2013 brings HOPE that my son will have more energy,
that he will be able to grow, and be a normal little boy. This will not fix
him, but it will help his body out so much. 2013 also brings a BIG
celebration.. OUR TEN YEAR wedding anniversary.. no plans just yet as we are
waiting to see when Colin's surgery will be.
Took lots of pictures of course over the last 2 weeks. We
did get to have lots of fun, now back to real life. I am back to work and the
kids go back to school next week.
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| Christmas Eve |
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| Matt and Katherine |
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| He wanted a mohawke for Christmas Eve |
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| Love my silly girl |
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| We "mustache" you a question. My mother in law got these for Christmas Eve, they were a BIG hit! |
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| Opening presents Christmas morning |
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| Katherine wanted to dress in her cowgirl gear to ring in the New Year |
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| Smoke bombs and sparklers to ring in the NEW YEAR |
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| They ALMOST made it to midnight, they crashed at 11:45pm. |
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| Right after Christmas, it got really cold here, so we had lots of fun inside making forts, playing with our new toys, doing science experiments, and making cake pops |
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| We also got out of the house and went to see a movie, went to an indoor moonwalk bounce house, rode a mechanical bull & played air hokey, and went to Chuck-E-Cheese |
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