Merry Christmas

6am: shower get ready
7am: Wake up Kennedy
715: Little perfect Christmas with Kyle, Kennedy, & me
745: Arrive at Kyle's parents
8: breakfast
830-930: gift exchange which was a blast
930-noon: playing with Kennedy and all her sweet gifts
Noon-2: lunch & grazing on desserts
2: started watching True Grit by the fire & naps

Plans for later:
850 showing of Sherlock Holmes with friends who are dear to my heart.

Merry Christmas! It's been the best one yet!

Oh, and our chocolate lab Jingle Belle turned 2 today. Happy birthday Belley Brown

Christmas Eve

Totally resting today. It's been very nice to cuddle up with my little family and coffee and hot chocolate. We are excited about spending Christmas day with Kyle's amazing parents tomorrow.

Merry Christmas!

Here are more pictures from the week:

Snap Shots

Here are a few precious pictures of my nephew Landon & our girl Kennedy. I love them so much!

Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday was a great day and "Christmas" at my dad and Diane's house in Seguin. I gained 2 pounds. That should tell you how great it was :) We had a wonderful lunch, exchanged gifts, and played all afternoon. It was so much fun to watch Landon and Kennedy interact. They are becoming little buddies! It was such a great day.

Thursday my mom came to our house in Austin and surprised me with the best surprise. She handed me a very heavy box and kept telling me to open it all day. I kept putting it off because I like Christmas to last longer. I finally opened the box to find HER WHOLE LIBERTY FALLS COLLECTION! This might sound boring to some but to the girl who went to Dillard's every week with her momma to get a new little house for the collection and then strategically placed the new house in it's new place in our Christmas village It's THE most perfect gift! I'm still in shock! Yay! I LOVE them and pray that Kennedy will cherish them as much as I do.

Merry Merry

A Quick Trip

A quick trip to Houston with Kennedy Kate on Monday did my soul good. The book I've been working on is my testimony and I've learned that to move forward in complete freedom I've gotta deal with some stuff instead of my normal (unhealthy) mindset of "Gotta Run" (see the blog title really does need some changing). So I thought and prayed some things out and im taking some steps I'll fill you in on soon.
Kennedy loved visiting with her Grandma, aunt Lindsey, cousins Landon, Valentina, & Alek, Aunt Candy, & great grandma & grandpa. She's such a trooper and didn't get grumpy at all. It was a quick trip that ended with me taking Lindsey and Landon to my dads in Seguin and I loved every second. Today we celebrate all that is Christmas with my dad and step mom Diane. Can't wait!

"Hope is here!
Shout the news to everyone
It's a new day peace has come
Jesus saves"
-Lyrics from Jeremy Camp Jesus Saves

The Festivities Begin

Denton with Kyle's dads side of the family was fabulous!
We have enjoyed so many things like:

The crammed family car ride with 5 adults, a baby, & all the stuff that comes with that.
Staying up late.
Sleeping in.
Snuggling.
A gift exchange.
Pies.
Brisket.
Naps.
Football.
The Pioneer Woman's Christmas special.
So much fun!

How has your weekend been so far?

Candy Cane Christmas Girl

Christmas Days

Here are a few fun pictures I've snapped of Christmas around here so far. I'm loving having a little girl to love on during the holidays!

The Perfect Ending

What a day!

Finished with our family tradition of eating dinner out at Mamacitas and then on to Santa's Ranch. We bought the season pass this year so we can go as many times as we want. You should go there too!