We have had the best 5 days! Wednesday, Ricky started his vacation. I had class but before I had to be there I stopped and bought movie tickets to see Frozen. Ricky and the kids met me at the theater right after I got out of school. The movie was really beautifully done. Disney rarely disappoints. Gracie Ann is the BEST person ever to watch a princess movie with. Her reactions are so sweet and just priceless. She sat at the edge of her seat the entire 2 hours. She'd say things like, "oh daddy, look"... it was the best thing ever.
Thursday, was turkey day of course. I was so sick and was throwing up that morning but luckily started feeling better for our lunch. Everyone ate their food and we learned Madi loves ham, like a lot. We laid the kids down for a nap because that night.... we went to Santa's Wonderland!! So this was kind of last minute. It's in College Station which is about 2 hours from home. We usually only do 1 big thing every Christmas because it's so expensive and we already have our stay paid for in Grapevine plus we are going to Moody Gardens in a couple weeks for FREE. Anyway, we decided to just go for it because we only had to pay for Ricky and I! Santa's Wonderland has over 2 million lights in this little old fashioned town that was built out in the woods. We took a horse and carriage through the 37 acres to see all the lights, the kids rode ponies, we ate dinner, had hot chocolate, the kids saw a real reindeer, and a ton of other stuff. It was worth the $80 hands down! The kids couldn't believe all the lights and the atmosphere is just wonderful there.
Friday, we rode around the neighborhood looking at Christmas lights.
Saturday, a coworker of mine recently passed away so I went to his funeral. It was so sad because he was only 43 and his youngest of 3 is only 6 years old. It was a really nice service and it was great seeing some people I've not seen in over 3 years. After I came back home and we went to lunch. We rode out to Montgomery/ Lake Conroe/ Magnolia area later to look at different areas.
Sunday, we were going to go out to The Woodlands but we got some unexpected drama with Anthony that landed on our door and kind of messed up our entire past 24 hours. That kid can't turn 18 fast enough.
Anyway, we are putting our house on the market in a couple weeks if not sooner. We are following up on some land but if not we will rent a house about an hour away from where we currently are. We've decided this because Ricky is wanting to apply to A&M's Engineering program and I really want to go to Sam Houston State which would be much closer for both of us. Plus, it's closer to Ricky's job out there, nicer, and we hope to God better schools. We pulled Gracie and Brody out of school today.
We have a really exciting week ahead. Friday we see if this little baby is a boy or girl. We won't actually know until the weekend but Michelle (the kids godmother) will know Friday... EEK!!! We are so excited!!
I'll update soon!
Krista
