Here's to Christmas traditions! For the last few years, we've hosted a family dinner on Christmas Eve. Since we spend Christmas Day at home, just us and Memaw, it's nice to have this occasion to invite our family over for a good meal and great company.
Brett made hamburger soup, and mmm, mmm, MMM, was it good!
After dinner Cara and Chris took on the Dubs in some Wii sports, and our sweet daughter shared a little "Christmas punch" with her eldest cousin:
After our company went home, Ryan continued the traditions by reading the classic "Night Before Christmas" poem:
Then Katie sang the new classic, "The Twelve Dogs of Christmas":
Before hitting the hay, Ryan even had time to assemble one of his presents from Nana and Papa: the Krusty Krab in Legos!
But before too long, it was time to leave cookies for Santa and head to bed...
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
We rode the Titan three times in our first 20 minutes there! The lines were REALLY short, but the temp in the low-40s made the ride REALLY cold! Talk about wind chill! Combine the 41-degree weather with a ride that goes up to 85 mph and you've got some frozen riders!
Fortunately, not all the rides were as fast as the Titan.
Hot chocolate helped warm us up.
The kids indulged my nostalgia as we checked out the old pictures.
Super cool! The kids got to sled down Frosty's Snow Hill.
You'd never know they're native Texans from the way they handled the snow!
We ran into some old friends along the train tracks.
And it was neat to see the Oil Derrick all gussied up for the holidays.
Before leaving for the day, the kids had to hit the snowy hill one more time.
The park was pretty, all lit up. And it was SO empty in most areas! We were delighted to get to ride so much and wait so little.
The only drawback: It was COLD! Usually we're miserably hot at Six Flags, but this was a switch. The chill gave even "easy" rides like the swings an added element (wind chill!), and the fast rides were extra-thrilling! How cold was it? We left Six Flags almost four hours ago, and I STILL haven't warmed up enough to take off my coat!
