a day with the in-laws part 1

saturday we spent the day with my family opening gifts, and straight after, we left for good ol' Louisiana. Christmas at my moms was great! Logan got some fun toys (xylophone, one of those popper vacuum things, old school phone that he can pull, and all other loud toys that can be bought), mike got some new office supplies, and I got a Polaroid!  And the extra money I need for my new lens. I can't wait to order it! I didn't get any pictures though.. I packed my camera without thinking.

We got to Louisiana with no stops, besides one to get gas.. Where mike decided to change some stuff on his car. We had a small scare for a minute thanks to him. It was hilarious. 

We spent Sunday with Mikes family.. to say they are so much fun would be an understatement! I love, love, love seeing them. 

slowing down

hello! I finally found some time to update everything.. things have been so hectic thanks to the holidays, and I have so many pictures to share. I will probably have to do a few posts so that I can fit everything! Our holiday was awesome, and it was a much needed break for us to share together. It was nice having Mike with us the whole time, and I think Logan might have enjoyed it more than me.. that's a biiiiggg might haha!

I'll start off with our personal family Christmas we did at home. We did it a few days before since Grandpa had to work, and we didn't think we'd have an opportunity to do it all together before we left for Louisiana. (Also because I was ready to give Logan and Mike their gifts hah!)

 logan really enjoyed ripping the paper open, so grandpa let him help ^

 I knew Mike would love his small gift from me and logan haha he tried to guess what it was.. and failed! Nerf gun! :)

our living room looked insane while all the toys got put together^

We got Logan a few things to play with, mostly stuff he didn't need but looked cool. Best gift though, was his mini 4-wheeler. Its getting hard to keep him off of it. 

a saturday full of Christmas, oh boy!

This past weekend was insanely busy.. As a matter of fact, it seems like these past few weeks have been very hectic. Guess that is a sign that its definitely time for the holidays. 

We spent Saturday in Galveston with my grandma, and spent the evening at the city Christmas parade. Logan got to see all the pretty floats, and danced around the drums. It was actually a lot of fun, and I'm relieved that he wasn't scared of everything. 

we went home and decided to put the Christmas tree up and watch Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer since I had never seen it. *Just a side note, Santa is not very nice in that movie. I figured Logan wouldn't make it to see the tree finished, but he sure did try. It was cute watching him help me push the big red bag the tree came in.. He pushed until we made from the dining room to the kitchen. He is so sweet!

While I was putting the tree up, which is hard work, Logan decided he wanted to see what the needles tasted like.. It was definitely fun to watch him play with the branches. I really do look forward to doing this every year.

We ended the weekend with a nice relaxing trip to the doggie park, and an evening at home, where I spent the majority of my time editing photos. I'm so hoping things start to slow down soon, I'm ready for some rest!