Christmas by Candlelight

Thursday night our church hosted Christmas by Candlelight for the ladies. All of the ladies brought either an appetizer or a dessert and then we have a table hostess who decorates a table for you to sit at. Courtney decorated our table and it was gorgeous. I should of taken a picture, but I didn't have my camera with me. Anyways, the Coppell High School girls choir came and sang some Christmas carols that were beautiful. Then we had a speaker, Ms. Karen Hawkins from Stonebriar Church in Frisco, Texas. Nathan and I actually went to Stonebriar church when we lived in Little Elm. The pastor there, Mr. Chuch Swindal is amazing. The speaker spoke about being God's Princess and accepting yourself the way you are because that is the way God made you. It was a great topic for all women to hear.

last day of KDO before Christmas

Taylor is at KDO right now and it is the last day of it until after the new year. I am a little embarrased that I didn't make her a fun lunch like last week. We are out of lunch meet and cheese, so Taylor got a make shift lunch - poor kid. She took her teachers their Christmas presents this morning which she didn't quite understand why she didn't get to open the presents. She'll have enough to open on Christmas morning, so I don't feel too bad for her.

Bethlehem Skyline Tour

(sorry the photo is so dark)

Our church hosted the Bethlehem Skyline Tour tonight. The Bethlehem Skyline Tour is a group of Christian musicians performing solo acts and as a group. The music was wonderful, but we didn't get to stay for the whole thing. Our church didn't provide child care, so Taylor sat with us. She did great for the majority of the show. She loved the music and danced and clapped through all of the songs.

If you want to hear some of the music from the tour, you can click on www.bethlehemskyline.com .

Playing in the tree before we left from the concert.

Yep, Lake Bear went with us to the concert. After all, he is family.

Coppell Christmas Parade

We spent all of saturday putting up all of the Christmas decorations. Taylor helped Nathan decorate the tree. She loves to pull all the silver balls off the tree and batt at the other ornaments.



Saturday night, Mike, Dacia and baby Cody met us for dinner and then went to the Coppell parade with us. The parade started at 6:30 and all of the floats were decorated with lights. It was about 50 degrees saturday night and we were freezing! It didn't seem to phase Taylor any, she loved the parade! She would clap and dance when the floats with music would come by. Cody was mesmerized by all the lights. He seemed to really enjoy the parade too.



Dacia, Taylor and me waiting for the parade to start



Taylor and me during the parade. They handed out snowman foam balls, so she was more interested in the ball than the parade for a little while.

KDO preschool day

Taylor went to KDO today and I have to brag about myself for a minute. I cut Christmas trees into her sandwiches this morning with a cookie cutter. I can't brag too much because they were just cheese sandwiches.

Who doesn't love festive sandwiches in their Princess lunchbox????

Tonight we went to go see Taylor's KDO class, friends and teachers. Nathan has picked her up twice from KDO, but it was nice for him to get to see her with her teacher and friends. I love how social she is and is so comfortable talking to all the kids and parents.

Taylor sat with me while they sang songs.

Taylor with Ms. Shirley and her friend Madison.

Building a tower with Madison.

Grapevine, Texas

We went over to Grapevine tonight and went down Main Street. For those of you who live close, you should go see all the lights on Main Street. It will definitely get you in the holiday spirit. They had a huge tree and a whole park wrapped in lights that were synced with music and it is really neat. Taylor loved watching the lights flash and the Christmas music.




Just imagine this all lit up at night with flashing lights in sync with music.









Merry Christmas!

25 days till Christmas

Merry Christmas! I've been waiting to say that for the longest time! I love this season. It is December 1st and I can't wait to get out all of my Christmas decorations! I don't have time to do it tonight because I have bible study, but hey, Jesus is the reason for the season right! I can't wait to get the tree up and put the presents underneath it. Nathan and I are a little worried about keeping Taylor away from the presents. Last year she could only roll around, so she would roll under the tree and play with the ornaments. This year she is super curious and into everything 24/7. I guess there is no better time to really teach her the meaning of NO! How do you teach a 17 month old that patience is a virtue? I don't know if it is possible.

I can't wait for Christmas morning when Taylor gets to open all her presents and see what Santa brought her. I think Nathan's dad is going to dress up like Santa this year, so that should be interesting. I think we are going to take her to meet Santa at the mall this weekend, so we will see how their 2nd meet goes. Last year she didn't mind Santa, but last year she would of been fine if anyone was holding her. I'll have to let you know how the show down goes......