Pre-Christmas in New Braunfels

We love to go to New Braunfels!  It is so different from Houston in that it has the small town feel with lots of “small town” activities!  We gathered up the kiddos and headed to New Braunfels for a pre-Christmas celebration of sorts.  Mark, Katie and Wesley were going to be there and also my “Pa” from Ohio!  We were so excited to get to see him and for him to meet Charlotte and Wesley. 

Grant has the best time at his Grammy’s house!  There are all sorts of fun places to play…and she is more than happy to allow him to it!

When we got there we helped to put up the Christmas tree and get out all the Christmas decorations.  Grant really enjoyed this part because there were lots of new Christmas books to read!

While the all the decorations were being brought out this is where Charlotte hung out!  She liked to smile at her “Papaw”!

Mark, Katie, Wesley and Pa weren’t coming in for a few days so we got a few extra days just to hang out with the family.  I dressed Grant up in his Christmas shirt and we ventured out to she mom at the University were she works to take some pictures.  I have realized that Grant is much more agreeable to my love of picture taking if there is a lolli-pop in hand!

The next day everyone else arrived and we were so excited to see them!  Pa was especially excited to meet Charlotte and Wesley.  He said it had been a long while since he had held a baby.

(This picture in now way, reflects that Charlotte did not enjoy being held by her Pa, it was nap time and she was just letting all of us know!)

Grant really enjoys hanging out with his Uncle Mark, Aunt Katie and Baby Wesley too.  (He still calls him “Baby Wesley” although he is not quite a baby anymore!)

Most of the rest of the visit was spent relaxing and playing.  It was pretty cold outside but were were still able to spend some time in the back field running around.

Recently dad got a workshop/little house in the back on some of their acreage.  It was a really nice workshop so we decided that it needed a project over the visit.  We have been wanting a “JOY” Christmas decoration for the front yard for some time now and thought this is the perfect opportunity to make one.  It turned out great!  Dad, Mark and Matt worked really hard on it and we appreciate it!

On one of our last days there Matt, Grant and I ventured into a nearby town that was having a Christmas parade.  Matt said that he had never seen a small town parade like that and we knew that Grant would enjoy the music and the floats.

 

We were right…Grant had a great time enjoying the floats and eating candy canes!

Our pre-Christmas trip to New Braunfels was great with one minor mishap.  Matt went fly fishing one morning and broke his foot.  He needed to go to the ER and came out on crutches and pain pills.  (Too bad I didn’t get any pictures!)  Other than that we had a great time with family!

 

We will leave you with a pretty picture of Charlotte in her Christmas dress.  Next Christmas she will enjoy everything so much more…this year she just enjoyed watching all the festivities and napping in family’s arms!