Tis the season of BUSY-ness

       ...and The festivities begin on  Nov 30 at the office Christmas Party!  Dr Haynes and Mary Catherine opened their home and had all of us and our spouses over for a little Christmas fun!  I love these girls...and so blessed to work with each of them!! :)

Dec 1 Warren Hoover's annual Christmas Party!  Joan Hoover pulls out all the stops to create a wonderful event for our kiddos...complete with a visit from Santa!  Allie and Marci are such good friends...it makes Judy and I happy that they get to have such a close relationship, just like we have! :)

Dec 2...the Texarkana Christmas Parade.  Trace participated in the church float, so we went to hang out ...and met us with Daniel and Karrie Morse and their kids, Trenton and Madilyn! ;)  Paige's first parade and she was enthralled...it even had REAL camels...just like in our nativity scene!

 

Dec 7...Trace passed  his driving portion of his permit!!!

 

 

My coworker, Margie, got married on 12-12-12, so we took her out to Zapata's to celebrate!

                                      Margie and her beautiful daughters joined us! :)

                              Allyson, Tricia and Rhonda

Elaine and myself ;)

                                 After Zapata's we walked over to Hopkin's IceHouse...

Dec 8...I had the privilege of pulling Blair's first tooth!  Blair and her family are close friends and neighbors of ours...she begged me to take it out...and was a big girl..no tears at all ;)

Blair helped Marci follow the recipe of our annual Cinnamon Playdough and they created the best yet!  Cinnamon Playdough is only made and played with in the month of Decemeber...then it's tossed away!  The smell brings back such great Christmas memories.  I've done this with all the kids since Trace was little!

 

Paige has played with this play dough for hours at a time! 

                           Dec 8 PM  Heritage Small Group Christmas Party!
We played the most funnnnn game of Dirty Santa ever! There was a lot of stealing going on! LOL

                  

                                                    

                                         Dec 12...Mall visit with Santa!  Paige was fine just visiting with Santa...even blew him a kiss or two :)  BUT she was NOT happy about being in his lap! haha

Dec 14...Trace said that he wanted a "room remodel" for Christmas.  We've lived in this house for almost 10 years...and this mural was painted on his wall when he was around 7...it was time for an update...since he IS 15 with a learner's permit...haha

                                                          AFTER the paint... 
                            (we still have more to do...but Christmas isn't over YET! :)

                                               Dec 15...Clayton Family Christmas!  (more pics of this to come...)

Dec 16...my nieces, Maddie and Mylie turned THREE with a Candy Land Party at Jump City in Hot Springs! Can't believe they are THREE already!! :)

 

 

This is only half of the month...WHEW!! ;)