Watch Me Grow

Christmas Eve

Well, Santa stops by our house the night before Christmas EVE so the girls can open their presents on Christmas Eve morning, since we will be spending the night at my Mom and Dad's house for Santa to visit us there on Christmas Day! Not that Katie really wants to have anything to do with Santa at all, but anyway...

They had fun tearing into their stockings...Rylie found all of Katie's candy and was trying to eat it right through the package!

Ryan (above) and Rylie (below) open the presents Katie wrapped all by herself especially for them!

Rylie got Katie a Hannah Montanna CD (her favorite person right now)

We finally opened a sucker for Rylie, she couldn't focus on anything else until it was opened!

Then we got dressed to go to Grandmother's for Lunch and a whole night of fun!! This is my Mom's side of the family. We eat, then play cards/games/talk/enjoy each other's company, then around 5:30 we all gather around the living room, well everywhere now b/c there are so many people and sing Christmas Songs all together, listen to the Christmas Story from the Bible, and then open presents!

Cheyenne Kay

Savannah Ray

Sierra Anne

Jonathan Saban

Trey, Shellye, Amanda, Emily, and Liam (my cousins)

Shelley and Rebecca playing with Emily

Savannah and Sierra playing cards!

Sierra picking on Casey while he's trying to eat!

Rylie's favorite thing to do --eat!! Aunt Holly's taking care of her!

MamaJan and Rylie Grace

Our Family as we sit down to sing Christmas Songs--I love that tradition!

Katie Mae and Uncle Kenny

Girls Night Out Dec 23, 2007

A tradition we have in the Chase Family (my Mom's side) is some time right before Christmas, Females 13 and over go out. We do something different each year, but it always includes a lot of laughs - Kodi (my cuz) is real good at organizing something for us. This year we had dinner at Pasado's in Tyler and went driving around looking at Christmas Lights and then came back to Holly's house to do our annual ornament exchange...
My two sistas!!

Cheyenne and Kodi

Our Group and the New Ornaments we just received!

(And no, I'm not wearing those big tennis shoes, they just happen to be sitting on the floor in front of my feet!!)

Christmas in Marble Falls Dec.20-22, 2007

We arrived Thursday night and hung out be the campfire, threw washers, and enjoyed each other's company...
A Little Brotherly Love - Ryan and Justin!

Paul (Ryan's Dad) in the middle, then Curtis on the left, Justin up above, and Ryan on the right!

Paul Paul and Katie Mae

Our little Rylie loved the campfire!

Daddy and Katie Mae

The Next Day there was a little target shooting contest between the guys, then present time when Rylie woke up from her nap...

What's Christmas without some bow practice???

Katie and Rylie had presents coming at them right and left!

Uncle Curt and Rylie Grace!

Rylie liked her toys, but REALLY liked the cookie tin she found sitting behind me and dug in - one for each hand...Nana (Lisa's Mom) makes some yummy cookies!

Lisa and Katie checkin' out one of her new toys!

One of Katie's presents was this thing that you plug into the TV and point it towards you, you sing into the microphone along with the songs it plays - so, you see yourself as the star of the show on TV. Anyone who knows Katie, knows she loved this. Her favorite song on it is "who let the dogs out"...she dances and gets so loud!

Paul Paul enjoyed this moment, since Rylie is such a Mama's Girl!

And that is Nana behind them!

That night we went through the walk through Christmas Light Show in town...we tried to get pictures with Santa there, but we knew Katie wouldn't have anything to do with him, so we were hoping for Rylie. She was as happy as could be, then when I went to set her in his lap, she turned and saw his face and jumped and screamed, so the lady just handed our money back and we went on our way...I don't know what I did to make them that way!

Aren't the boys cute!

We hopped the roped in area and Rylie fell face first down this hill to get this picture, so you better appreciate it - lol!!

And of course Katie had to get a hold of someone's hair with her ponytail holders and Gigi was nice enough to oblige!

Christmas with Nanny Dec.19 2007

Our first Christmas Celebration to start off the line of Celebrations was with my Dad's side of the Family. We celebrate with Nanny (Ruby, my dad's Mom), Aunt Deborah, and Aunt Martha and their families! This is our little gang here - Mom, Dad and all their Offspring!
Papa (My Dad) with Rylie

Ryan feeding Rylie, her favorite thing in the world to do!

This is Nanny with the Girls!

Savannah (my niece) with Katie Mae

Cheyenne (my niece) and her dad Tony (brother-in-law) -- aren't they cute!!

Rylie and Sierra (another niece)

The Gaylord Texan Ice Show

We went with Mom's Class today on their Field Trip to the Gaylord Texan Ice Show in Grapevine and it was Very Cool!

First the Girls posed in a cute little train while we were waiting to go in!

Then Mom's Class posed in the train!

Now, we are headed in...Rylie had to be bundled up tightly!
It is about 9 degrees in the building to keep all the incredible ice sculptures from melting. Let me tell you, they are awesome. You walk through this building full of huge sculptures including a life size nativity scene. Then at the end were huge slides made of ice...and you go down fast!!

We had to wear some "pretty coats" they gave us so we wouldn't freeze to death. Ryan had to carry Katie, b/c she kept tripping over her's!!

On the way home we went to visit Memaw and Pawpa (Ryan's Dad's Parents) in DeSoto. She had her delicious oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, divinity, and rice krispie treats made -- and of course we got a grab bag to go!! We had a really good visit, but I just forgot to take pictures.