Monday, December 29, 2014

A visit to the park

Fun, even in the rain





Christmas Day

 Jordan and his new winter biking hat
Larry and his perfectly cooked prime rib

Christmas Eve


Everyone got new aprons

Our Christmas Eve tradition - Larry makes his famous "stupid pizza" (that's a term of endearment from many years ago)


A little dance party thrown in

Jordan and me creating our signature pesto and sausage pizza

 Whipping up some Moscow Mules for the men

Re-creating last year's bucket picture

 She caught on very quickly to the unwrapping concept

Now we match

Pre-holiday happenings

Grandpa arrived on Friday the 19th and the first order of business was a neighborhood walk


On Saturday, we had our annual Venezuelan dinner, pabellon criolla



Very tasty!!

We had another sleepover!



She LOVES looking at pictures and videos of herself

All ready for church




Friday, December 19, 2014

Solo artist


On Sunday I went to Tyler and Aston's church to watch her perform in the choral concert


She was in the spot light


Miss Olivia had on her Christmas best



Let there be light

I'm a week late 
Friday night we headed downtown to Discovery Green to see Field of Light


On Saturday, it was time to trim the tree

And go visit Olivia


Saturday night we braved the throngs of people for our annual Lights in the Heights



Porch band





Monday, December 15, 2014

A chill ride

Larry was busy over the weekend participating in the P66 holiday ride

 Can you pick him out?

I'm sooo glad I wasn't there to join in!!!  Way too cold and I don't ride in costume!!

A visit to Santa, right before the tears