The Next Day

Monday morning we said good-bye (for a few days) to all the barn animals and headed into town to meet my mom. She met us at the mall and took the kids shopping. They each picked out a Christmas present from her and visited with Santa. We had to beg and plead with Austin to get him in the Santa picture....but he finally agreed and we got a decent picture. When it was time to leave the mall we headed to Spring Creek Barbecue (a must have Texas stop for us). My Aunt Trish drove up from East Texas with my grandmother to spend the day with us. It was great having everyone together. And, I loved seeing the joy my grandmother got from being with all the kids. After lunch we headed to our hotel, so that we could all just spend time together and visit.

Mimi had more Christmas presents and so did Gangy. The girls had a blast opening all the new toys and spent the afternoon happily playing.

Gangy and Baby Gracyn

Gangy and Addison. Addison had really been looking forward to seeing her, and had even made a note for her at school that said, "I am thankful for Granny!". We were happy to give that to her.

My crew and Granny.

My nephew, in what is apparently his favorite Green-Martian shirt, and Gangy.

My cousin Miranda came by with her baby Kendall. Granny was happy to meet this great-great grand baby. Kendall and Gracyn had fun playing together.

Aunt Trish and my mom.

After Granny and Trish had to leave, we took the kids out to the hot tub. Since it was a balmy 85 degrees, they even braved the pool a few times.

Poor Gracyn.....not much napping on trips and she was a tired girl. See the 1/2 of my sister that made it into this picture. She was with us most of the day, but apparently hides from the camera!!! After the pool, we went to eat yummy Mexican food and then headed back to the hotel to put tired kids to bed.