Visit from Mrs Lin Marie & Mr Jess

Mrs Lin Marie and Mr Jess joined us for dinner on Monday. She had a gift for Cora and wanted to see her open it. Cora was recovering from the day before's festivities at the Wolford's house so I was worried she would not be cooperative, but she was wonderful. She gave hugs and was very gracious for her gift. It was a great visit!
Trying on her new apron

Mommy got one too!

Cora insisted Daddy wear it though! I guess he does more of the cooking...

Then Cora and Lin Marie got some cuddle time. It was very sweet.

Thanks for the nice visit!

Christmas w/Papa Groth & all the Cousins

We celebrated Christmas with Dennis's Grandfather and all the cousins on Sunday. There are a lot of grand kids and great grand kids!

Big Papa Groth with his Wolford Girls, Peyton, Bella and Cora

Peyton and Cora reading their books

All the little kids opening their presents

Peyton checking out Cora's new Snow White baby doll.

Brandy and Blaikely on the porch.

Making Christmas Tree Brownies

I was making some brownies that look like Christmas trees on Sunday morning. Cora walked into the kitchen and asked 'Whatch-u-doin, Mommy?'. I told her what I was doing and she said 'I help you'. It was hard for me, but I pulled up a stool and let her do a tray of them. She loved it, so I am so happy I let her do it. She was proud of them too!
Then I looked up and saw her doing this! Oops...

Note the paper towel on the counter next to her tray to wipe her fingers on going forward.

Here's her tray of Christmas Tree Brownies.

Dear Santa

The back reads: ...and I want it delivered!

OJT Christmas Party

We celebrated Christmas with the OJT gang on Sunday. It was a great time.
Keri, Julie and Julie

The Jills

Me and Wendy in our "Believe" shirts!

Brynna and Cora eating dinner

The kids before the ripped and tore!

Bella helping Cora open her gift

The Men of OJT

Cora in her house.

We bring good and gag gifts and throw them all together. Dennis ended up with this one this year.

Cora checking on Reid since he sat and ate ice from the ice chest for about 45 minutes. He is teething and it apparently felt pretty good.

Cora waiting on Reid to throw her the ball.

Avrey and Cora pushing Baby Bella

Christmas w/Seelys

We celebrated Christmas with our friends, The Seelys. It has been awhile since we have seen them so it was a nice visit even though it was short.
Cora and Peyton
Cousin Bella

The girls

Cora checking out her Tinkerbell bag. She knows it is hers because she could read her name on it.

She got all kinds of dress up stuff - and she was most interested in the shoes!

We went to the neighbors house and found Nana & Grandpa there! We visited with a few old friends that haven't met Cora yet. It was good to see them.

Watching the boat parade from a higher vantage point.

Cora, Peyton and Sarah. Sarah made dresses and purses for the girls and they were a big hit with the girls!

Snow Day!!!

The news guys talked for about a week about a chance of snow - and it actually happened! Dennis was gone to the hunting lease to he missed it all. It snowed on Friday - it was neat and short lived. From the news reports, Pearland was one of the places that got the best hit with 2.5 inches. Ours lasted until Saturday so that was neat too.

Cora said she 'can't like snow'. I carried her into the middle of the backyard. I told her we were going to take some pictures. She didn't want to have anything to do with it. Well she wasn't cooperating so I told her she was going to have to walk back to the house if she didn't start smiling. She was all smiles after that!!

She's no dummy...that was a long walk!

Tucker looking at us like we were crazy.

Tucker was not happy with the snow, but he had to go potty bad on Saturday morning and the snow was still there.