The pictures to the left are only a small percentage of all the pictures we took this month. In fact, we had to create a separate Christmas page for all the Christmases we had this year...one every day of the week! This month has been very busy and it started with a visit from Papaw. He helped us decorate the tree. Bethany was into the action of putting ornaments on the tree this year, but wanted to put all the ornaments on the same branch! Papaw also attended the Raytheon family Christmas party with us. There were lots of activities for the kids - Bethany enjoyed the crafts, face tattoo, model train set, and the tractor train ride! Schuyler turned the big 3-0 this year and Lindsey tried to throw a surprise for him on the 7th. Bethany hasn't quite learned the concept of a "secret" and told him on Friday that Mommy made a cake. We had about 25 people over for lunch that Saturday to help Schuyler celebrate. 30 candles on a cake sure causes a lot of smoke! Several of our Aggie friends brought their kids along. The picture of Bethany with Grace and Stephen is the Fightin' Texas Aggie Classes of 2022 and 2023! Grammy and Poppop made a surprise appearance at the party, and stayed for the rest of the weekend.
On Dec. 10, Caroline had casts put on her legs to correct in-toeing of her feet. She wore the casts for 3 weeks, but she hardly knew they were there. She crawled on the floor and cruised around the furniture faster than ever.
Bethany helped her Daddy with a few Christmas projects, including a birdhouse for Grammy, a bird feeder for Papaw, and a Clifford sign for the front yard! Every day she wanted to drive by the front of the house to see BIG Clifford (the neighbor's kids like it, too!).
We celebrated Christmas in San Antonio and Austin, then enjoyed another weekend visit from Schuyler's parents. All the pictures from Christmas are at this link.
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