Christmas Morning 2012

Christmas Eve

The snow started falling this afternoon and we ended up with a White Christmas! It is so beautiful outside and our neighborhood is lit up with luminaries in front of each house. Dallas Jr. said "this is the best Christmas!" He and Sterling had lots of fun throwing snowballs and sledding down the hill. We made our cookies for Santa and Dallas Jr. left a note with it. They finally settled in for bed and we are looking forward to Christmas morning and then traveling to SC to visit family.

NYC 2012

We had a great trip to NYC over the weekend. We decided at the last minute to make a quick trip and fit in as much as we could. We really had an awesome time! We stayed at the Marriot in Times Square right in the middle of all the action. It was SUPER busy but that just added to the experience. We went to the Disney store, the Lego store, and F.A.O Swartz. We watched ice skaters by the Christmas tree in Rockerfeller Center and then headed to Central Park for a Carriage Ride. We topped off the night with a great dinner at an Italian restaurant. On Sunday we watched the Radio Center Christmas Spectacular which was truly "spectacular." The kids and I had not seen it and we just loved it! After that they experienced their first cab ride as we headed to the 9/11 Memorial site and tried to see the Statue of Liberty but the fog was just too heavy. Our final stop was the Empire State Building. We fit in so much in the short time we had but the kids really loved their first time to NYC. We weren't five minutes out of the city on our way home when I turned around and Sterling was asleep still holding the cracker she was eating in her hand. Sterling said her favorite thing was feeding a carrot to the horse after the carriage ride and Dallas Jr. said the Christmas Spectacular and Empire State Building were his favorites. They each talked about it at their schools today and are still worn out. Nothing like Christmas time in NYC to get you into the Holiday spirit!