A Texas White Christmas!

Oh what fun we had traveling to Texas and seeing family and friends!!! It was Everett's first trip to Texas and he even got a cowboy hat as a souvenir (see adorable picture below). We ate TONS of amazing food thanks to my parents and Uncle Richard. We literally had a smorgasbord of gourmet food for every meal all week. Adam and I even got a date night in downtown Ft. Worth! Of course, we didn't miss our opportunity for some Tex-Mex cuisine and ate at Chuy's twice. Everett had a fun time too trying new foods, meeting new people, and being the star of the show the second a camera was turned on. And if we weren't having enough fun already, it snowed on Christmas Eve and stuck around til Christmas day....it was actually a white Christmas in Texas!! What a memorable Christmas this year was!!

Rucker, Kim, and their son London

Everett petting Shasta

Amanda and her daughter Emerson

Trying out the jumper

Everett testing out a rolling walker that we borrowed

Our little cowboy

Why must you take so many pictures?

Making sure my hat works before I play in the snow

My Dad and Everett checking out the snow that is falling

Crawling around and having fun

Everett and Daddy

ALL the SNOW we got on Christmas Eve

Dinner after church on Christmas Eve

Steph's parents house when we woke up Christmas morning

Christmas 2009

Opening presents!

Spending time together as a family...Steph's Mom, Kristie (sister-in-law), and Lindsay (cousin)

My Dad teaching Chopsticks 101

Random fact from Adam: "The new $1.5 billion Oasis of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world -- 40% larger than the next biggiest. The ship:

* Is about 20 stories tall
* Is 5 times the size of the Titanic
* Has an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater.
* Has 2,700 cabins
* Can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
* Has 4 swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts
* Has a 750-seat outdoor theater that doubles as a swimming pool by day and an ocean-front theater by night. The pool has a diving tower with spring boards and two 33-foot (10-meter) high-dive platforms.
* Has an indoor theater that seats 1,300 guests
* Features an 82-foot long zip line, the first zip line on a cruise ship