Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family, near and far away.  We love y'all :)  Yes there are two versions of the back of our card - one for friends/family and one for Brian's co-workers :) 

Christmas Train

After dealing with lice (or not lice who knows...the Lice Lady expert here seems to think Ashley didn't have it bc her school said she had white nits and apparently lice nits here are black.  But she was around her cousins that have been dealing with lice in MN where nits are white so who knows!  Just glad it seems to be gone now, what a pain in the rear!!!)...Mommy took the kids to the Santa train out of Springdale!  It was so cute!  We picked up donuts en route, got a seat on the upper level glass dome car and checked out the scenery while waiting for Santa to come.  Another hidden gem in NWA!  We'll definitely make this a yearly affair.  Can't promise the elf jammies every year though!

After that we headed to the nail place for Mommy to get a pedicure.  Trevor LOVES the massage chairs.  The kid loves having his back rubbed so the kneading option on this chair is his version of Heaven!

That night the kids unwrapped their gifts from Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy.  As usual they hit it out of the park - a huge Nerf gun for Trevor and bow bows for Ashley!

Santa Pics and Build a Bear Fun

This year we skipped the Santa brunch at the clubhouse and decided to book an appointment to take Santa pics at the Promenade.  So easy!!!!!  And cute!!!!

After that, Daddy caved and let the kids do Build a Bear!  Ashley picked La Laloopsy and Trevor chose a puppy dog.  Memories in the making right here :) 

Hil-olt Christmas and SNOW!!!

We celebrated Christmas with friends and couldn't believe that when they left it was snowing out!!!!

The kids were so excited!!

When we woke up there was enough snow on the ground that we bundled up and went out to play!!  People kept driving by surprised that the Arizonans had snow gear!  Thank goodness we had that trip to Flagstaff last winter so we were prepared :) 

Trevor's School Christmas Party

The room Mom's that came up with Trevor's class Christmas party are amazing!  Sara is thankful she didn't volunteer for this role this year!!!!  His class had a Polar Express theme.  Check out the train tables!

Polar Express tickets!

Fun games!

Fun snacks!

A photo wall!

And as if Grandma Kelly was in the room, Mrs. Scott whipped out gifts and the 'Mr. and Mrs. Left and Right' reading!!!

Sara couldn't believe it!  We did this every year at Grandma Kelly's house and have continued with Nana and Papa Steve.  Kids and parents all loved it!

Dab!

Christmas Parade

Love love love our 'small' town more and more.  Totally reminds Sara of her small MN town growing up.  Bentonville has a Christmas parade that probably lasted close to an hour.  Marching bands and vendor floats and Santa at the end.  Northwest Arkansas really is a gem that we are glad to be a part of!