Christmas Break 2010

Sadly enough Christmas break has come to an end. It is always so depressing to me when the holidays are over, nothing really to look forward to, all the decorations are put away, the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over, and we have nothing but winter ahead of us for a few months. I also have to mention that Ryan went back to work after 2 full weeks off and that was very sad, because we LOVED having him with us and very much enjoyed our time together.

Our break started off with a weekend at The Gaylord Texan to celebrate Anniversary #4. We ate dinner at a Coastal Italian restaurant at the resort, walked around and enjoyed the lights, and some hot chocolate. We ended the evening by taking Tylenol PM and getting a full nights rest, uninterrupted. A HUGE thanks to my parents for keeping Chloe! Saturday we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast buffet and walked around some more and then on our way back to Sherman we made a stop at Watters Creek in Allen and did some shopping. Gymboree happened to be having a sale, and well, I just couldn't resist going in and getting Chloe some more clothes. The poor child just has nothing to wear. HA! We then went to Kelley Gundersheimer's wedding that evening and I have to say she was a very beautiful bride and the wedding was gorgeous!

We came back to Rockwall to go to church and pack our stuff for the week and then headed back to Sherman on Monday evening. Ryan and Chloe did some Christmas shopping for me on Monday here in Rockwall and I went enjoyed a wonderful pedicure/manicure while they did their shopping! We had a great FHE with my parents and sister and her family Monday night. Tuesday we hung out and went to breakfast with Mimi and Popa and they got to brag to their friends about their 2 cute great-granddaughters. We did some shopping and ate dinner together as a family! Wednesday we did more shopping and then that night we went to dinner in Sanger at Babe's Chicken Dinner House. This is a famous restaurant in Texas and there are locations all over. They don't have a menu as all they offer is chicken strips, chicken fried steak, chicken fried chicken and smoked chicken. They serve the sides family style and they have very delicious biscuits. It was a really fun place to go! Of course Ross wasn't with us because he is on his mission, so to let him know we were thinking of him we got him a t-shirt! (Sidenote: Ross LOVES t-shirts and often gets a t-shirt almost every place he goes.) Thursday morning Ryan cooked a delicious homemade breakfast of quiche and sausage patties. Very delicious! We then met up with some family for lunch that was stopping through on their way back to Kansas. Thursday night Ryan cooked a yummy dinner of gniocchi, au gratin green beans, and some other things that I can't remember right now. Friday was Christmas Eve and we went to Grandma Wertz's to make sugar cookies (a long standing tradition) and then went to lunch with everyone. That night we went to Janna's for some yummy food, singing, socializing, and a visit from Santa for the little ones. Saturday was Christmas day and we started off the morning by opening gifts, and breakfast. Chloe was not quite sure what to think about everything. I think she enjoyed looking around at everything more than anything else. Next year will be even better! Little Lizzie slept through all the gift opening. We had Mimi and Popa and Kelly and Thomas and their family over for lunch and more gifts. We then all sat around waiting for Ross to call. We got to talk to him for a little while and then headed back to Rockwall for Ryan's parents to come and visit. We opened gifts with them Saturday night, went to church on Sunday, and then on Monday we did some shopping at Firewheel Mall. We had a wonderful dinner at Momo's Pasta in Dallas and then drove around and looked at lights. Tuesday we did some more shopping in Rockwall, went to The Gaylord Texan to show his parents the lights and decorations there and then went to a delicious dinner at Texas de Brazil!!!!! Wednesday, his parents left to go back to Utah. Thursday we worked on undecorating the house and cleaning it up really good and we met my mom at NorthPark mall for some more shopping. We didn't buy anything this time, I was just there to be my mom's personal shopper! Friday our original NYE plans fell through, so we headed to my parents and Ryan cooked a yummy dinner and we watched FB. Saturday we were just lazy hanging out at my parents and taking naps off and on throughout the day.

Sorry for such a long post! I'm sure this is not very interesting to many of you, but this is more for my personal records than anything!

Here are some pictures from the break: