Holiday in the park... Six Flags San Antonio

Growing up we went to Holiday in the park in Dallas. We loved it because it's not so hot and the lines are really short, so we got to ride everything a few times, instead of just 1, if we were lucky! It's a great family memory that I kind of had forgotten about since we moved to Vegas. When I realized that they did this in San Antonio I wanted to go! Nathan had been with me a few times when we were dating, and as much as he loves Christmas, he was game for it!!! My parents decided to come with us too, which I know Crawford loved as much as they did. I know that when he's older we will enjoy the rides more, but for now it was great to just get to go and hang out and see everything. We rode the Scooby-Doo haunted house ride, which is a lot like the Buzz Light Year ride at Disney Land and World, which is mine and Nathan's favorite. Crawford loved it too!! You shoot at targets to try and score points, which of course Nathan always beats me at. I didn't have any pictures of this unfortunately because right before we got on Crawford decided to throw a major FIT!! Here are some pics from the night. Looking forward to next year! :)

We tried to watch the Looney Tunes show, but "someone" didn't sit very long.


We made our way to Santa's Castle which was really neat. They had all different Christmas scenes set up that you walked through and at the end was Santa!


Crawford wasn't too bad with Santa. He of course didn't want to be BFFs with him, but we had been talking about him so much, that he did ok.


Crawford waiting to ride the train...you can't tell from this picture but he was so excited! Actually I think he was more worried that his Granpa wasn't riding with him. Mom just isn't as much fun!


One of Crawford's favorite areas was a "ship" play area, which if you know me, would not have been my choice! :) They had slides, stairs, and tunnels for him to go through.

The lights were also something that we loved looking at. The whole time we were there, Crawford kept saying "woah woah woah" aka "ho ho ho". He loved all of it!! Can't wait for next year!!!

Decisions, decisions...

Because of this amazing little boy, I have been thinking A LOT lately about some pretty tough decisions. I took this picture the last week of our 2 week break right after Crawford got a haircut. We went to Mc Donald's afterwards to eat lunch and I realized how much I LOVE getting to hang out with him. Don't get me wrong, it's really difficult some times, but there isn't ANYTHING I would rather be doing. It's not going to be possible for me to stay home with him all the time, but I am really considering looking for something to do part-time next year. I just realize that these are days that I'm never going to get back, one-on-one time with my little man, especially when we decide to have another baby. Even thinking about looking for something else and leaving where I'm at is difficult. I am comfortable and love where I work. I also LOVE Marisa who has been with Crawford since he was 10 weeks old. Crawford also LOVES Miss Marisa even more than I do. When I drop him off in the morning, I know that he is well taken care of and loved. I also love that I can walk down the hall and just look in the window to see that he's happy and playing. But.... like I told Marisa and Brianne, I can't stay just because I love them so much!
Something else that plays into this decision of looking, is where will Crawford go? This is so hard because he won't just be down the hall from me and will Crawford and I feel as comfortable as we do now with Marisa and Brianne?!
And lastly, which is something that plays into the other two decisions is where will we live?! When we orginally moved to Austin, we figured we would be where we are now, for a year, MAYBE two. When we move this summer it will be THREE!!! Not what we had planned, but then again, when we make plans, that's when God laughs :) We really like this area, but it's pretty high-priced out here. If we move somewhere else, we can get so much more for our money. These are ALL three very big decisions that are interdependt on eachother and ones that I am praying about constantly, because if I don't I will literally worry myself to death! I need to remember one of my favorite verses here, 1 Thes. 5:16 "be joyful always, and pray continually!" I have realized lately that these decisions have consumed me and I'm not living as joyfully as I should be. So here it is, I'm turning it over! I will be proactive but I will NOT let it consume me like I have been. I have way too much to be joyful about right NOW!!!

New boots!

ALL three of us got new boots for Christmas this year! In our family it's a tradition that when you get new boots you have to smell the leather, mmmm! THis is in thanks to my uncle Marty. When I was in elementary school, I got a new pair of Ropers (so cool) for Christmas and the first thing my uncle Marty did was pick them up and put them to his face like this picture. So now, when we get a pair, which is usually at Christmas, you have to take this picture. Nathan's boots didn't come in until this week, so that's why I just got this picture. I guess now we need to find someone to take a picture of all three of us smelling our new boots!