Bryson's fish tank

One of Bryson's Christmas presents from Grandma & Grandpa Knowles was a fish tank.  Bryson couldn't wait to set it up and get his fish!



Bryson's Christmas program

Bryson had a cute Christmas Program at school!

There were treats to eat while we waited our turn with Santa!

 



Girls and Boys night!

 

The girls of the family spent the evening shopping and relaxing at home while the boys went to an Aggie basketball game!



Visiting Santa!

We headed to the Mall specifically to visit Santa, which is exactly what Bryson did!

Kendyl stayed her distance and chose to not get close to Santa.  We visited other stores and on our way out I attempted to get Kendyl to talk to Santa again but no can do.  Until we were almost out of the Mall, Kendyl was feeling bad that she didn't see Santa.  She cried asking for Santa and I made her promise that if we went back to Santa that she would sit with him and she promised.

This is proof!

You would have never known that she was worried about visiting Santa!

Bryson decided that he wants a drum set from Santa and Kendyl could never really pinpoint what she wanted except "toys"!



2012 Christmas Ornaments

The kiddos chose their new ornaments for the year!

Kendyl chose Cinderella!

Bryson's is Iron Man!

 

 

 



Gingerbread Train!



Family pictures!

I had Rhonda take our family pictures!

 

 We used these pictures in our Christmas card to share the news of the baby coming!

 



Jingles is back!

Jingles made his way back to keep an eye on the kiddos and report their behavior to Santa!

Bryson thought it was pretty funny that Jingles didn't know the difference between bubbles and marshmallows!

Jingles was always up to something!



Sleeping by the tree!

It's time for the tradition of sleeping by the tree the first night we set it up!



Thanksgiving in El Paso!

Of all the years we have been married Brady has never come with us to the Thanksgiving parade.  This year the theme was "Super Hero's", so I knew Bryson would love it!  He also went dressed as Iron Man!

I have to admit that a big part of going to the parade that I look forward too are the treats.  Chicharones, and cotton candy!

I loved watching Kendyl wave to everyone!

 Of course the one year Brady comes with us, there are big gaps in between the floats and we all get tired of it and leave early.  I promise Brady the parades are normally really good!

 

The Ipad games are always a hit when Ito and Bryson get together!

It's fun to watch these boys shop, they share the interest in good looking shoes and clothes.  It's fun to see how much alike they are!

 

 

 My buddy Coach LittleJohn coaches for NMSU, so we were able to meet up with him and see how he is doing!  We have seen him before up in Logan when he travels with his team, but it was fun to see him in his element. He gave us sideline passes which is always fun!

The girls are getting good on the piano!

 

 I love spending the holidays with family!