Christmas and New Years in Houston

Christmas parties at school:

Christmas Eve at the Houston Zoo:

Texas Christmas Eve Dinner:  Tamales!

Christmas Jammies:



Christmas Morning:

 Rock's new soccer shirt from Grandma and Grandpa Pinegar was definitely a hit!

 Playin' the guitar like a rock star!

Days of December

  Elle's last Soccer Game.  She got to be the team captain that day AND she had some adoring fans!

 We went to a Christmas tree farm to cut our own tree.  The weather was beautiful, and the trees were beautiful and we had a blast!

Then of course it was time to decorate the tree at home.  We also hung some ornaments on our trees outside.  Rock loved driving around our neighborhood looking for "KRI-LIGH" as he called them.



Making Christmas decorations:

 Gingerbread house with Grandma!

Hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa!

 Wrapping presents!

Enjoying the tree! and the baby bundle underneath.

India's Blessing day

We were so honored to have both sets of Grandparents here for India's special day. 

India wore an 'antique' dress that was from Great Grandma Hazel Robinson's family. 

She was a little ivory doll.

Her dad gave her a beautiful blessing... some of the things that stood out to me were that he blessed her that she would be able to express herself well physically, and also he mentioned the word "hope" several times.  That she would have "hope" in the Savior, and be a source of "hope" for others.

Something New...

We went early in the day to the birth center,

 but then my labor came to an abrupt halt...

 so there was a lot of waiting!

Tired of waiting for mom to have this baby!

Rock wanted in to the tub!  It was big enough for the whole family!

But at last...

Here she is!  Her first big breath of life!

A picture says it all.

Miss Bright Eyes.  She looked all around for a long time.

Teresa (Nathan's mom) was here too -- she took this picture...

After waiting all day with us and being a great birth assistant,

she helped us by taking the restless Ava and Rock to get some ice cream. 

 They missed the birth by just a few minutes! 

INDIA

India's foot print on the wall of fame...

Polly and Janet -- the beautiful "baby catchers".  They love their job -- and they made this a beautiful experience.

Rock calls her "Tiny" -- he is very soft with her.

She is getting lots of love!

Welcome -- little girl.



Happy Halloween!!