The Christmas Bird's

My parents and Jana with her 3 kids- Sadie, Trevor, and Will- came to see us just before Christmas. They came on Saturday the 18th and left early the 22nd. It was a long drive for short stay but we made the most of it!

We stayed up late on Saturday talking and playing.

Sunday, we had a great time at church and then a little driving tour of Lewisvill and Flower Mound and then we had the missionaries for dinner. Sadie thought it was the same missionaries they had fed not too long before coming. She could not believe they were here too, so funny!

Monday was our big adventure day. It was beautiful outside! We spent the day at the Fort Worth Zoo. It is a great zoo!

It is set up in such a way that just by following the path you will see everything. Here we are on the path!
Jon started growling at this tiger through the glass and it started to paw at him. It was quite amazing. It startled us at first because it had been pacing back and forth but it seemed to be keeping its eyes on Jon.

Checking out those big cats. (That is Sadie I am holding up.)

Feeding the birds. There were so many and the birds were hungry!

Silly Joey!

Kangaroo statue

Dropping money into a wishing well. it made different animal sounds as the money fell in! We probably put in a dollar's worth of nickels and pennies. The kids loved it.

Mom and Dad with Jon

I really tried to get them to both smile at the same time but at least in this one Sadie and Trevor were looking at the camera. Jana has some great pictures from the zoo, I will have to get them from her.

After the zoo, most of the kids fell asleep in the car so we let them sleep while we ladies did a little shopping at the Grapevine Mills Mall.

We had some shakes and headed to the Gaylord for the ICE show where we met my cousin Lexie and her family. It was so fun to see them.

They give you these warm coats to wear gratefully because it is 9 degrees in the show.

Snoopy's house and stack of bones.

Love Lucy and her help desk. But I love the 2 in the blue coats more, obviously.

It was so amazing to see all of this carved out of ice.

They have these slides carved of ice part way through and we all had fun. Arabella and Trevor had a good time on the little kids one.

Go Joey Go!

I was not so fast but it was fun! That is Sadie on the left.

Jon would fly! His first time down he went so fast Peter could not get a picture!

You may be wondering who this is, well so are we?! I thought it was Peter and the lights kept making the focus go in and out as they flashed on and off and so I have a picture of a man I thought was Peter. So sorry dear!

I love these boys!

The improved Charlie Brown Tree.

We were all getting a little rosy nosed and cheeked.

The final thing was this incredible nativity!

After we all went to eat at Rosa's.

Tuesday we shopped and played and my dad mowed our lawn and leaves which he thought was better than snowblowing 18 inches of snow which is what my brother was doing at my parent's house. My family helped us do some rearranging of furniture so that we would be ready for our big gift from Santa. I am so thankful for their willingness to make the long drive. We love having visitors and showing them where we live.