Holidays, Charli turns 1, New Years, and THE BIG SNOW!!!

Do you ever wish you could push the pause button in your life?  This is how I feel a lot these days!  It seems like just the other day I was updating this blog and it was still December.  Now here we are in Feb. and time is just flying right by.  A lot has happened since my last post.

We had an amazing Christmas with all of our family.  It was especially fun this Christmas at my parents with both the babies.  Children just seem to make the holidays even more fun and special.  I really enjoyed having a two week break from work to spend time with Charli girl!!

December 29th was Charli's one year bday and we decided to give her a party at The Wiggly Center in Frisco. The weather held off for us that day and we and a terrific turnout with friends and family.  Everyone had a blast!  Here are a few pics of Charli and her sweet friends, Grayson Butler, Maddie Robinson, Lily Medlin, Luke Sanders, her cousin Abigail Roden and her super sweet cousin Shaddox Burton! 

 We took Charli for her 1 year well exam and sweet thing weighed 18 lbs 6 oz. She is a little thing :) We just can't believe she is already one!  She is truly the most amazing blessing we could ever ask for.   Again, time sure does fly right by.  She'll be starting elementary school before we know it!!  Where's that pause button???  

New Years was great.  Darren and I took Charli to my parents for the night and we went to the Stars game and to Big D NYE and then stayed at the Doubletree for the night.  Charli took her FIRST 2 steps while at my parents!!  We were so excited for her.  Darren and I had a blast with friends at Victory park for the game and music afterwards.  We are definitely considering this again next year!  We all ate our cabbage and blackeyed peas New Years Day. Did you?  Here's hoping for a lucky year!

Feb. 11th it came a HUGE snow!  I left at 2 am Wed night/Thurs. morning for San Antonio with the FISD All City Choir on a charter bus.  There was zero snow when we left at 2 am and by 7:30 I got an email from Darren on my phone with pics of nothing but beautiful white fluffy snow.  It was absolutely amazing how quick it feel all day.  We headed back from San Antonio around lunch time Thursday and about Hillsboro we crept into the snowy wonderland.  We couldn't believe how much snow there was!  School was cancelled Friday so Charli and I enjoyed a little playing in the snow.  She didn't really know what to think of it but wasn't too fond of the cold part of it!  The news stated this was the most snow Dallas had ever had.  They also said after this storm hit Florida there would be snow on the ground in all 50 states.  The grass and rooftops are still covered here on Saturday, but the majority is melting away.  It was so beautiful while it lasted :). 

                                   Cheers to all!  Happy New Year and hope to see you soon!