Christmas 2011

We headed back to Tejas as soon as Ryan was done for the semester.  My brother is leaving on his mission to Mexico City next week so it was really nice that we got to spend so much time in Austin.  As usual, we did lots of running around between families.  We also got to go to Fort Worth to spend some time with my step-mom, five step-sisters, two adorable nieces, little sister, and littlest brother.  It was one crazy house with a dozen adults, two kids, two toddlers, and everyone's dogs! But it was of course a blast!  We got matching sister robes that are super warm and fuzzy!

Me, Alex, Delaney, Sierra, Halie, Clara, Savannah

After too short a time in Fort Worth, we headed back to Austin and then it was Christmas.  I can now officially announce that WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My in-laws are taking our whole family this summer! Yay! I had to keep it a secret because his mom wanted to surprise everyone for Christmas, so she only let me and my sisters-in-law in on the surprise.  I have had to keep my mouth shut since June!  But everyone was really surprised and we are all really excited!  Not only am I excited about Disney World, I am really excited we get to do something so fun as a family.  I have really awesome sisters-in-law and we hardly ever get to see them and their families since they live up east.

Alright, off my Disney World tangent.  Christmas was awesome.  Ryan turned 28 the day after Christmas and he had a good birthday.  New Year's Eve Ryan and I went downtown for some live music and film screenings.  It was lots of fun and the weather was beautiful!

I did forget to mention that we had a slight mishap in Fort Worth...but the upside to it was that we got to drive this for several days while our car was in the body shop.

2011 Dodge Charger I wish was mine.

Ryan cried a little when we had to go get our car back.  It was nice while it lasted though!

We got to spend some time with my step-sister, bro-in-law, and niece that live in Austin as well.  Ryan finally experienced Rudy's BBQ and we played some intense triple decker laser tag!

My little brother's farewell was the weekend before we left.  My parents turned it into an open house/talent night.  Can I just say that Travis has gotten really good on the guitar?  He taught me a couple things before I left and gave me his old guitar so I can learn to play.

An amazing family friend from church, Nancy, made this awesome cake for Travis!

The name tag and the Book of Mormon are all in Spanish. It tasted delicious too!

The last thing we did as a family before we left was attend the San Antonio Temple so Travis could take out his endowments.  It was amazing to all be together in the temple and see how much my little brother has grown up.  I know he is going to be a great missionary and have an incredible next two years.  I am really going to miss him!

My family with my aunt and uncle outside the temple.

It was a great break!  Now the reality of winter, school, and work sets in.  Until next time Texas. Thanks for reading!  Hope everyone has a great 2012!