All my girls were very excited to meet for the first time both Payten and Layten Killebrew they are the cutest babies and the girls and I had a great time loving on them!
Friday instead of going shopping like most of America the day after Thanksgiving, we had the opportunity to see Ethan Wall be baptised. He was baptised with his cousin Scotty Wall and another one of their friends named Thomas. After the baptism we went to the Woodland Springs Park and the kids played together and we all enjoyed a nice lunch. I am so proud of Ethan!
I went to visit my sisters new store "Real Deals" it truly had really good deals on clocks and mirrors and cute things to put on the walls. I will have to visit again when I have some extra spending money. If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area - check out "Real Deals" off of Denton Hwy the owners are very creative!
The day seemed to fly by so fast - that evening Adam and Cindy invited us and the Walls to see the Fort Worth Christmas Parade and WOW - the parade had over 75 entries - and at the end of the parade we saw Santa Claus and Mrs Claus. On the way home the girls all feel asleep!
Saturday morning my mother and I got up early we had decorating to do - Thanksgiving had to be put away and Christmas brought out! We also started baking we made pecan sandies, martha washington chocolates, toffee, sugar cookies, and peanut butter kisses. We got some sewing done, see I am not sure of my sewing skills, I need my moms help and she is amazing. While we were doing all of that; John took the girls to Adam and Cindy's house for the 1st Annual Cousin Pancake Breakfast (I heard it turned out great - the kids had a great time and the food was good). Then they went to visit John's sisters (I was sad I missed them) and of course Michael DeWolf. I need to stop here and say how very much the girls love Michael, he is so sweet to them and teases them just a little that it makes them giggle non stop when he is around.
Saturday Evening we began to help around my moms house. We always try to do a little service around the house when we come to stay. I do not want the kids to take advantage of momo's house or her generosity. John mowed the yard (which made him very happy to ride the lawn mower), Kaitlyn blew the leaves everywhere, Rylee and Ashley swept all the concrete and porches and played with Mario, and Rachel cleaned out the toy closet.
At dinner we all sat down and had a great discussion about the Jonas Brothers and whether my girls really knew anything about them. All of sudden Rylee smiled really big and pushed one of her bottom tooth out and back in - it was really weird. That did it - the tooth had to be pulled - so of course - my mom asked her to show her what she did one more time and out came the tooth and what did we know but the tooth right next to it was also very loose and she pulled it out really quick too! Rylee was fine for a minute - then started to cry - 5 minutes later she was fine singing with my dad - My dad would start with "All I want for Christmas is my....." and he would point at Rylee and she would sing "my 2 front teeth, my 2 front teeth". I have to say that the tooth fairy in Aledo Texas is way more rich than the one in Houston - some how the tooth fairy left 2 five dollar bills - one for each tooth. (You try arguing with a tooth fairy - it isn't easy and never fun - so I gave in - what could I do!)
Sunday morning we went to the Chapel Creek Ward and we saw Layten Killebrew get blessed. Adam did a great job on the blessing and we were able to see lots of friends we hadn't seen in a long time.
Sunday afternoon was the Annual Killebrew Christmas Party. My parents have 6 kids that are all married and 15 grandkids and we want everyone at our party, which can be hard to achieve. So this year it was a little early - but everyone was there that is what counts! We always do a themed gift and we each get to choose a gift and open it, if we want we can switch with someone else. It is always a lot of fun, this year CarieAnn came up with the theme "A few of my favorite things". To add to the fun, when you chose a gift and opened it you were supposed to figure out who bought it. Some people were easy and others were harder.
Before we left for home our van was overloaded with wrapped gifts for Christmas from my parents, a frozen ham and a frozen turkey, and lots of other extra food. Adam gave us about 20 pounds of frozen meat from a cow that he slaughtered. I cannot even explain how full the van was, we could not have placed anything extra in there.
I am so thankful for a huge loving family, we all have our quirks and problems, we all make mistakes, but at the end of the day all I can ask is that we love each other unconditionally. I am thankful for parents that have been able to help us when we needed it the most. When I was little we were very poor and my parents could not go to their families for help, everyone was struggling. I am thankful for Metro Code and all that the company has done for my family. I am very blessed and very thankful starting this Christmas season.
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