It's the most wonderful time... of the year! I can still hear the music happily playing; probably because I subjected my family to almost 8 weeks of nonstop Christmas music. Brian says I am silly for putting up all my decorations before Thanksgiving but I love to enjoy the beautiful lights and colors for longer than just a month. It is an amazing holiday to celebrate so why not drag it out as long as possible? For me, Thanksgiving is the jump-start feast for Christmas... it is the ready-set-go for the holiday season and in my opinion, the most wonderful time of year!
The most amazing part of this time of year is getting to spend so much time with family. It was a whirlwind of a trip (as usual) but the time was priceless. Here are just a few moments we captured...
Trey enjoyed taking a walk with Papa and Pup. (Notice all the boys have their hands in their pockets!)
Thanks Pup and Kat for driving up to spend Christmas with us! Trey enjoyed getting to play in the backyard and read stories with them. He loved getting to hang out again!
We enjoyed getting to laugh with Aunt Bebe (a lot!) Trey is going through quite an independent phase which prompts him to express his disapproval when he doesn't get his way - most of the time it is yelling "NO!" or blowing raspberries at the offending disciplinarian. It is very hard to discipline a toddler when Aunt Bebe is cracking up - now I can see how we used to be able to get my mom to laugh so easily! Trey is also a big fan of giving Aunt Bebe big kisses - on the mouth! He is not blind to a pretty face. :)
Trey did so good with Santa Claus this year! When we were waiting in line he must have decided that he had waited long enough and he yelled (in Santa's direction), "I wanna wagon Santa!!" He was shy when sitting with the big guy but was all smiles. He did, however, have a difficult time understanding why the wagon was not waiting for him after getting off Santa's lap.
Trey loved getting to catch up with Memi and Boppie. He remembered their house so well that he went straight to their back door to see Boppie's trains! They gave him an amazing gift of Memi and Boppie reading The Night Before Christmas. He has listened to it almost every night!
The Farek Christmas is usually on Christmas eve night, so we were so lucky this year that our family decided to have it early so we could be there. It was wonderful to get to see all of our family at Mawmaw and Grandpa Royce's house. Trey remembered playing with Mawmaw in the backyard and wanted her to go with him right away! He enjoyed getting to swing her on the swing!
We had an incredible time at Nana and Papa's house. One of my most cherished memories growing up was making sugar cookies at Christmas time with my momma. Trey loved getting to continue our tradition! Ironically, the smell of the icing made me feel sick when I was pregnant! Trey, however, didn't seem to have a problem with the icing...
Trey even got Papa to play on the floor and wrestle!
We had such an amazing time in Texas and we are looking forward to being closer to home next Christmas!
We can't wait for the Brendels to return home (Texas). We miss y'all and love the blog to keep updated on all of Trey's adventures (you and Brian too).
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