December 2015 - First weekend fun!

The first weekend of December was so full of fun- birthday parties, holiday/ Christmas parties, and so many cool things going on around town... We LOVE this time of year so much!!!

LJ working on his birthday cards for all the upcoming birthday parties! 
Friday night: Locke's 3rd birthday so we met the family at Hat Creek for a small celebration!  


  Birthday boy and his family (missing one!)
 Yummy cake pops!!! 
Kids celebrating- everyone looking but the birthday boy!!! 

 Grandad and many of the grandkids! 
  
 What could Lauren be saying!? 
Charley and Ellie- precious!
 And Kate joined!!!  More precious!


Saturday morning- Owen's 5th birthday party at the Austin Zoo: 
 Silly LJ!
 Feeding the beautiful white wolves! Had to take a picture for dad!
 LJ and his friends in their bear masks 'roaring' for me! Haha! 

 Evan did a tiger mask!
 Happy Birthday time!
 And then off to feed animals! Evan loves feeding the animals! His favorite today was this sweet fawn!



Then we heard the Hill Country Galleria was making fake snow - so we had to go meet the McDonnells there and check it out! 
Evan was not super excited about this 'fake snow'!  But he did make a few snow balls! 
Not the greatest pic of Evan, but his monkey jacket was cracking me up (and he insisted on having the hood up!). 
 LJ loved it, but really wished he had gloves! 
 

Saturday evening- Hudson's 5th birthday party at Jump Wild
 Evan and his friend being silly and eating their cake! 
 LJ and Thomas... These two love each other so much! 



Sunday morning- Locke's 3rd birthday party at Pump it Up 
This is a huge bounce house place where one room is dark and everyone gets to wear glow sticks! So cute! Evan is now asking that his next birthday be here...  
The kids making their silly faces!
Birthday boy on his crown... 
 

Ellie and Barrett got to spend a LOT of quality time together as most of these parities interfered with her napping schedule... but they had a blast. I love their special relationship so much! Here is one picture I got from Barrett of the happy daddy's girl! 

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