Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We stayed up late and brought the new year in with sparkling water in the champagne glasses Mommy and Daddy toasted with at the their wedding almost 15 years ago!! Daddy had to work, but that didn't stop us from celebrating in style!! We are excited about a wonderful 2008 and wish you and yours the same!!

Christmas in Austin!

With Uncle Mark and Peyton
A Baby Alive!!!
So Happy!

These are the only pictures that turned out from our Christmas in Austin with the Gittings! Darn!! We had such a nice time. Uncle Mark is always such a wonderful host and Maw-Maw is the best cook ever!! We love getting to see our aunts and uncles and cousins, but we really missed Brian, Aunt Gail, Uncle Mark, Zach and Graham this year!

Santa ROCKS!!

Hannah Montana!!

Santa SPOILED us this year! We got tents, Hannah Montana microphones.. guitars.. wigs.. boots.. & concert clothes, Leapster games, Build-a-Bear clothes and so much more!! Madison even got her "family of unicorns" that she asked for! I was afraid Santa might have a problem finding a whole family of unicorns! But through what I'm guessing was a lot of perserverance, persistance, and creativity... he managed to pull it off!! Way to go Santa!!!

Twas' the Night Before Christmas!

It's a tradition for Todd to read Twas' the Night Before Christmas to the girls on Christmas Eve night. I always videotape it, so I don't have still photos. But.... after Todd was done, the girls wanted to read it by themselves. They were so sweet! It was such a priceless moment... with photos to match!!

Cookies for Santa!

We made cookies for Santa! Such a fun tradition! The pictures of actually making them didn't come out very well though! The girls decided to leave them on the coffee table for him in the living room this year so he could have them as soon as he came out of the chimney. Last year, he tracked soot from the fireplace to the bar in the kitchen and made a really big mess!!

Christmas in Pleasanton

Mass-chaos is the general theme of Christmas at the Mims'! There are sooooo many of us!!! There are 50 of us! That's just my parents, my sisters and brother and their spouses and kids (and their spouses and kids) and us!! Nolan and Lisa and baby Miles couldn't be there this year because of Nolan's schedule :( so there were only 47 of us!! It's CRAZY but so much fun! Even Todd enjoys it!! We're so blessed! Paw-Paw wasn't feeling great... but he is now. He's doing so much better!!

Party at School

Our great teacher, Mrs. Barrett

The girls had quite the feast at their Kindergarten Christmas party and book exchange! It was fun... but the girls weren't on their best behavior this time! Mommy was not happy! We had a long talk on the way home, and Daddy got involved when we got home. They've promised to be better next time. I don't know what was going on with them that day! They both had meltdowns!! Too much Christmas activity, I guess!

The Polar Express

My little red-nosed DEARS
Initially Excited on the Train!
Just found out we're not actually going to the North Pole!!

My sweet little girls... the still "believe" in the magic of it all! They truly thought we were really going to the north pole (just like on the Polar Express movie) when we went on the "North Pole Express" (aka the Tarantula Train in Grapevine). Madison even said she didn't want to have to get out and get on the top of train if sister lost her ticket! Things were going really well until the train stopped.... starting going backwards toward the station.... and they put it all together! They were soooooo upset! Especially Madison! She was heartbroken AND angry! We got lectured all the way home!!! "Mommy! Why do grown ups tell children things that aren't true just to make them happy!!? Cause when we find out they're not true, we're NOT happy!!!" Good point!!

Decorating the Tree(s)

The girls were such helpers this year when it came to tree decorating time! They really did a good job! Madison decorated hers in her room by herself. Makinley didn't want hers in her room this year... she wants a new one like sisters but I couldn't find one! She said she would just wait til next year. What a big girl!

The girls' Christmas Program

The girls had their school Christmas Program at the high school. They got to sing a few songs on the "big stage". They were adorable in their little Christmas dresses (from last year!) and their new white fur boots! Too cute!!

Daddy being Sworn In!

Daddy "officially" became an Arlington Firefighter. We went to his swearing in ceremony and actually got to pin his badge on him in front of everyone! We were so proud!! Mommy was in Pleasanton, because Paw-Paw was in the hospital. One of Daddy's nice friends made sure to take pictures for Mommy!

Back to Work!

I've gone back to work! (You can probably hear Todd cheering!) I'm the new Marketing Director for LandAmerica American Title's Waddell Office! I started back on January 2nd and am loving it! I get to work from home which is such a blessing! Hopefully, Todd will have my computer fixed soon so that I can download pictures and get this blog caught up again! I'm HATING not being able to share my precious girls!! Keep checking back though... he'll get to it eventually!! Have a blessed day!!