Ellie's 16th Birthday

This weekend Ellie celebrated her 16th birthday with some friends, Emily, Jenny, and Sharlena.

They explored Old Downtown Carrollton, browsing the antique store and the vintage dress store.

At Vintage Martini, the clothes store.

They made individual pizzas for dinner.

They had frozen custard at Shake's.

They watched The Scarlet Pimpernel, slept, went to church, and to a book sale. Then they had lunch, and cake and ice cream, and opened presents.

Snow!

Suprisingly, North Texas had alot of snow yesterday! It has been fun playing in it, making snowmen, building snow forts, and going sledding.

This is what we woke up to today- the day after the snow fell.

On top of the little red car.

Ellie shoveled the driveway.

Dad swept the car off.
Our house.

Clara and her snowman behind her snow fort.

Carrots

This morning we picked all of these carrots from our garden.  I didn't even know we were still growing things!

Tea Companies

Auntie Steph took us girls (Melissa, Ellie, Clara, and Joanna) out to the New Mexico Tea Company, where we bought loose leaf tea, and then to the Boba Tea Company where we bought smoothies. And tomorrow is Christmas!

Christmas and Snow in New Mexico!

We are here in New Mexico for Christmas, and it snowed! Here are a few pictures of us playing in it.

family christmas photo

First, without Amy.

Then, with Amy, on Dad's cellphone.

Then us being crazy.

Greg and Dorinda's Wedding

This weekend Ellie and Clara drove to Kansas for their friend Dorinda's wedding with Auntie Diane, Sharlena, Sarah, and Auntie Di.

Sharlena put curlers in Ellie's hair while they were driving.

Mrs. Betty, the lady who let us stay with her.

Sharlena and Ellie before the wedding.

Our group before the wedding.

Greg and Dorinda

Clara in a funny hat at Cracker Barrel.

Picture of our group outside Cracker Barrel.