I'm dreaming of a White Christmas!

Well for the first time in many years, we had a white Christmas in Texas! After the whirlwind of our 10 days away at disney and me ending my old job and starting a new one- it has been very hectic! We spent Christmas eve at my mom's house, as is tradition. We enjoyed our traditional mexican food dinner and opened way too many presents! Will enjoyed picking up all the trash (I told you he is obsessed with trash).

Here is the front of the house on Christmas Eve with all the snow!
Getting home Christmas Eve as a bit treacherous, but we managed. Christmas morning, we both went upstairs and got Will up. Santa brought him a train for Disneyworld, tons of cars (big and small), a play tent, a tunnel, books and a lot more. Here he is having a good time Christmas morning!

Later in the afternoon- we headed up to Oklahoma, just north of Ardmore to see Alan's family. We knew the roads could be bad up that way, but we had a big 4wheel drive truck. So we loaded up William the dogs and presents and headed out. The roads were fine until we crossed the border, then they started getting worse. by the time we reached the Turner Falls area, it was really bad- we counted about 55 stranded cars. 35 was down to one lane in many areas and the road was covered in like 6 inches of ice. It was a pretty scary ride. Once we exited for my MIL's neighborhood, it was even worse, since it is a small town and the neighborhood streets hadn't been travelled much. We watched a car spin out right behind us. We finally made it and there was a good foot of snow on the ground. There was a huge snow drift behind her house too. The dogs seemed to enjoy it though!

We had a good Christmas with Alan's family- enjoying opening gifts, eating and sharing time with family. Here is a precious picture of William in time out- crying! LOL

Wishes Do Come True! And Pooh- Pooh too!

We're back!!! Our 10 days of magic came to an end so fast! As you know, we've been planning a trip to Disney World with our extended family for over a year now. We stayed at the Disney Wilderness Lodge from December 10-20th and had a blast. You can read my full trip report by visiting the disboards site here: http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9cc02b3127ccef8bb82c79e8f00000040O08RbtHLVi1B7efCQ/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
There are too many photos to share, so I'll just tease with a few here. You can see more on my facebook page or on the trip report link above. We had a blast and cannot wait to go back!
The Peters Family at the Osborne Lights at the Hollywood Studios- Will love the lights and the 'snow' (bubbles blown from above to look like snow!)

Dinner at Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary hotel- Hi Minnie!

The beautiful tree in our resort- Disney's Wilderness Lodge

My handsome little elf!

On the verge of a meltdown, but he has got his mickey ears- he's official now!

Snow Day!

Okay, so not exactly a snow day, but we did get some flakes here in DFW last week! Will wasn't sure what to make of it!

The dogs curled up to stay warm!

Will is laughing and ready for his trip to Disney. We leave tomorrow, 12/10! We will spend 10 glorious nights at Disney's Wilderness Lodge and at Disney World. We can't wait!!!

Turkey, Trimmings and Time with Family

We had a great Thanksgiving with family this year! We hosted thanksgiving at our house on thursday, complete with my parents, my sister and her family, my cousin, my grandpa and my best friend and her new family.

We had way too much food as usual- 2 turkeys (cajun fried) and ham, au gratin potatoes, mashed taters, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, brocoli rice casserole, rolls, cranberry relish, gravy, cornbread dressing, then cherry cobbler, pumpkin and pecan pies and brownies and cookies.

The kids had a lot of fun playing- Will and Mikey fought over the train!

After turkey day, my sisters and mom and I headed to conquer black Friday. We met at 5am at target and then hit the mall, old navy and more. We had a lot of fun and surprisingly the crowds were not too bad.

On Saturday, we headed up north to Oklahoma to do thanksgiving with Alan's family on Saturday. Will loves playing outside and going down the slide out there.

Again, way too much yummy food! We had so many homemade pies. We enjoyed great time with family and friends again and returned home on Sunday. Will learned many new words this weekend too- he said "Michael", his cousin's name and also said "I sit down" and "chips", well his version is 'bips' and he wanted 'bips' for breakfast today. uh oh, that was a no! He really is starting to talk more and add more words.

Will really enjoyed seeing both sets of grandparents and all the aunts and uncles this weekend. Now we have to get ready for our big 10 day trip to disney. we leave in 10 short days. time to start packing! We are very thankful for our family and our wonderful son. We are so blessed for our great family, home and health.

Stockings hung by the chimney with care

the Peters household is all decorated for the holidays! We started a bit early since we will be gone Dec 10-20th at disney! We got a new tree this year with LED lights and of course all disney decorations.

And while getting our new tree, Will found this cute hat he had to have!

Turkey Day Preparations!

So Turkey day is upon us. We are hosting family at our house for the big day, complete with turkey, ham and all the trimmings. In preparation, Will has been eating some doritos in the car, to work up his appetite! Look at those orange hands and face! Will has also been very helpful in shopping. He loves to push the cart!

My Captain Hook

So here is my handsome pirate- Captain Hook!!! This was taken at his fall festival party!

We also had a birthday party this weekend for Will's initation into the world of Chuck E. Cheese. He loved it. He even sat with the other kids and ate his pizza (usually he is clinging to me!). He had a great time.