Christmas in Comfort

We spent our Thanksgiving in Comfort this year with my Dad & Sherry.  This is our second year in a row to go there for the Thanksgiving weekend and I am pretty sure I want to make it a tradition....that is if it is ok with them :)  The weather was perfect... cool and sunny during the day and VERY cold at night.  Perfect for making smores by the fire which is exactly what we did!  It is so beautiful there and the kids loved exploring.

On Friday Rylee, Sherry (aka Nanny) and I went to see the new Disney movie "Tangled".  It was SOOO good.  Rylee has showed signs of boredom the last few movies we have taken her to but not this one.  She was glued the whole time.  After that, we all went to Singing Water Vineyards and did a little wine tasting.  It is a small vineyard but the property is amazing and I got some cute pics of the kids.  

Of course we can't visit Comfort without seeing Jenny the donkey and the sheep.  Jenny is NOT shy at all and likes to run straight for you in hopes that you have some apples for her.

 Jenny will run right at you even if you are in the car just driving on the main road!

Then there was the main event... Christmas in Comfort.  It is amazing how many people come to little ole Comfort just for this event.  It is shopping and festival during the day and a parade at night.  The kids loved seeing all the floats with Christmas lights on them but I think it may be a little easier in another year or two when Parker isn't wanting to get down and be apart of the actual parade! 

 Rylee insisted that I get her these butterfly wings.  She wore them the rest of the weekend!

 Parker didn't really want to sleep much while we were there... as you can tell he was exhausted. :)

Thanks Nanny & Poppy for letting our little tornado of a family come visit :)  Even more thank you for loving Tucker so much and letting him visit for so long.  He says he misses you already!

For the past 10 years or so Sherry & my Dad have been getting me pieces to a Lenox nativity scene.  This year they gave me the final figures so now it is complete.  Anyone who has seen it knows how special it is to me and how I will threaten you with your life if you get too close ;)  I think it is beautiful and will pass it down to Rylee when she gets a family of her own one day.

 When we returned home we had a visitor waiting for us!  Rylee spotted her "Elf on the Shelf" that she met for the first time last year and named Bizzle.  He comes each year to watch over the kids and report to Santa if they are naughty or nice. He flies to the North Pole each night and appears somewhere different in our house each morning.  So fun!  By the way Rylee has been very quick to tell us what Parker is doing bad when we mention Santa watching over her.  "Well Parker hit me today".

We also brought something or should I say someone else home from Comfort....yep you guess it!  TUCKER dog is back.  We missed him so much but I am already reminded of why he needed to go on a vacation to begin with ;)  He likes to bark at absolutely nothing even though in the new house he can't see out the front door.  Parker is REALLY interested in Tucker.  He will walk up to him and actually growl.  He has already dumped his water bowl twice and chases him around with anything he can waving it at him. Hopefully Tucker is smart enough to stay out of his way ha ha.  We really are happy to have him back home. We have worked out a little custody arrangement with my Dad & Sherry so he will be taking another "vacation" later in the year.

Rylee has been really into music lately.  She has always loved it actually but now she will go in her room and play her cd's or even the radio and just play and dance.  Parker even likes going to "club Rylee" and dancing.  It is a daily event at our house.  Her favorite right now is Alvin and The Chipmunks Christmas.  I have Chipmunks singing in my head all day now! ;)

We are going to see "The Grinch" this weekend at The Hobby Center.  I am SOOOO excited to go do something like this with Rylee.  I hope we get to do some sort of Christmas play each year and make some awesome memories!!!