Well the Big D (disney) day is almost here and we are ready to go.  We finally told the girls that we were going — Chris and I just couldn’t keep it a secret anymore.  They are so excited, but I don’t think they quite grasp how much bigger Disney is compared to their favorite place … Dollywood. 

I just wanted to share some of our personal pics from our holiday season this year …

We had a wonderful holiday season this year!  We went to a tree farm on Big A mountain with Mamaw and Papaw to let the girls pick out our tree.  They picked out one of the biggest ones in the field.  It was wonderful EXCEPT for the cold rain and blowing wind — but nothing was going to dampen our Christmas spirit. 

Once we got home — Chris couldn’t find his tape measure so he measured the amount of tree to be cut off the bottom with my broom.  I had no idea any of this was going on until I looked out the window and saw him holding my broom up to the tree — needless to say — he cut about two feet more off than he should have.  Yes — I am rolling my eyes and yes — this is so typical of my husband to not be able to find one of his tools.

Once we got that tree decorated — it was all on at that point.  The girls couldn’t wait for Christmas to come.  According to Grace the best part of Christmas was getting to spend time with her Cousin Tyler who came in from Texas.  According to Olivia … getting the “Eddie Spagetti” (betty spaghetti) doll was the most awesome thing!  Chris and I think the doll is a tad on the strange side … but she likes it.

We took the girls snowtubing in West Virginia with my family and they loved it.  At the bottom of the hill where the snowtubers come down they have a big dip to slow you down … poor Grace would go down in the dip but when she would start back up the dip her tube would start sliding back down because she just wasn’t heavy enough.  Grace jumped off her tube and tried to pull it up the little hill but it was so slick she just kept sliding.  In the meantime -  Olivia came down in the other lane and immediately left her tube and crossed the snow barrier to help out her sister.

Our holiday was just wonderful.  Being able to spend time with the girls and just make cookies, etc. was the best part for me.