A Day of Christmas

If you saw my post on Monday afternoon, then you know that this Christmas was a bit difficult for me. There's not really a specific reason, it was just my emotions at the time. I hope you all had a blessed day with your family and loved ones. 

In hopes of getting more in the Christmas Spirit, the girls and I did some exploring last Saturday afternoon. We tried to do a few of the things that we didn't have time for earlier in the month. 

Growing up in Arkansas, I remember visiting the state capitol at Christmas time, and remembering how spectacular it was at Christmas. I wanted the girls to have the same experience this year, so now that we live in the capitol of Texas, we made our way downtown. 

There were two trees in the capitol; one in the house of representatives and one in the state congress. 

They were both ginormous. 

I loved the poinsettia's, greenery, and wreaths in here as well. 

Unfortunately, the entire capitol wasn't decked to the nines, like I remember the Arkansas capitol was when I was a child, but it was still pretty, and I'm glad we were able to go. 

Afterwards, we went to the visitor center and bought post cards. Gretchen collects them, and the little girls have started too. 

We came home to meet DJ, but then realized he had a hair cut appointment and couldn't spend the rest of the day with us, so we went to the Bass Pro Shop for their Christmas activities. The girls had visited Santa when we were in Ft. Worth a few weeks ago, and I was certain the line would be insane the Saturday before Christmas. There were a few games set up, but the girls didn't really want to play, so we headed over to write letters to Santa.

Megan wrote hers by herself, and Adalyn told me what to write on hers. 

While we were writing letters, Gretchen made this log house. 

We walked around the store, because we wanted to see the fish tank, and then Adalyn insisted we look at the grills, because DJ always wants to. 

I was really hoping this Bass Pro would be super decked out, because we always enjoyed going to the one in Oklahoma, but this was kind of a let down. 

We walked around the outside, because there was a little stream, and Megan found this rock spot and wanted me to take her picture. 

Then Addy wanted her picture made. 

and then both of them together..... 

DJ was home working on a surprise for the girls, so since we were already north of town, we drove to Georgetown to their town square. I had heard that it was pretty and had high hopes that the girls would love it, and we weren't disappointed! 

It was a gorgeous night, and there were people out strolling, musician's playing on the sidewalk, Christmas displays in the windows, and lights everywhere. 

We walked around the courthouse, and then walked around the square. 

So many lights! 

We finally stopped in a toy store and had ice cream, while Gretchen opted for a Root Beer Float. 

I told DJ that he and I needed to head here for a date night or two. There were so many restaurants, and I love quaint downtowns. 

When we got home, DJ was still working on the girls surprise, so we settled in to watch The Grinch.... around 9 pm, he was finally done so we took the girls outside to show them their trampoline that their Gee and PaPaw had bought them for Christmas! 

They were SO excited! They've basically spent all their time outdoors jumping over the last few days!