Time to wrap up the holidays...

It's time I wrap up the holiday posts because I am getting close to being about a month behind on all that's going on in our lives! 

After Kerrville, we made our way to Austin to spend Christmas day with the Francese side of the family. We started out with a tailgate, apparently, the perfect way to kick off Christmas with the fam! We drank hot chocolate and enjoyed our prime spot in the parking lot before heading to one of my most favorite places, the Zilker Christmas tree and the Trail of Lights. For years and years we've been spinning under the tree! This year, while still beautifully lit up, it was way too crowded to really enjoy. Lucky for us, we had all enjoyed the tailgate and that was good enough for me! 

Christmas Eve was relaxing and really enjoyable. We went to a friend's house for some traditional Italian afternoon treats and drinks, then headed to mass with Father Izzy, and afterwards enjoyed a delicious seafood meal at my aunt's house. 

Davis was a huge fan of the candy canes hanging from Aunt Dede's tree!

Davis serving everyone pizza

Cousins

The girls and Grandma

After Christmas this year, everyone asked Davis if Santa came? His response, "yes, Santa came to my Aunt Dede's house!" And that's right, on Christmas Eve Santa made a surprise visit, coming through the front door because there was a fire lit in the fireplace. Davis welcomed him, gave him a chair, and immediately climbed into his lap. He was ecstatic!

"I've been good Santa"

Santa couldn't stay very long because he had a very busy night ahead of him...and one of his to-dos was to blow up this gigantic bouncy castle in Annie and Papa Tom's living room!

Christmas morning