Lowe family fun: 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

Christmas time Riverwalk

I did not get great pictures this year because my camera died after 2 shots

but this one was cute

Sunday, December 30, 2012

First bike ride

First bike ride on the new bike and yes the doll matches and has its own seat

rode up to the church

and then home again

Christmas in SA

Look what Santa left in SA for me:

Some of my other favoriates are:

a hat like all my cousins

a doll made by Aunt Judy

and lots of princesses

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Trip part 5

The next day we went to downtown Disney to spend some gift certificates

First stop : build a bear

Yes, out of all the bears, and there were lots, Andra picked the Rainbow dinosaur

she was a happy girl

Then it was off to the Lego store: yes those are legos behind her and while we were there she got a new Little Mermaid Lego set

After a short stop at In -N-Out for lunch we got to see Aunt Heather's shop

all the kids had fun

I could have gotten thousands of shots of these two

so cute

and more Lego fun

It was a GREAT trip! Andra had a blast and cried the day we left.

While it was hard being away from my Mom and Dad (for the first time in my life at Christmas) I know we will do it again.

Thank you Terry, Bryan, Heather, Brian and all the Pettersons that we got to see.

We truly had a great time and can not wait to do it again.

Trip part 4

Christmas morning Santa deliver a stocking to were we were sleeping

and then he delivered a doll under the tree at Heather and Brian's

we had to get the doll out then and there

all the kids opening gifts

Andra showing Grandma Peterson her doll

(Grandma Peterson was her adopted Grandma for the day)

then it was off to play outside

Andra is in "glass slippers"

then to play inside

and then in the pool

then "watching" movies

and time to sing again

Andra had a great Christmas day with her cousins

Trip part 3

after getting the Heather and Brain's the kids played and then retreated to the ihappy corner

then Andra had her turn in costume

I love their dog Rubert

and learned to ride a big wheal the next afternoon

Christmas eve, Andrew, Andra and I went to mass and then back to Heather"s

Apparently Andra loved the karaoke.....imagine that

and so did Lola

Then Andra fixed her "glass slipper"

Trip part 2

Andra normal wake up time in Texas is 5:30am, but wait we are in California so that it 3:30!

We got her to go back to sleep for a little bit but then by 5am California time we were in the living room trying to find some thing for Andra to watch on TV.

Once we got going it was off to Oceanside.

Andrew's Mom Terry, and step-Dad Bryan

We saw lots of crazy surfers

It was so nice out

Then we went to Children's beach. During this time of year it is seal breading time.

There was lots of them

and the waves were big

This was the other side of the seal area

Then we went back to the house. The views are just great!

Andra got to feed their bird

The next day she slept till almost 4 but again we got her to lay down and rest till 5:30am Cal time.

We went off to brunch and then Andra got to feed the bird again

it was a short but great visit

then we were off to Andrew's sister's house in Long Beach.

This year we went to California for Christmas. Now is was a Big Deal in my world. This was the first Christmas in my life that I was not with my parents in San Antonio. That said it was a great trip and I only cried on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

We caught an early flight out of SA. We almost missed our flight due to the day we few out was the same day that military could leave to go home. They were being dropped off in bus loads when we were getting to the airport at 5am for a 6:20 flight. Even with very good luck (strollers got to by pass the security line and go through family security) we just made it to the gate. The negative is that I did not get my diet coke and Andrew did not get his coffee for the plane trip.

Yep this is Andra at 6:20am.