We took a road trip for our nephew Dylan's 1st birthday. He was so adorable opening his presents and eating that yummy cake! Can't believe that he is one already.
Since we were already on the road, we made a weekend trip out of it. We stayed in Buda (outside of Austin) for the night and went to the San Marcos outlet mall. On our way home we went to the San Antonio Zoo. This was Kenzie's first time at the zoo and was amazed at all the animals. We were pleasantly surprised as well as they have done a lot of renovations since we were there last. Well worth the money if you're up that way.
Kenzie monkeying around! Marley the beautiful butterfly! Garrett riding the giant lizzard!
My favorite part of the zoo is the waxed animals. I still remember getting these at the zoo when I was little. Makenzie got a giraffe, Garrett got a crocodile and Marley got a koala bear.
Our annual family Christmas picture after the tree is decorated. It was fun watching the kids decorate the tree this year. When Marley and Garrett were little they would decorate the tree and after they went to bed that night I would move all the ornaments up because they would only decorate the bottom half of the tree where they could reach. This year I didn't have to move an ornament! Marley is now tall enough to decorate the top, Garrett the middle and Makenzie the bottom. We've got it made! I unwrap all the ornaments, they put them on and dad supervises from the couch.
We had it all planned out...Santa was in town early this year, we'd go before the mall even opened, we'd be the first in line. We didn't plan on Makenzie doing this! I couldn't resist taking at least one picture. Priceless!
