I came over to Dallas a bit early to say farewell to my highschool, Arts Magnet. Dad and I visited the school for the giant hug. I had the chance to say hello to a few old teachers. as well as see the plans for the building that will replace the aging building. It was an interesting milestone and a great day with my dad.

My mom and Willy finally took the big step to remodle their house. We all got in on the work, Andrew especially was very into helping build.

In the middle of our visit we headed down to Austin to see our old neighbors. We also took the opportunity to spend the day with our St Barnabas church family there as well as have Andrew baptized. He was very excited to be born again, he kept telling every one about it, it was precious.

We were back in the Dallas area in time to start a very busy Christmas weekend. We began the festivities down at the Turney's farm in Ennis. My brothers Matt and Christ joined us for an over night.

Jay and Bucky came down on Christmas Eve for fun, food and presents!

Christmas day we were back in Dallas at Granny's. It was a quiet day with our ever growing family. The kids had a great time opening all their gifts.