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Christmas in Texas

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We were so lucky to have the opportunity to get together with Danielle, her family, and Maw Maw and Paw Paw over the holiday break.  We quick jumped on a plane Saturday afternoon from Cleveland toward Dallas. Danielle and Edd moved to a new house in August in Texas so this was going to be our first time seeing their new place and town. Masked up for safety and health for all of us Our plane in Cleveland was late to arrive so then that made us late to take off.  Due to the delay, we missed our connecting flight in Atlanta so we were stranded in the Atlanta airport for 5 hours.  We ended up rolling into their place after midnight.  It was a long day of travel for sure.  The kids were troopers.  The next day we all loaded up and drove 45 minutes into Fort Worth to the stockyards.  Each day twice a day they have a cattle drive where they walk huge longhorn cattle down the streets of the town.   It was a very cute location.  We spent time shopping and also eating dinner together.  We stumb

Landon Band Concert and Carter Choir Concert

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The holiday season brings about many fun events including band and choir concerts.  This year Landon is participating in the band playing clarinet.  Carter participates in choir and had a solo speaking part. Let it be known that for each of these performances there was a strict dress code from shirt, pants, and shoes and you all know how hard it is to get these boys to wear anything but comfy athletic gear so it was a time-consuming shopping experience for me.  Cheese ball! Here he is standing with his instrument.  He spotted us in the crowd and was full of smiles.  To be honest, I am not sure if he actually played any of the notes or just pretended during the concert but oh well.  Carter was over the moon excited to participate in his performance.  He loves to sing.  There he is front and center and I would be lying if I didn't tell you that I could hear his voice over many of this classmates throughout the whole performance.  My favorite part was after they all came out and foun