State Champs and Santa Claus

Kenna has now officially met Santa Claus!

My parents were in town this weekend for the big football game and we decided to take a little detour on the way to the game and take Miss K to meet Santa. Our "little detour" was actually a long, traffic filled trip to the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. Traffic was a nightmare and it took almost an hour to get from the beginning of the driveway up to the parking garage. The big ICE! exhibit is there so they have LOTS and LOTS of people coming for the show. After a lot of running through the crowds and sneaking past 'Santa will return signs', Kenna got to see the guy in the big red suit. She thought he was very interesting and just kept staring at him and his beard. She even reached out and pulled on it a few times to see what it felt like. It was too cute and definitely worth all of the trouble!


The decorations inside the hotel are amazing and will definitely put you in the Christmas spirit. There are also a lot of places that would make great photo opportunities. I saw several kids running around in Christmas pjs and taking pics in the sleighs, with the reindeer, etc. I think this would be a great place to go if you could go on a weekday, or if you had the whole day to spend. Maybe next year!! :)

Then, last night, the Muleshoe Mules took on the Kirbyville Wildcats for the right to say they were the 2A State Champs. We took Kenna to her first football game and she absolutely loved it. I wasn't sure what she would think about all of the noise, and it was going to be way past her bedtime when the game was over, but we decided to give it a try. I was very glad the game was in Grand Prairie so that we could actually go.

Kenna started grinning the minute we walked into the stadium. She laughed and laughed at all of the noise and loved watching the guys run up and down the field. She was also excited to see her friend, Lanny, from Muleshoe. Lanny officiated at our wedding ceremony so I guess he had a say in her being around. :) She jumped and jumped in his arms as she watched the game.She didn't want to take her eyes off of the game long enough to take a picture...and you know how she loves the camera! She also got to spend some cuddle time with my Mom (who cannot decide for sure what she wants to be called by the grandkids....is it Mimzi or Mimi?).

It turned into a fairly nice night for a football game, but it was still a windy night in December, so Miss K got to show off her lovely toboggan. Doesn't she look cute with her ears all covered up?

In the end, the game was just a little too long and filled with too much excitement for our little princess. We changed her into her warm pajamas and she cuddled up with Pa for the last half of the fourth quarter. I don't think she ever really went to sleep, but she loved laying her head on his chest and just resting. She crashed in the car on the way home and then went right to sleep when we put her in her own bed.

Final Score - Muleshoe 48, Kirbyville 26....Go Mules!!

The game was pretty close until the beginning of the fourth quarter when Muleshoe just pulled away. It was very exciting and I am very proud of those guys....they did great!