Thursday, December 20, 2007

Christmas at Texas Children's Hospital (TCH)

Each year volunteers from Baker Hughes visit TCH to spread a little bit of Christmas cheer to the children and families down there. I was honored to be invited to go play Christmas carols while Santa and his helpers passed out presents to the boys and girls.

Here are some pictures of the day.



Santa (Joel), Jamie (TCH events coordinator), Santa’s little elf (Darryle) and Rudolph (Brooke)



Santa and his helpers giving gifts to one of the precious children in an examination room.


Me entertaining with Christmas carols in the main waiting room.


Santa with more of the kids. The little boy in the lower right corner was so cute. He was transfixed on my guitar and had a smile that would light the world.


. . .and Santa receiving their gifts of love.

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Evan Lost His First Tooth!





Evan finally lost his first tooth! To celebrate the evening we went to eat at Texas Roadhouse and Nanou and Paran met us. We had been singing "All I want for Christmas is to lose my two front teeth..." for about two weeks now. The one next to it is loose too, so hopefully by Christmas, he'll have his wish.

The Lego Star Wars Nativity Scene


Yes, nothing says Christmas like Lego Star Wars. Elliot came up with this great idea of making a Nativity Scene out of our Lego Star Wars men, so here it is in all its glory. An overview of the Scene: Mary (Palpatine...hey, the hood is on, so you can't tell) and Joseph (Han Solo) adore Baby Jesus (Luke Skywalker) while the Three Wise Men (Obi Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader (sans Helmet and scarred face) and battle warrior guy) present their gifts.







Ice Skating at the Galleria





We took our annual Christmas trip to the Galleria this past weekend. After buying our new Fontanini Nativity piece (Gloria Angel) we went Ice Skating!! You should have seen us crossing the "freeway" to get from the wall to the Christmas Tree!

Fall Fun

Elliot, Drew, Tyler and Garrett have fun playing in piles of leaves.




Halloween 2008


This Halloween we went Trick or Treating. Evan was Jango Fett, Elliot was an Indian and Drew was Batman.
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