Louisiana, Christmas, and Family Time - Part 1

We were very excited to spend this Christmas season with Brent's side of the family in Louisiana.  Brennon and Angie just had a baby, and Christmas was the perfect time and excuse to go see the little guy.  Luckily, Brent and I both had a long chunk of time off of work, and we were able to spend an entire week and a half hanging with everyone.  Here are some highlights from the first part of our trip.

Tylie and Kaelisse enjoyed sitting at the window when the dogs were outside and watching them run around.  I love watching them have these sister moments when nobody else seems to be important and they carry on long conversation and entertain each other.

The highlight of the trip for the girls (sorry family) was the visit to the horse barn.  The girls talked about seeing the horses for a month before, and they are still talking about it.  The first visit to the barn, we only looked and pet...

Climbing on the fences

 Chilling with Uncle Brennon

 Daddy teaching Kae the ropes

 With Daddy and Grandpa (or Grandpy, as we ended up calling him)

 Getting a closer look

I love how much Kae loves her daddy.  She has truly been a daddy's girl for the last few weeks or so, and I love that he's willing to let her drag him around a little bit.

This picture makes me smile so much.  I like the way Tylie is looking up at her Uncle Brennon with so much admiration.  She seriously adores that guy!

 Kaelisse cracking us up while she enjoyed her first corn on the cob.  She seriously dug into it and ate 2-3 cobs of the stuff.

 The huge rocking chairs were Kae's favorite place to sit.  She seemed so proud every time she was able to climb into them herself...which she got pretty good at.

Tylie hanging out with her Aunt Bonnie.  It was so great that Grandpy and Bonnie could make the trip and spend time with all of us.  The girls don't get to see them enough!

We missed having DJ and Karenna in the mix, but they were busy getting ready to bring their own little one into the world.