Clinging all the more to the Christ in CHRISTmas what with deaths, mishaps, accidents, surgeries happening to those close to us.

Nothing is taken for granted… So we drink in the moments and the breaths that He chooses to give us.

The holidays seen through the eyes of a child is magical — the awe, wonder and anticipation. :)

Sat on Santa’s lap quite a few times this year. No fear but got a tad shy or tongue-tied upon close encounter. ;P

Elf (with glowing red finger?) sighting!

Shootin’ amongst the Christmas trees.

The time we went to packet pick-up for Mommy’s big December race and got a flat tire… Testing out race swag while waiting for Daddy to rescue us. :) Bumps in the road don’t phase this one.

Post-race sweaty smiles. 3 Olympians and an elite. Which one of these does not belong? ;P Humbled and honored to get to train regularly with two of them!

Auntie Glo invited us to join them for her “Special Friends” dinner at Prestonwood. We were inspired to hear Marlana Vanhoose, a blind singer, perform.

Missed Uncles Jong and Dan — both out of the country.

Play dates never go on break. :)

Cool community coloring board at Blue House Too gallery.

Clowns are okay in your book now?

Pretty much alternated between a Santa and elf shirt all month long to get maximum wear time. Won’t fit next year for sure!

Mommy, KYLO REN!!! So? :D

School part-ay!

Christmas Eve service at WM Dallas. Missed you!

Eve dinner at Ah-Gong and Ah-Ma’s. Saw cousin Micah and was actually able to play with him this time…

First gingerbread house.

The Christmas Day {whole lotta Batman} loot! What a blessed kid.

Off to Houston for a little road trip.

From our family to yours:

Shoutout to photog Jessica Delynn. What a fun session with you and your hubs – thank you for putting up with our silliness!

More faves:

Went to the Frisco Heritage Museum for their monthly open house and turkey pardon in November.

We also toured some of the historic structures.

Mr. Turkey came with some furry friends.

Err, spiky?

Blacksmith demonstration.

Friends were in town for Thanksgiving.

Bots, bots and more bots!

We built this using a WeDo kit.

… And then zero pics on food coma day … It was nice to eat, drink and enjoy time with some family this year — it’s been awhile.

The day after, we got as far away from Black Friday madness as possible and took a day trip to Glen Rose. It’s apparently “dinosaur capital” of Texas and first stop was Dinosaur World.

Map in hand, this adventurer was ready to discover some dinosaurs!

Koi made Y think of his Mama’s pond at home. Tres Merrells. Y won a contest once by sending in a photo of his shoes dangling off Half Dome so he may enter this one. :)

His fave: T-Rex!

Child tickets came with a fossil dig and he totally dug it!

You get to choose 4 fossils to keep. He selected 4 different shark fins.

They had some animatronics and other interesting exhibit cases inside the museum.

We lunched on packed leftovers outside and played HOURS on their playground.

We left pretty much when the park closed. There was just a bit of daylight left for us to check out Dinosaur Valley State Park across the street.

Real dinosaur tracks apparently were left in this area but a pretty formidable creek stood between us and the other side. Daddy carried E across. A dad with four kids took off all their shoes and got 3 of the 4 over on separate trips. The water was chilly!

The tracks were worth seeing.

Deep heart-to-heart with daddy.

A rare introspective moment! (Actually, way past nap time, hehe. He crashed hard in the car while we drove back home).

Mommy’s friends’ gals. Token bachelor of the day. Haha.

Back to da boyz. :)

… and carry on.

It is heated times with first the election and now the preparation for the exchange of power to a new president.

There is much uncertainty. But we hold fast to Him. And pray. Not nearly enough!

Proverbs 21:1 — “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.”

For our little guy, it’s modus operandi — serious silliness all around. :) Undiscerning childhood naiveté, we’ll take some of that! Both of his wittle feet may hardly touch the ground simultaneously, but oddly, he does keep us grounded. :))

Batman got a lesson in the voting process.

First time at Festival at the Switchyard in Carrollton. All rides, games and activities were free and no lines, surprisingly. (Maybe because we went earlier in the day). E had a ton of fun.

Stumbled upon this family owned Cuban dulceria in the square with homebaked goods aplenty.

Since we were in the area, we stopped by Asia town for a new (to us) hot pot place and then coooooold patbingsu. Taiwanese snow is better. ;)

Scootering with the boys.

The Fantastic Four.

Our Heard Museum was expiring so we went one last time to see the dinosaur exhibit. Oh, did we mention that is going through a dinosaur craze? They had switched out the animatronics. The dinosaur eggs were a novelty.

Still a tad cautious of them but definitely not the fearfulness of before.

He sure knows how to scare Mama! There was a snake exhibit this time. Only Father and Son entered.

We might’ve hyped up E’s previous b-day party experience at Chuck E. Cheese so much that Uncle Dan wanted to celebrate his (along with Grandma’s) there, too.

Can’t tell who had more fun. :D

Family b-ball went down.

Two cakes for the two November babies. One would think it’s E’s birthday.

Boogie-ing with the mouse. Auntie Glo participated. :)

Then it rained tickets.

Uncle Ji (plus one) joined the festivities.

Then cuz Mommy is so nice and E was disappointed he didn’t get to play the Batman game at the location we went to and we had extra tokens (and… and… and…), we went to another one right next to his gymnastics the day after.

Nope, not tired of Chuck yet.

Wish these evening snuggles and chitchat will be a forever occurrence.

Tree Lighting #1 of 2016. Yes, in November.

Horsey ride, check!

Lego build day at the library. He found this gem and was delighted. We asked to buy it from the librarian but no can do. :P

We went to a fundraiser for the local advocacy center. The character meet n’ greet line for Paw Patrol was insane! We kind of felt sorry for Pikachu and paid for a pic. :) (Good cause, right?)

The line for Batman was long-ish, too. E said he just wanted look from afar but once we got closer, we knew he just HAD to meet him. ;P

Guess that smile was worth lost hours in this life. Hehe.

Riding into the sunset.

Oh and happy big 10 to us! Yes, we are a decade old couple. ;-P We threw around some getaway ideas but in the end decided to celebrate low-key due to some schedule conflicts and responsibilities/deadlines. Plus, we’ve got some trips to come in the next few months…