Christmas

Let the Christmas season begin.  In Austin that means a trip to the trail of lights.  Since we discovered the early bird tickets that let you in an hour before the trail opens to the public it has actually become a fun evening. 

 YES --- it was warm enough that night we were able to walk the trail in our shirt sleeves.  Gotta love Christmas in Texas. 

 It really is pretty with the Zilker Park tree in the background.

 Of course, as the sign indicates, it is a HOLIDAY tree.  Don't make the mistake of calling it a Christmas tree. 

 JD was a shepperd in the little nativity pageant we had at church.

The children were all very cute.  They each said their part and then sang Away in the Manger.  My piano accompaniment had a few missed notes but I'm getting better.

JD visited  with Ralph Melgosa dressed as Santa.  It didn't fool JD one bit - he knew right away that Ralph was not the REAL Santa.  He played along anyway so I could get a photo.