SANTA - I know him!

Making Gingerbread Houses!!!!

The kids did a great job and loved this fun activity!


Everyone smiling during the building. Little Nicole was a riot - she would climb all over the table to get to the candy. She is adorable. (from the left -Creighton, Emma, Brinley, Alexa, Christopher, Nicholas, Nicole, Madison and Whitaker)


Brinley saying cheese and working hard with Whitaker on not putting the candy in their mouths but on their houses



Finally - got Creighton situated with candy and cupcakes and of course a big cup of milk. He loved sitting at the end of the table and watching all the activity

Nicholas and his "ghetto"bread house - it was great and Christine brought the peeps trees, reindeer and snowmen that made all the houses look cuter!! This is Nicole figuring out which jelly bean she likes.

We are thankful this Holiday Season for our friends who love us and love growing up with us! It is so much more fun to do it with fun friends and cool moms!!!

Ski Trip to Red River!!!

This was our view from our front porch of the house. Totally a blast!!! We drove down on Wednesday to Amarillo and then the rest of the way on Thursday. All three kids were great in the car!!! I had books on CD that I got from Scholastic - if you take road trips this is awesome!!! They listen to all of them and loved it!!!

I thought it would be fun to get a picture of all three kids in matchy-matchy clothes so much for that!!!



Snowball fight!! Whitaker had been wanting to have one and the snow was too powdery so while we were climbing up the hill behind the Claim Jumper sign Greg put together some hard snowballs! Brinley clearly hated it. She did not like the snow touching her face, hands, feet - she would start crying!




The first morning we got there we did snow angels in the untouched snow next to us. Yes that is me laying down doing one too. KK got the kids some fun skiing hats!!!




Creighton on the front porch - he pretty much did not leave this area, front porch and the house. He like being carried around and walking around the cabin and front porch but the minute you put all the clothes on him, he felt tied down and did not feel comfortable walking around. In the other picture, Whitaker climbed this humongo pile of snow. Whitaker loved the snow, he would just be walking by it and just throw himself in it.It was hilarious!!! We could be walking and I would push him in the snow and he would laugh. When we got back I asked him if he was happy to be home and he said "No I want to go back skiing and playing in the snow." Greg asked him the same thing that night at bedtime and he said "NO I want to go back and ski."


Ski School!!! The Pizza Boy (snowplow aka pizza for young kids) wanted to ski all morning and then go down with Daddy in the afternoon!! He could not get enough of this. He mastered the lift. On our last day his instructor let him and his friend that he met at ski school ride by themselves and we watched from a distance. So as I was somewhat thinking he was going to fall out of the lift and into the snow he did not - and then came the dismount from the lift and he did great- did not fall - skied over to the right and wa-la stayed on his feet!! We were all very excited for him as that is the worst part of skiing for me at least - the fear of falling off the lift and having to stop it for everyone!!



KK came with us and hangout at the cabin with Creighton - she was awesome cooked and hung out - what a grandma!


Here is the first day with his instructor on the lift and skiing


Daddy, Creighton and Brinley in all their gear

Turkey Trot!!!

This year was a small crowd for us at the Turkey Trot but it was still fun. Whitaker and Gayle went at a 8 minute - mile pace and Lisa and I and Creighton and Brinley were at a 11 minute mile pace. Doug was between all of us and Greg was at home sick with flu stuff! Yuck!!

State Fair of Texas

STATE FAIR COTTON CANDY AND CORN DOGS

State Fair Cotton Candy and Corn Dogs and Cowboys barely winning - that is a good Sunday

Skating at the Stars Center in Frisco!

We spent a Sunday afternoon skating at the Frisco Stars Center. Brinley and Christopher and Christine and I loved it! Whitaker and Nicholas loved it also when they discovered they could skate with the pretty girls - bye bye Mommy!

Halloween - Trick or Treat!

3rd Annual Spaghetti and Trick or Treat Time!

What another fun time with friends. I made a big pot of spaghetti we ate until the kids were pulling at us to go trick or treating and then off we went in our neighborhood! What a great casual fun stroll through the neighborhood!

Whitaker was Buzz Lightyear - Brinley was Tinkerbell and Creighton was Mickey! And he was a great sport about the ears n the head!


This is Matt and Margaret - She is a seamstress and made these- They are the swine Flu! Hilarious

These are our friends who joined us that night.

An the Little people!

A couple of days before we went to Prestonwood to do their festival


Then we did the Stonebriar Festival! Can a mom get better use of all these costumes!!! Love it!!

Cutest (nonwalking) Mickey Mouse ever! He is 14 months and just recently figured out he would walk if he wants too - but please - why do that?!?!?!

Picking up Trash!!!!

Today the LCA Volleyball team picked up trash along our portion of the road on Legacy! It took us 2 hours to walk 2 miles and pick up about 10 bags of trash. We stopped at the Fire Station to get more trash bags! It was alot of fun and good for us to get out of comfy cozy pj's on an Early Saturday morning and serve our community.




Brinley a little volleyball player in the making. She walked with us for the first mile and then daddy came and saved her! She was a trooper