A fun pic from November!

It's very rare these days to get a picture of Bill and I together and even rarer that he acts goofy. So while we tried to get family pics taken by my sister she managed to get this. LOVE. IT.

Upward basketball

In November, we signed P up for Upward basketball. We heard about it through some good friends at church. It was a super quick decision to sign him up too....all of like 15 minutes because it was the last night. He's enjoyed practices thus far on Monday evenings and had a good time. Today was his first game and he had been dreading it ALL week. NERVOUS...pretty much sums it up. Today, however, he faced his fears and played the game. He even got the ball and was able to dribble! He even got to shoot it, but it was in the other team's goal! He did very well for his very first time playing basketball. Bill and I are so proud of him!

Lots of smiles kind of day

Such a handsome boy...filled with a lot of giggles today!
That face so precious and her smile is contagious!
Parker got out his Explorabook tonight before bed. So we played a bit by bending light waves.

This was such a fun activity! One I'm sure they'll do tomorrow again for Daddy and Chloe!

Almost a year!?

A mustache kind of night for my boys!
First off, Wow it's been nearly a year since my last post! Happy New Year! A few pics of the last couple weeks. Our tree...never did get to sit and enjoy a movie with the fireplace on. Oh well! I wasn't near as stressed as years past and that was delightful.
The kiddos playing on their "jumpy" on Christmas Eve! Love that they will stop for a couple minutes to appease me and my photography habits.
This girl...where do I start! The Monday before Christmas she decided to start potty training. All. on. her. own. She's been doing great! She even stays dry at night. That makes me so happy because her brothers still wet and wear pull-ups at night. So to have her do both makes me exstatic!

She has also been dabbling in dress up lately. She wants to dress up like her cousin Morgan, but once she gets it all on it only last a couple minutes. She LOVES shoes though....gets that from her Mama.
And that baby goes EVERYWHERE with her! To the gym, to Walmart, and even to bed! That baby is the ONLY baby she will play with. She's a baby snob...she does have other babies (that are neglected!) lol
And again with bed head, but those eyes and smile make this mama melt!

Some Dollar Tree fun

Magnifying glass for Parker-$1
Magnifying glass for Cole-$1
entertainment and the belly laughs provided by the magnifying glasses- PRICELESS!!!!

Long time no blogging=randomness

Yet another snow day today...oh and tomorrow too!

Made some Valentine cookies today...so yummy! I'm finding it hard to say NO when I see them just sitting there on the counter.
Busy at work on their masterpieces.

Sledding yesterday afternoon when Daddy got home. School was dismissed 2 hours early because of the snow. The roads were super slick. Luckily, Parker's bus got him home safely and nearly on time. Some buses didn't make it in other neighborhoods.
On Thursday we celebrated 8 years of marriage! Spent the day together doing much of nothing, but we were together. Finished the day with dinner at Longhorn as a family and then came home for cake and ice cream. Thanks to Cole or Parker who took this photo to document our day.
Last weekend Parker had his first pine wood derby race for Boy Scouts. Here he is working on his car. Silly Mom forgot the camera for the derby and had to use my cell for pics.
Chloe's first outing in the snow...a week or so ago. Again another snow day, but this time we were able to go play out in it as it was more than an inch or two. She loves the snow! Especially sledding down the street!

She's a silly girl!