Santa Baby!

Santa. . . I can explain! That should have been what my children would say to Santa this year! This was our 5th year to see this wonderful Santa Claus. He has always been at Stonebriar Mall, but this year he is appearing at the new outside mall in Allen. If you need to look him up, more information can be found at http://www.thevillageatallen.com/. They had a very pretty large tree that had lights that blinked with the music, real reindeer and a spot for the kids to drop off letters to Santa. We met our friends the Cutler's and then went and had a fun dinner. Hope everyone is well and enjoying the season. (On a another note, I am writing this because we are home today for a snow/sleet day. Last night it started coming down and I think we had something like 97 accidents around the metroplex. Pretty crazy. FISD had a two-hour delay and then they decided to have a full-day closing. The kids had fun being lazy and playing and watching the snow come down. Trevor's X-mas program was cancelled, but is postponed to Wed.) Everyone stay warm and stay well! Love, Susan

Some Recent Pics of the Kiddos

Well, it's been awhile since I've blogged, so I thought I put up a few recent pictures of the kiddos. These really show their personality and how silly my children are-and how very cute! Hope everyone is having a great holiday season.

Big Orange Pumpkin Farm 2008

We finally got out to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm this year. We got there on November 1st and it actually worked out perfectly because it wasn't very crowded. Trevor had literally been talking about seeing the animals since June and we had to tell them they were sleeping. When I finally mentioned that it was Fall and we would be going to the Pumpkin Patch, he jumped up and screamed "The animals are waking up!!" Too funny. The Cutler's joined us and the kids got to play and run around while the mommies ran around and took pictures! Enjoy!

Too Cute to Spook!!

Happy Halloween 2008! My little goblins had such a fun night of trick-or-treating and I hope your family had fun too. We started the night off with pizza and appetizers at Sonny, Rich & Zachary's house. Then we went out and trick-or-treated in the neighborhood. It was funny to see Trevor in action, because this year he really got into it. And I think Skylar looked especially beautiful! Enjoy some pictures!

We are the Dinosaurs!! Glen Rose, TX. July 2008

What a fun time at the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, TX. This is a beautiful state park that was once inhabited by some of the biggest creatures God ever made. . . dinosaurs!! We had a super time with the Cutler's -looking at dino prints, hiking, having a picnic table lunch, and swimming in the local watering hole. Then right when we were about to leave, Mimi, Judy and the cousins met us. We went to the Dino Museum across the street. They have life size dinos to view and an area where the kids got to do a real fossil dig. Everyone had a super time and we can't wait to go back-although we'll go when it is much cooler.

Let's Bowl, Let's Bowl, Let's Rock N' Roll!!

Skylar earned a free Strikz card for selling some passbooks as a school fundraiser and we went bowling! The kids loved it. They had videos playing on big screens at the end of the lanes (Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers and the like) and Skylar was dancing like crazy. I really do have to get that on video-it's pretty hilarious. Anyway, they did well and Trevor actually picked up his ball and tried to bowl. (When we went bowling last summer with Aunt Amanda & Preston all he wanted to do was stand by "his" ball and guard it!! HA HA) Hope everyone is well-

My Dancing Queen!!

RoughRider Game to Celebrate Preston's 7th Birthday!

We joined the Cutler's for the last RoughRider game of the season for a little fun, but also to help celebrate Preston's 7th birthday. We had lawn seats so the kiddos could move around and Preston got to be a junior announcer at the game. Got some pictures of his name on the jumbo-tron as well as some pictures from when he was on the field announcing. Very cool!

Preston's Name on the Big Screen Preston as Junior Announcer
Trevor, Skylar & Preston
Skylar and Daddy (Is she a Daddy's girl, or what??)
Skylar & Trevor

Celebrate Smith!!

Every Friday, the children at Smith Elementary have a pep-rally where they say the pledge, sing songs and celebrate a great week of school. This past Friday August 29th was the Kindergartener's first Celebrate Smith. It was alot of fun and Trevor enjoyed finding "sister" in the big crowd. Enjoy some pictures!

Principal Kimball addresses the children.

It was like "Where's Waldo"!! Can you find Skylar?

Can you find Maggie?
Lydia waves as her class sits down.
Trevor on Tanya's shoulders trying to find Skylar in the crowd-he finally did and was so excited!