Holidays 2012

Well I am having issues downloading photos at the moment so I will at least give a recap of our holidays since it has been 2 1/2 months since my last entry!  I will add pics when I can.

Halloween was fun this year.  We went to a carnival in our neighborhood then over to a friends for a hay ride and trick or treating.  Rylee dressed up as Merida (the new Disney character from the movie Brave).  She insisted on having the red curly wig however she only wore it for a total of 10 minutes!  JP dressed up as Spiderman.  He has been into Spiderman since the summer and is still all about him! 

Thanksgiving we went to Comfort.  This was our 4th year to go and we love having this tradition for the kids.  There is a parade on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and a festival called "Christmas in Comfort".  For such a small town it is a pretty big deal.  The parade was the highlight however the kids really enjoy the face painting, petting zoo and just recently seeing Santa!  Funny how Rylee was literally terrified of Santa for 5 years and all of the sudden is his BFF!  :)  We enjoyed our visit and look forward to making even more memories each Thanksgiving! 

I just love Christmas! It is my most favorite time of year.  We had a chance to catch up with all of our relatives and partake lots of holiday cheer. Our elf Bizzle came back to visit this year and had lots of tricky new hiding places.  Rylee and Parker had fun each morning trying to see who could find him first.  The kids are spoiled to say the least ;)  They both got everything on their list so they must have been "nice" this year!  We are definitely in clean out and organization mode now.  And when I say we I mean I!  ha ha  They are lucky little kids and I tried very hard this year to teach them how blessed they are and how not everyone is...   I want the kids to love Christmas as much as I do but I really hope as the kids get older we can instill in them that the gift of kindness and giving is much greater than it is to receive.


New things that have happened...

-Rylee has lost 3 teeth already!  2 top and 1 bottom.  It is amazing how much it changes her smile.  Makes me sad :( She is growing up too fast.

-We got a puppy!  Yes we are crazy.  Her name is Luca and we adopted her from the shelter.  We do not know her breed however we believe she will be a mid size dog. The vet says Heeler and Boarder Collie but I have no clue.  She was 3 months old when we got her in October so I assume she is around 5 or 6 months old now. She is super sweet and super smart.  She is already using the doggie door and hasn't had any accidents in a month!  Only when she gets excited ;)  We love her and I am actually glad I caved.  The kids had been asking for a year!

-Rylee joined Daisy Scouts this fall.  She really enjoys it and feel free to hit us up for some Girl Scout cookies ha ha ha. 

-Parker man had his first visit to the dentist.  He did amazing!  He even let them do a cleaning which is not typical for the first appointment but since he was willing they said lets do it!  Both kids actually had exams and cleanings and had great reports! 

-We went to the Texans game mid November with our friends Scott and Kaycee.  We had a blast!!!  Not only did they win but we got to be on tv!  We didn't even realize it until all of our friends started texting us and sending us clips!  So cool!

-Mommy broke her tail bone :(  I took Rylee ice skating the week before Christmas and within the first 5 minutes on the ice WHAP, I feel and broke my bum.  I didn't realize it until the next day when I went to get an x-ray.  All I can say is NOT the bone you want to break!  UGH.  So I have been a little slow these days which isn't the worst thing.  I am usually 100 miles a minute so maybe I needed something to force me to slow down.  Now I am ready for it to heal so I can get back to my GO GO GO life style I am accustom to. :)

Last but not least I want to give a HUGE shout out to my AMAZING husband!  Thank you Adam for working so hard and providing for our family.  2012 has been a huge success for you and I am so proud of you...more than you know!  You are such a wonderful dad and our kids are lucky to have you :)  I love you and honestly don't know what I would do without you.  We are truly blessed.

I hope that everyone has a great 2013 and thank you for keeping up with "Our Family".  One of my resolutions this year is to keep up with my blog more ;) 

Slacker Blogger

I feel like such a slacker with this blog lately! It is crazy how busy this time of year is. The kids are both doing great in their schools and are each signed up for 1 physical activity (dance & soccer).  Rylee has gotten a smiley sticker for good conduct each day so far and is reading and completing her daily homework with little to no help.  Parker has received compliments on his behavior also and is learning the sounds of the alphabet.  I am so proud of  their good behavior at school but wonder why it changes the second they get in my car ;)  I am sure I will leave some things out but here is what we have been up to in September.

We went to Comfort for Labor Day weekend.  This first picture is from Dad and Sherry's river lot.  It is beautiful!  We had fun floating and kayaking in the river but I think the kids still need a few years before they can really enjoy/appreciate it. 

Do I even need to comment on this??

The kids LOVE Poppy's tractor!

Parker has had 2 soccer games so far this season.  These photos were taken in the first 5 minutes of the first game so it LOOKS like he is enjoying it.  Looks can be deceiving though!  ha ha  He has pretty much cried the whole time through both games :(   I am talking middle of the field, hunched over, tears streaming.  ugh.  He does good at practice so I think he is just overwhelmed by it all.  I also think maybe he is a little on the young side to have been signed up however we will stick with it and try to find a way to help him have fun.  He has a double header this Saturday so we have been talking a lot about it and maybe a little bribing too! ha ha Whatever works at this point though right???

 

Such a funny little guy. He really is such an angel these days. He is my side kick as Adam would say. I feel so lucky to be blessed with such a sweet monkey!!!

The big news this month has been the visit Rylee received from the tooth fairy!  She has been asking over and over for the past 6 months when would she get a loose tooth.  Well once she did it only took about 2 weeks for it to look like this.

The next day Rylee and I were going downtown to see Beauty and the Beast at the Hobby Center.  She was going to be spending the night at Nonnie and Pop Pop's that night and I was all worried I would miss her losing her 1st tooth.  So that morning dad decided to try to pull it just one more time and.... out it popped!  Can you believe the tooth fairy pays $5 for a first tooth these days????  I think I got a quarter ;)

I LOVE this picture.  I will keep it forever!!!

Granna was our date at the "fancy" restaurant.