Christmas in San Angelo

Santa found us way out in west Texas and brought plenty of gifts. Robbie and Jack both got mini mp3 players, Jack got a Leapster and Robbie got a ton of princess dress-up amongst a myriad of other things.

Grandma reading stories before bed

Robbie's jammies were mine when I was little :)

Look at all those presents!!

Listening to music

Playing the Leapster in Time Out

So he REALLY loves me!!

Or I'm just really annoying but I got to open one present early and it was this:


I'm SOOO excited!! If you know me at all, you know how much I love coffee. I've been wanting to try the Dunkin Donuts coffee since they started marketing it but just never have (and who wants to challenge Starbucks!?) so I open up my present and it's that orange and pink bag!! Big deal, right? Not to me! Well, the bag said 'whole beans' and I was so disappointed because I was REALLY wanting to try it and we don't have a grinder and I thought he picked up the wrong bag at the store. So then Nath tells me to open up the box and in it was a Cuisinart bean grinder!! YAY!! I'm beyond excited!!

Wow, Christmas already?!?!

Sooo much to catch up on! We've been so busy with visiting pumpkin patches to Halloween, then the end of Jack's baseball season and their party, Thanksgiving feasts with trips all over Texas and now it's time for Santa to visit. I'll try to be as brief but thorough as I can.

Every year we try to go to a holiday festival they have in North Richland Hills (the next town over) and the kids have a blast. This year they held it at NRH2O (a huge waterpark) and had a snow hill the kids slid on with inner-tubes...sadly, they flew down so fast I couldn't even snap a picture! But we did get a pretty good family shot at one of the backdrops they set up.

The Saturday night after Thanksgiving we went to our friend's Drew & Holly's so the kids could play with their son Wally and we could catch up. We even snuck in a game of Rock Band and the kids LOVED IT! Robbie was helping Mr. Stephen on drums...

and here she is on vocals...look for the tour coming soon!

Jack's class had a Thanksgiving feast and dressed up as either Pilgrims or Indians.

He was very excited to be an Indian.

Modeling hats from aunt Becky

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If you helped Jack out by purchasing some of his fundraiser goodies, you'll be happy to know that he sold just enough to go on a LIMO RIDE!! It was the cutest thing--it took them to the McDonald's down the road and they all had Happy Meals.

He was more than excited...thank you all who helped him out!!

Jack's last baseball game of the season...and it was COLD!!

Fall 2008 N.A.Y.A. D-Backs

Halloween!!

A pirate and a princess (Cinderella, to be exact!)

At another festival in NRH...it was about 75 degrees that afternoon!!

Jack's first class fieldtrip and mommy went to to help chaperon a bunch of Kindergarteners.

We went to a pumpkin patch that also had a petting zoo.

Robbie and I went with our friends Rachelle and Morgan and our MOMS Club to a pumpkin patch also. She loved the baby goats and playing with Morgan...they're two peas in a pod!

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Thanks!!

Six Flags!!

A great friend of mine had a few extra tickets to Six Flags a few weekends ago

(she's a season ticket holder so she gets them free periodically) so on a whim we

decided to go. Jack's been before last fall with a friend and it's been a few years since

Nathan and I were there. The kids had a blast and we did too. We stayed until well after

dark and we could hardly walk anymore. We took it easy on the first few rides but

ended up riding some pretty scary ones (to me at least!!) And Jack rode his first rollercoaster!!

Me and the kids on the Looney Tunes ride

Sadly, this ride was a little too much for me!! Man, I'm getting old!!

Robbie LOVED the swings!!

Hot air balloon ferris wheel

With their prizes from the midway that ended up costing about $42

This was the scariest thing...it takes you WAAAAAY up and then drops you down.

You don't realize how high up it really is!!

And we saved the carousel for last

Baseball pics, as promised

Daddy took Jack to his last baseball game so Mommy and Robbie could go to a craft fair and he took some great pictures. He's really getting better at hitting but outfield is still a struggle...he just can't resist the dirt!!

Waiting for our girl...

No, not us but my great friends (who also happen to be my aunt and uncle) are going through the process of adopting a baby girl from Kyrgyzstan. It is a very expensive process and she is selling her wares and photography services (in Minnesota!) to help differ the cost. I just added her blog to my blog list so go check her out and help their family. Can't wait for my newest little cousin to be here!! http://waitingforthegirl.blogspot.com/