Cold = Fire

We made our first fire of the season, and everyone seemed to like it.  Notice Bethany has her "night-night" in hand.  She has to have her blankets to go to bed...not really any particular blanket, so that's good.

Rudy enjoying the fire.

College Football

All our Christmas decorations are up, and it's really starting to feel like winter!  This picture was taken a few weeks ago when it wasn't so cold.  The kids always have fun jumping in the leaves at my parents' house.

Yesterday we got to go to the Tech/Baylor game with Aaron's parents.  It was fun (especially since we were in a suite at Cowboys Stadium).  Too bad Texas Tech lost!

Here's our Christmas lights and decorated tree :)

Our Favorite Movie

We watch the movie Cars daily, and the kids LOVE when the airplanes fly across the sky at the end.  You can hear Zachary screaming like a girl!

Memories

I can't sleep.  I've been thinking about my Grandma Hodges, and I feel bad because I miss her.  How can you miss somebody who is still alive?  Because of Alzheimer's Disease, I feel like she's already gone.  I was just looking through some old pictures...Grandma Hodges was the best cook, and I think having family meals together was one of her favorite things to do.  We would always take a picture at the table together like this one taken a little over 5 years ago.

This picture was taken 3 years ago on Thanksgiving.

I hope you all have a blessed holiday season, and remember to enjoy the time you have with your families.  I'm truly thankful for mine!

Happy Family

We took some family pictures the other day.  I really like the one of the kids...

Feast

We're now officially on our Thanksgiving break!  It's time for colder weather :)

We had our Thanksgiving Feast at school today.  Doesn't Zachary look excited?

Daddy came to eat lunch with us.

Bethany and Zachary's class performing some turkey songs.

LEGOLAND

This morning we got to meet Baby Stratton!  Congrats to April and Justin on the newest addition to their family.

Our next stop was to Legoland at Grapevine Mills.  We got to watch legos being made, go for a ride, and play with lots of Legos.

The kids with Dirk!

The "Lego" Texas Rangers

Bethany found a dog to sit on.

And of-course Zachary found a slide!

Zoo Day

The kids went to the zoo with Aaron's parents last Saturday.  Zachary and Bethany LOVE elephants, so I'm sure they enjoyed seeing them!  They also got to ride the train, which is a favorite.  We live close to the railroad tracks, which means we see the "choo-choo" often!  Thank you, Papa and Gigi, for a fun day.

Our Weekend

I thought I'd share some pictures of what Aaron's been working on whenever we have free weekends.  Our friends bought some land about a year ago, and there's a creek that runs through it.  The guys have been planning to build this bridge that will be wide enough to drive the four-wheelers across.

You can kinda see the four cables going from one side to the other.  Now they have to put the wood planks on, which will probably take some time.

Here I am trying to get the hang of the dirt bike!

 And a picture of the kids...they were acting silly on the way to church.

Not much going on!

I don't have any new pictures to share, so I guess it has calmed down around here.  I've already got quite a bit of Christmas shopping done, and I'm ready to start listening to Christmas music!  I'll try to hold off until Thanksgiving though.  My friend posted this on facebook the other day...I thought it was funny!

I know most people look at my blog to see the kids, but since I don't have anything recent, I'll leave you with a video from a couple of weeks ago.  This was a Sunday afternoon when it was much warmer outside :)

24 Months

I forgot to give updates from Bethany and Zachary's 2 year checkup.  Bethany weighs 25 pounds, she's 34 7/8 inches long, and her head is 19 3/8 inches (pretty big for a girl).  Zachary weighs 26.5 pounds, he's 34 1/8 inches long, and his head is 18 7/8 inches.  They got flu shots, and we don't have to go back for another "well baby" appointment until they're 3 years old!

Here's the end of our Halloween pictures from last night.  We went around Aaron's parents' neighborhood for about an hour.  The kids seemed to enjoy it.

Running through streamers in a neighbor's yard.

 Ready to go trick-or-treating!

Haisley joined us this year :)