Little Helpers

I wish I could get their help like this everyday!

RODEO!!!!

Tate, Chloe, and Grant ready for the rodeo.

Chloe in her cowgirl Pettiskirt. She was so cute!!

Two cowboys.............

Chloe and Daddo looking at some animals.

Grant not looking at the camera but attentively watching the rodeo.

Me and my cousin Stephanie who came with her family to the rodeo.

We let them each ride one ride at the midway and they chose the four wheelers.

Grant take his four wheeling very seriously.........

Tired cowboy going home from a fun day at the rodeo.

This weekend we went with my family to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. The boys love all things cowboys so they were in heaven the whole day! They love walking through the barns to look at all of the animals and they enjoy every event of the rodeo. We were up close to all of the excitement which they thought was great. It was a fun weekend with my family and we love to go to the rodeo each year.

Christmas!

Our cute little snowman sat outside on the bar for most of the day.

Creative aunt Carol gave him mini snickers for eyes and a hotdog for a nose.

Not a great picture, but all three of my boys were sledding down the hill.

David and Grant are so proud of their snowman.

Joseph...aka Tate.

Chloe was Mary and Tate was Joseph. Grant was supposed to be a wiseman but he got stage fright

Tate got a real guitar from Mimi and Daddo. He loves to play guitars with his Daddo!

Chloe doesn't usually wake up early so on Christmas she was quite surprised when we were up at 6:45!

David's Papo came from Denver. Matt, Emily, and Ella came from Ft Worth.

Tate wanted a Wii for Christmas but he is just as happy with "Big Buck Hunter" that Nana and Babbo gave him.

Back at home in Austin checking out what Santa left on December 26th.

Grant opening his presents from mom and dad.

Tate's other present this Christmas.........

................................his second deer this week! He has never killed anything before and he got two deer in one week! He was SOOOOO excited!

For Christmas this year we went to Weatherford. I am so glad we did because it SNOWED all day Thursday! The boys were so happy and shocked to see snow. Weatherford hasn't had a white Christmas since I was in Kindergarten! The kids and the uncles loved playing, sledding, and building two snowmen. We came home on Christmas afternoon because David's grandfather from Denver was in town as well as Uncle Matt, Aunt Emily, and cousin Ella. We enjoyed having them come over on the day after Christmas to have brunch with us after the boys had opened their gifts from us and Santa. It was a great holiday!

December fun

Tate saw Santa in Johnson City, he finally sat on his lap alone!

This was the only way we could get Grant close to him.

Every year they decorate the PEC building with millions of lights!

Trail of Lights with friends Blake and Barrett.

....at least Brooklyn would smile for the camera.

Getting ready to decorate the gingerbread house after a bath, what was I thinking?

it was starting to lean.......

so we ate it.

Tate got what he wanted from Santa this year.....

he shot his first deer! He was SOOOOO excited!

We have been so busy this month and it has all been a blast! Tate is out of school and loving sleeping late but continues to ask "If I were at school right now, what would I be doing?" I think he might miss it just a little bit. We are heading to Weatherford in two days and will be back on Christmas night to celebrate with David's family. Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving 2009

The Pilgrims who came to our Thanksgiving (aka Chloe, Grant,& Tate)

Roasting marshmallows around the fire pit

We had a great thanksgiving in Weatherford this year. We went up on Wednesday and came back Saturday. We enjoyed seeing alot of our family and the kids loved playing at Mimi and Dado's house. Creative aunt Carol made pilgrim costumes for Tate, Grant, and Chloe and even paper mached a turkey and pie for her her pilgrim pageant that was held after we ate. David enjoyed going to my dad's ranch to hunt and finally shot a doe! He was thankful for that..... On Thursday night we went over to David's sister, Emily's house to see Ella, Matt, Nana, and Babbo. On Friday we hung around the house and that evening we made smores on my parent's fire pit and sang songs around the campfire, it was truly a Norman Rockwell picture. We are home and ready to start preparing for Christmas!

Halloween 2009

Nascar Tate

Brooklyn and Grant

waiting patiently

Did you know Jeff Gordon is friends with Colt McCoy?

Look who we found! Tate's teacher, Mrs. Haschke, lives in the neighborhood.

Halloween was great this year! Tate dressed up as a race car driver and Grant was a builder (however if you asked him he really wanted to be a monster!) Our friends, the Reaves, came over and went with us. Most of the neighbors were out either in their culdesacs or their front yard so it was easy for the kids. Tate and Barrett ran ahead of us to get as much candy as they could and Brooklyn and Grant walked with the parents and enjoyed seeing all of the spooky halloween decorations. It was a fun night and I think the kids really enjoyed it!

Fall Fun

We went to Marble Falls to the Sweet Berry Farms pumpkin patch this weekend. We had never been and were excited to go. However, when we got there most of Austin and the surrounding towns had made the journey there as well. There were hardly any pumpkins to buy (they were mostly the broken ones with flies swarming around them) but we enjoyed the hay ride and the boys loved the round bales of hay to climb on. It was a fun trip regardless of the crowds and we hope to do it again next year....maybe on a weekday, though.