Superbowl Sunday

Male bonding time.

Colton is 3!!!

I can't believe my baby is 3... he has really grown up these past couple months. It has really been fun to hear his vocabulary and sentences develop. It is also great that he will actually entertain himself now (only when he wants to of course.) Happy Birthday buddy!

Colton with his birthday cake, sister, and pals.

We took a video of him blowing out the candles - so this is a pic right after.

Arggg it's a pirate ship... Colton's reaction: "this is awesome!"
Thanks J and the 4 C's. He loves it.

No shortage of help here : )

Winter in Texas

Colton loves watching it snow...

"Super-Julia!"

My kids LOVE balloons; if they could only muster up the power to blow them up themselves...

Snow in Texas = ghetto snowgear!

Our snow-family; I didn't take this picture until a couple hours after they were built and they had started to melt... notice all the charcoal "eyes" on the ground.

Cousin's New Year's eve party...

Julia, Colton, Evelyn, and Brady partying like rockstars... glow necklaces, candy, and movies.
Oh, I forgot to mention mini-cookies... that ended up being used as ammunition in their version of the alamo that they re-enacted during this little shin-dig.

Chrismas in Texas

Nica Grandma and Omar came for Christmas. We had a great time and it was wonderful having

a great cook in the house during the Holidays!

Here they are making Bread; Julia loves this tradition.

Colton enjoying his mini-loaf.
Chrismas eve dinner (shrimp cocktail, baked brie, lasagne, salad, cheese/garlic bread.)

Christmas eve - after dinner the kiddos opened a couple presents (new pj's, pillows w/fun cases, and a book - things we could use at bedtime but not all clothes

as to save me from much whining.)

November - MN and Julia's birthday

We spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Minnesota. It was also a lot of fun to be able to enjoy Julia's birthday during our trip. Pizza, DQ cake, and lots of family made a great day for my

5 year old girl!

Brotherly love.

We were lucky to get lots of nice snow during our trip. I wouldn't call the temperatures "nice" but the snow was. Here are cousins enjoying some good old fashioned snowball fights...

Angels making snow-angels.

Sweet Colton eating his snowball.

Daddy and Julia wrestling in the snow.

Michael is a great sport playing with the kiddos in the snow - I wuss out much sooner.

Evelyn! I love this pic of my sweet niece.

Cocoa and a hot bath were necessary after those temps!

The girls having a sleepover. Sweet, sleeping babies.

Halloween

There is so much to do out here at Halloween - the kiddos love it and probably think Halloween is a month-long celebration. Here Julia is a pink fairy and Colton is a firemen and we are with friends at the city-sponsored "safety-town" trick-or-treating.

Colton at a playgroup Halloween activity.

Julia at the playgroup activity.

Siblings at the pumpkin patch - it was a very warm, autumn day.