Snow Day part 2

Lots and lots of snow = lots and lots of pictures!! It has been so beautiful and so much fun. Just crazy unbelievable. I believe we got about 8 inches.

Around 4pm yesterday

Our wee little snowman. We didn't put a whole lot of effort into it!!

Remember my tee early in the morning?...
This was about 6pm.

Looking down our street

Snow angels

My attempt at a group picture...didn't work so well.

Never thought we'd see THIS on our street.

What goes around comes around! The boys were making snow angels and Olivia got Cody with a giant snowball.

Blake and our neighbor Olivia with their snowman

Its hard to understand how much snow we got without being here. You can see how far Blake's foot is down in the snow. There were places I would step that it would be above my ankles.

We walked down to the neighborhood park--the baby pool was frozen!

Snow day!!!! (again!!)

We got a TON of snow today!!! It started around 2 am and still hasn't stopped. We've easily gotten 4-5 inches...I think some places in the area are going to get up to 12!! The boys did have school today, but it is cancelled tomorrow. Unfortunately it is very very wet, and the road will be horrid tomorrow. But it sure is fun now!!! It's just unbelievable!

This is definitely my favorite picture in a long time!! My sweet Blake posing so nicely for a picture--then check out Cody in the background...ready to chunk a snowball at Blake!!

Working on a snowman

I wanted a way to see how much snow we were getting. I set the boys' tball tee in the backyard at about 8 this morning. This picture was then....

...and this one was at about 3pm!!! And it's steady coming down hard still!!

More pics later I'm sure!

Visit to the Fort Worth Livestock Show and Children's Museum

Mom and I took the boys to the Ft Worth Children's museum and the livestock show a few weeks ago. They really enjoyed the museum--there are lots of neat hands-on things for them to explore and do.

Blake digging for dinosaur bones


Looking at all the cows--it took some convincing to get them to turn their back to this big cow!!

The cowboys posing with Mimi

One year

Yesterday marked one year since Cody's surgery. As I sat and looked at him last night while we watched Spongebob (what a moment, right?), I couldn't help but think how extremely lucky we are to have such happy healthy children. I see all these blogs with children that are so sick, and parents that have endured so much; it makes me truly appreciate how lucky we are. Those few days were the scariest we've ever had. The thought that that big "ball" in his tummy might be something that would take him from us was the most terrifying experience I've ever had. I thank God for my beautiful babies and every moment we have with them. They grow so fast.

Cody's surgery

Happy New Year!!!

Mom watched the boys for us New Years Eve so we could go out and celebrate! We hadn't gone out for New Years since before the boys were born, so it was a wonderful treat! We went and saw Avatar New Years Eve afternoon (very very good...I recommend it!), then checked into our sweet room at the Omni. We went for dinner with some friends then out to Fort Worth! It was great fun!

Happy 2010 to everyone!!! I hope you all have a wonderful, happy, safe year!! 2009 was a doozie...let's start this decade off right!!!
Love you all!!!!

Christmas Day (part 2)

Once we were done at home, we packed up and headed to Waco for Christmas day with Tadd's family. The boys were pumped to see everyone, and we looked forward to eating lots and lots of Nandy's yummy dinner. Papaw and Nandy had us all take pictures when we walked in and I'm so glad! I always say I want to get pictures of everyone and we never do. Our family pic turned out so good!!

Blake, Collin, and Cody

All the cousins...Taylor, Kylee, and Morgan, then Blake, Collin, and Cody. The girls will be 12 at the end of February, and Kylee is 10. Collin will be 7 in April. They are growing so fast. We debated sticking Trish's belly in the picture, since cousin #7 (a girl!!!) will be arriving in late May!!

The cousins with their DSs.

The only downside of our whole Christmas holiday was when Blake burned his hand Christmas evening. Tadd's mom was making his favorite, macaroni and cheese, and what I think happened is that he put his hand on top of the stove to look in the pot. They have a flat stove, so he just didn't know that it would be hot. :( Poor baby. It happened so fast, no one could stop him. He burned it pretty good. Blisters popped up on all 5 fingers, the heel of his hand, and on the fleshy part below his fingers.
It's all healed well now...he's still wearing a bandage to school because the skin below his fingers is still very fresh, but hopefully by the end of the week he'll be all better. Poor Blakey.

Merry Christmas!!! (part 1)

The boys woke up bright and early to see what Santa had delivered. They were very happy to discover their DSs, some games, Webkinz, and some pjs! There were a few mentions of why their piles were so small, but we explained to them that Santa can only fit a few things for each child in his sleigh! Guess we can't really tell them Santa can only afford so much!!!!
Mommy scored some gorgeous diamond studs from wonderful Daddy. The boys also had a holiday store at their school. They were each given money to spend there, and each one picked out a gift for mommy, daddy, and their brother. So sweet!!! I got a heart ring from Cody and a heart necklace from Blake. Tadd got a cool dad pen from Cody and a #1 Dad ornament from Blake. Then they bought each other a toy airplane! The same toy! Coincidence?

Checking out the loot.

Blake's airplane from Cody.

Cody doing some filming while Daddy opened his gifts.

Santa also left us quite a bit of snow to play in! After we opened gifts, we bundled up and headed out to play! We tried to build a snowman, but it was too powder-y. It was so pretty!! But SO cold!!!

Let it snow let it snow let it snow!!!

It was so so incredible to get snow on Christmas Eve and Christmas day!!! Neither Tadd or I had ever had a white Christmas, and the boys were absolutely ecstatic.

Here are some Christmas Eve pictures. Mom came over and we had a very yummy Christmas Eve dinner as we prepared for Santa's arrival. The boys went out in the ankle deep snow and sprinkled food for the reindeer so they could energize while Santa delivered. Then we laid out our cookies and milk and headed off to bed!!