Santa Visit

Santa made his yearly visit to the preschool on December 6th. They kids were ready with their special requests.

Sarah asked Santa for a webkinz.

John asked Santa for a Webkinz and some Pokemon trading cards.John and Sarah sitting on Santa's Lap.

Matthew was in his daddy's arms. He refused to speak to or sit on Santa's lap.

Debbie

Thanksgiving in Oklahoma City

Over the week of Thanksgiving this year, we traveled (by car) to Oklahoma. Our kids had the entire week off from school so we made a vacation out of our trip. We first traveled to Tulsa where Jim's parents live. We spent several days at their house visiting friends etc. While we were in OK, Jim and I traveled to Norman for an OU football game. We went to the OU/TT game on Saturday November 22nd. This was a great game despite the cold weather. This was the first game that we had attended in many years.

After spending several days in Tulsa, we made the trek to OKC. The main reason for our travels was my sister's wedding. She got married on November 29th. We had a great time.

Here are some highlights.....The Girls...Tiffani, Sarah, Kim

Sarah Kissing Aunt Kim

Kim and Debbie


Matthew hiding underneath Kyle's Legs


Kim teasing Matthew


John kissing Kim

John and Sarah exiting wedding

Kim and Kelly

Mom and Dad with Kim

Relaxing after the wedding by watching Sooner football

Debbie

Matthew's Fun in the Tub

Matthew loves to play in the tub. Each night while Daddy is washing his hair, he asks for his hair to be styled in a mohawk or spikey. Tonight was a spikey night. As you can clearly see, it has been too long since his last hair cut. His hair is so long. Enjoy,
Debbie

Mommy's Got a New Pair of Boots....

and Sarah too. Don't we look just smashing in our new boots.

With Love,
Debbie

Mom, I AM NOT tired.

Today when I picked Matthew up from school, he was not very nice in the car. I explained to him that when we got home he was going to take a nap. He insisted to me that "HE WAS NOT TIRED". I opted not to argue with him. When we arrived home, he asked me for his favorite lunch - a peanut butter and jelly roll up. While he was eating his lunch, I decided to put away some stuff upstairs. It became very quiet downstairs and at this point, I decided that I should check on him. This is what I found....

He fell asleep cuddling napkins on the kitchen table. As you can see, his roll up is half eaten and no longer on his plate. We are at that very hard, in-between stage with him these days. If he doesn't take a nap he is unbearable, and if he does take a nap he stays up too late at night and the cycle starts over again the next day. This too shall pass.

How Could it Be?

Happy Birthday Sarah!!! We love you.

How did six years already pass? I cannot believe that we celebrated Sarah's 6th Birthday this week. She is just growing up too fast. She had a wonderful day. We went to church and she was able to celebrate with her Sunday School class. We then went and met Uncle Josh and Aunt DeAnn for a fantastic pizza lunch. Here are some pictures of her on her special day.

Pumpkin Patch

Last Sunday we took a trip to the Pumpkin Patch. There were lots of pumpkins to choose from and the kids had fun. Why no nice pictures of Matthew you ask? Why didn't he pose with the pumpkins for this perfect photo op? Where is he? Why do we only get to see one silly picture of him? Well, he wasn't on his best behavior. Again. He refused to have his picture taken. Again. Hmmmm, kind of reminds me of school picture day. Oh yea, we don't have any of those either. We will keep our fingers crossed that someday he will allow someone to take his picture without him sticking his hands in his mouth and making a goofy face. Someday......

Blog has been Updated!!

My dad called the other day to harass me about the fact that my blog hadn't been updated since April 2008. So as to not disappoint, I have updated. I promise that I will try and maintain it from this point forward. Enjoy all of the new pictures and look forward to more to come.....

Also, my new blog came from here. She has lots of blog backgrounds to choose from and best of all, they are FREE!!! Thank you!!!!

Boys in Their New Suits

My boys tried on their new suits today. Kim is getting married in November and the boys are getting ready. Aren't they cute. If only they would smile and stop acting so Goofy!!! We will work on this between now and then. Keep your fingers crossed.


PS - Matthew is excited. He told Nanny he couldn't wait to wear his white shirt and 2 black shirts.

Sarah and her Bandana - September 2008

Sarah found a pink bandana today. She has been sporting it quite proudly.