Christmas Cards

Every year a keep a few of the Christmas cards that I send out and put them in Benjamin and Savannah's keepsake boxes. Well, this year we ran out. I ordered 100 and used every one of them. We only have about 5 more to send out so I've decided that those 5 people will just have to miss out this year (like they'll even notice, right?). So, I had to take a picture of the card and I'm documenting how it looks in our blog book. So kids, here you go.

P.S. Anyone out there that just throws the cards away after a while, can you save them for us so we can have one or two?

Elf of the Shelf

I have pleaded, pleaded some more, and even tried bribing but Ben just won't change his mind. Our Elf on the Shelf arrived a couple of days ago. We're supposed to name the elf. I let Ben name him. What name did he choose? First it was T-Rex. After brainstorming with him for about 15 minutes of other names (because I wasn't too excited about that one) he came up with Bird T-Rex and he won't have it any other way. So....say hello to...ahem...Bird T-Rex.


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I'm sure there will be more pics to come of the silly little places he decides to hide each morning.....

Heisman

Oh yeah baby! Sic e'm Griffin!

Dear Santa.....

Here's Ben's first ever letter to Santa. He cut out all the pictures of the toys he wanted from the Target magazine and we taped them to the sheet of paper. I wrote everything but his name....good job buddy! (We practice his "N's" everyday...but you can definitely tell that's what it's supposed to be!)

I'm Really Not THAT Bad!

It's that time of year and Mommy likes to belt out Christmas tunes at the top of her lungs. However, as you can see below, Savannah isn't much of a fan of Mommy's singing........

Mamma!!! STOP SINGING!!!!!!!!!

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas!

For the first time since David and I have been married we put up a LIVE tree this year! I'm loving it. Oh it smells so good....however it hasn't been so good for my asthma. It's worth it to me though. That's what inhalers are for!

Here's David carrying the tree....broken foot and all (notice the boot). I know, I'm mean, bless his heart. Oh, have I not mentioned he has a broken foot yet? He hit it on our couch while watching the Baylor game. Poor guy.

















The kids had a blast helping us pick it out.













Also for the first since we've been married we (or David) put up Christmas lights outside. It took him 2 days to do it....things take a little longer with a broken foot. I'm really not that mean. He said he really wanted to do it. Really, he did......ahem.













The finished product!

Camping

A couple of months ago we decided to try out camping in our backyard. (I'm just now getting around to posting pics!) It turned out great! A definite do again. The kids loved it.












Amazed at the tiki torches!

















The campsite.












Smores!













Asleep in the tent.












We didn't spend the entire night outside. We ended up carrying the kids back inside to sleep in their own beds not long after they fell asleep in the tent. Thank goodness, that night we ended up having a massive hail storm. I can't imagine being in the tent with all that happening. Probably would've scarred the kids for life! Below is a picture of just some of the hail.

Some Recent Pics

Why don't you come over here and give me a kiss?













Howdy Cowboy!












Savannah, can I take your picture? (This is her "NO" pose!)

Halloween 2011

For the first time since we've been living in our neighborhood we actually had a great turnout for Halloween. Since we've had kids we've been spending Halloween at friends' houses and trick-or-treating in their neighborhoods. However, in the last year we've had tons of families move into our neighborhood with kids around Benjamin and Savannah's age. We've loving it! This year Benjamin was Batman, Savannah was a Baylor Bear cheerleader, David was a police officer, and I was what I am every year....a ladybug.

Batman, begging to go trick-or-treating (hand on the door and ready to GO!)

















Batman begging again....PULEEEZE can we go now??????

















Savannah, please pick up your poms poms and pose. This is her "NO" stance.












Sweet Daddy and daughter moment.

















Go Baylor Bears!

















Mommy Ladybug.