Trail Riders

We had a great time watching the trail riders come in for the Houston Rodeo.  The Saltgrass Trail Ride goes right by Chloe and Lexy's preschool so we went there to watch.  It was REALLY cold so they definitely sat in the back of the car until it was time.

  The kids were mesmerized!

Happy Valentine's Day

Fiest Bowl Trip

What an awesome football season our Bears had this year!  It ended with an amazing series of events that made us Big 12 Champs and got us a ticket to the Fiesta Bowl.  And the day after that happened, we booked our own tickets to the Bowl!  On New Year's Eve we boarded a plane bound for Phoenix and met up with Shannon, Danny, and Lauren once we got in town.  The weather could not have been more beautiful so we enjoyed some lunch and shopping in Scottsdale.

Then we headed to check into our hotel and get ready for New Year's Eve.  We had an incredibly yummy dinner at Twisted Root Winery and then headed to downtown Scottsdale for fireworks.  Can't remember the last time we were out for New Year's Eve so we did it right!

The next day was game day!  Is there a way you can post about attending a bowl game and not post the score?  Yes, yes there is ;)

Sadly, Shannon, Danny, and Lauren had to head back home the next morning.  Rick and I stayed another day.  If anything can soothe a broken bowl heart, a pink jeep tour of Sedona can!  It was seriously so beautiful and we had the best time.  When I booked the pink jeeps, I didn't really know all that I was in for!  Despite the fact that I saw my life flash before my eyes several times, we had a great time!  No better way to see Sedona.

We had a great time getting away together and experiencing our first BCS bowl.  We love our Bears and can't wait to see what next year brings!

These days...

Headed to Waco for BU/OU blackout game

 

Little bit of cousin love

Putting on Ava's bracelets... all of them :)

Colby LOVES Ms. Anglea, he always chooses to sit by her!

Christmas Card 2013

Merry Christmas!

This Christmas was a little different for us but still full of family and fun.  The Friday that Christmas break began, Colby woke up from his nap and was inconsolable.  We ended up at urgent care and eventually figured out he had hand, foot, and mouth.  Since he had it once last year, I unfortunately knew what we were in for.  We had a long 4-5 days of him basically barely eating and being really sad.  But on Christmas Eve morning he woke up almost back to himself.  And I woke up with pink eye.  Awesome.  We were still able to enjoy Christmas Eve with family even if we couldn't go to church.  Missy had us over to her house for a yummy mexican dinner and opening presents.

Playing with his new cars stacking toy

Lexy's always a helper

He was better but not 100%... so lots of snuggles for mama.

Christmas morning we enjoyed opening gifts and seeing what Santa brought Colby.  Then Gran, Pop, Aunt Missy and Lexy came over for brunch and presents.

After they left when I was going to get Colby some lunch, I realized he had a fever!  Ugh!  So that effectively ended his Christmas celebration.  I did go over to my parents later to see my Grandmother, Uncle Roy and Aunt Shirley... swollen eye and all :)

Colby continued to have a fever off and on so we had to cancel our trip to Victoria to celebrate Christmas with them until January.

The good thing about being sick on Christmas is it forces you to simplify.  And we absolutely still celebrated Jesus and are thankful for his birth.  Merry Christmas!

Getting Ready for Christmas

We did so many fun things to celebrate and prepare for Christmas this year.  We took our first trip to Santa's Wonderland which will definitely become a tradition for us!

Colby had a Christmas party at school that I was lucky enough to attend.  Here he is with his friends Walter and Avery celebrating.

Even the zoo had Christmas lights which we saw with the Maas family.

One thing we have zero evidence of was our attempt to visit Santa.  The short of the story is Mom and Dad played it all wrong and by the time Colby got up to Santa he was done.  He pitched a huge fit and couldn't even sit near Santa.  So... yeah.  We didn't even try a second time because Santa isn't really so important to us.  That and we didn't want to relive it.  Maybe next year!