New Year's Eve......Rockets!

New Years Eve was real low-key this year for us. We don't really like to be out-and-about on this night. Grandpa and Gran came over to watch the girls for us while we took Stephen & Landen to the Houston Rockets basketball game. It was Landen's first professional basketball game to ever attend. We all had a really great time since they won and it was a really close game. We got home about 9:30pm and brought in 2010 at home with our family on the couch watching the ball drop on TV, nice and warm.
I hope everyone has a fantastic 2010!

These are mobile phone pictures, so not the best quality!

Merry Christmas 2009

We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas this year. We have so much to be thankful for and it is wonderful to spend it with family. We started out attending the candle light service at Church on Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The church had snow blown in for all the kids to play after the service which Landen and I really enjoyed throwing snowballs at each other. It turned out to be extremely cold with 30 mph winds that evening, so we couldn't stay out there too long. But so much fun!

Landen was so excited that he woke up at 5am, yes, 5am and wanted to start unwraping presents. Instead, he and I wrapped up in a blanket on the couch and I made him wait until 6am to get everyone up. Santa brought him a keyboard and a new bike this year. The girls really wasn't sure what was going on, but they were very excited to get to finally dig into some presents (and eat the paper) and sit in their new little poke-a-dot chairs. Thanks Santa CC! Bryant was with us Christmas morning also and was very excited to get a laundry basket full of single college life necessities (laundry detergent, toothpaste, floss, soap, toilet bowl cleaner, ketchup, pringles, pop tarts, cereal, etc.) That's when you know you are growing up!

Once again I have to say, we feel truely blessed!

Kinley & Kailyn's Church Dedication

We have finally found a fabulous church that we are so excited to be a part of, Community of Faith. We are a little overdo, but never too late to get the girls dedicated to the church. Gran & Grandpa came for the day to attend the dedication where the pastor prayed over us and each baby was given a little bible to keep.
Thank you Lord for enabeling us to raise your two beautiful little girls that you have blessed us with. We promise to raise them in a Christian home honoring your name. Amen

They weren't real interested in cooperating for pictures today, so you get what you can and move on:)

Stephen's 15th Birthday

Happy Birthday!!!
Stephen turned 15 today (Dec. 2nd, 2009), wow where has the years gone? In the last year, his looks have really changed dramatically! He is starting to mature some, but he's still 15........that teenage attitude and lopsided priority list still shines through at times. He is a wonderful young man, very helpful, caring, enjoys his sibling, uses manners, and is respectful to others. We absolutely love having him live with us:)

Happy Birthday Stephen!!!!

6:15am before school with his homemade blueberry muffins and candles!

His homemade special ordered carrot cake:) Mmmmmmmmm