Happy Ho Ho Ho to you!

This weekend we went to OKC for T's side of the family's Christmas! While we were there we paid a little visit to Santa. The kids were SO excited!! They went right up there, and sat on his lap. CT told Santa he wants Power Ranger Motorcycles, Star Wars stuff, and transformers. KG wants a princess phone and a princess bicycle. To see Santa pictures from the past click HERE.

Sunday Singin!

This past Sunday CT's little preschool choir sang before the service. They sang two songs and CT had a little speaking part. They were very cute, and did a GREAT job. CT sang the loudest. You can hear him on the video. :) He loves to sing!


CT and KG dressed up for Sunday morning. This was the best picture I got. KG was acting like a goob in most of them. This one included. :) I do not know where she gets this? ha! CT and his new guitar. This was one of his birthday gifts he had asked for. He wants to learn to play like daddy.

CT and friends getting ready to sing. The little boy on the end was not the least bit thrilled to be there. :)

This is CT saying his speaking part. "If I were a wiseman I would do my part. So what can I give him? I will give him my heart. "

This is the group singing. It's a little dark, but you can hear them. This video is not as loud you will have to turn your sound up a little more.

Happy Birthday You'll Have!!

This weekend we celebrated CT's 5th birthday with family and friends! He requested a bowling party again this year. Last year we only had about 2 friends show up, this year we had 12! It is such a crazy time of year, you just never know. :) Everyone had a GREAT time, and CT was very excited about the party and presents!!

CT wanted Yoda on his cake. So Yoda we had. :) He even had little hairs coming off of his face. ha!

May the force be with you! Notice KG eyeing the cake. We had to keep her away.

Friends having a great time bowling.

CT getting ready to bowl. We had to tell him to let others have a turn. He thought one lane was all for him.

Poppa and Papa hanging out, and guarding the cake. :)

KG wasn't as into the bowling as she was running around. I kept having to look for her.

CT blowing out his candles.

KG making sure that none of the icing went to waste.

CT and friends opening up presents.

Whoo Hoo!! Star Wars PJ's. What more could a boy ask for. We have worn them every night since.

The Christmas Train

This weekend Nana and Papa came over early for CT's brthday party, so we could go to the Christmas Train. It was a lot of fun. We rode the train which took you from creation of the world, to the birth of Jesus, to the crucifixion, and then on the the resurrection. It was really neat. It is set in an old west town called Dry Gulch. There were lots of things to do after we rode the train. There was a huge playground for the kids, carriage rides, carousel rides, an old saloon you could sit in and get great desserts, while listening to some live music. We tried to see Santa, but his wait was longer than we wanted to wait.

The Christmas Train waiting on passengers to load.

KG, CT, and cousin Carson holding their boarding passes. Notice my gifted and talented children have theirs upside down. :) They were just excited to ride the train.

Carson, Nana, CT, and Papa on the train. There was no flash photography past this point.

KG playing on the playground.

CT climbing to the top of the spider web.

Nana and KG bouncing on the spider web.

CT "smoking" Carson at a game of air hockey. That's what he told me.

Happy 5 CT!!

Today is CT's Happy 5th Birthday!! We are SOOOO excited around here to be the BIG 5!! We have been waiting on this for a whole year.:) We started the morning with blueberry muffins, opened one birthday gift (our big party is on Saturday), and watched a Star Wars cartoon. All before we headed to Wee School.

Singing Happy Birthday to the shirtless wonder! :) He refuses to sleep in a shirt.

Opening his gift.

We are very excited about this! What is it?

A Star Wars shirt!! He couldn't wait to wear it to school.


CT and friends having a little birthday celebration at Wee School.

CT and one of his buddies.

Happy Birthday CT!! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of the big boy you are becoming. We love to watch how excited you are about learning and hiding God's word in your heart. We are amazed at your talent, and love your sweet compassionate spirit. We love you and are blessed to call you son!

Cookie Days

We have headed up to Kansas City for T to go to the OU vs. Missouri game. Since we are here we have crashed at our friends the Lynch's house. They were having this really neat event at their church called Cookie Days. It is an incredible outreach ministry that they do for preschool children. They had ALL kinds of FREE activities for your kids to do. We made cookies, frosted cookies, built wooden nativity scenes, made a placemat, made an ornament, made a nativity gingerbread house, and heard the Christmas Story. Our kids LOVED it!! It is one of the neatest things I have seen.

KG making her nativity gingerbread house.
CT and Daddy working on his gingerbread nativity.
CT's nativity.
KG making her placemat nativity. After we were finished, they laminated it for us.
CT hammering his wooden nativity.
These men were brave and precious. They had several battle wounds.

KG hammering away.
CT and KG glueing their clothes on Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus.
Rolling out their sugar cookies.
CT making sure KG wasn't rolling faster than him. :)
KG eating her purple frosted sheep sugar cookie.
CT and his sheep sprinkled cookie.

Thanksgiving and Daddy's Birthday

This Thanksgiving we got to go to Nana and Papa's aka T's parents. We had a great time, and the food and fellowship was GREAT!! We also got to play with Nana and Papa's Wii. This is what they got each other for their 40th wedding anniversary. I think that is SO fun!! Everyone had a great time playing. We also celebrated T's birthday the day after. 
T blowing out his candles.
Happy Birthday Honey!! We made him a german chocolate cake. Half with nuts and coconut and half without. :) 
Daddy and CT playing boxing on the Wii.