Our Year in Review

February:

Avery turned 4. I can't believe she is growing up so fast. She will start school in 2010.

June:

Addison turned 2. She thinks she is Avery's age the way she follows her around.

Addison with Jake and Judd. They are exactly 1 week younger than her.

We had our 10 year class reunion.

Grandma took all 7 grand kids on vacation to the zoo and water park.

July:

My mom and I took the girls to see Dora Live.

We went to watch the Fireworks show in Paris.

August:

I celebrated my 29th birthday with some great friends.

We got our new dog, Leo.

September:

I took Avery to see Taylor Swift with my two sister in laws and nieces.

I got to meet my precious niece, Kherington Jo.

October:

Aaron and I went to Cowboys Stadium to watch A&M play.

We took a very excited Taylor Swift and Biker Chick trick or treating.

November:

We retired Addison's last pacifier. Yes, the end of it is missing. She chewed on it like that for about 2 months.

We celebrated Aaron's 29th birthday.

December:

We took a trip to the Gaylord Texan during Christmas break.

We had a wonderful Christmas with our families that we are so blessed to be a part of.

I can't wait to see what 2010 has in store for our family.

Independence Bowl 2009

For Christmas this year my mom bought Aaron and me, Brad and Kara and my brother Aaron tickets to watch A&M play in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport. If you have read some of my other posts you know that I was thrilled to get to see one more college football game before the season ends. We were all excited to get to see some of our cousins that were coming to the game from Indiana that we hadn't seen in a year. We were prepared for the cold since the low that night was supposed to be below 30 so before the game we all bundled up like we were about to climb Mt. Everest. After the 30 minute walk to the stadium we were regretting the layers of clothing we had just put on. The game was pretty good until after half time then things fell apart. We ended up losing, but at least we were able to see the band perform. After the game we went to eat at Saltgrass with David and Kathy and their kids (can't believe I didn't get a picture.) Then we went back to the hotel. Thanks for the tickets, Mom. We had a great time.

Christmas with the Martin's

Friday we had Christmas with Aaron's family. Between the three Martin boys there are 7 grandkids between the ages of 2 and 7 so there is never a dull moment when we all get together (especially when Eli and Addison are involved.) Here are some pictures from our night with the Martin's.

Thanks for the delicious meal, Dennis.

Christmas morning

On Christmas morning we always wake up and let the girls play with their Santa toys, and then we go to my dad's for breakfast and do Christmas with them.

When we got ready to get the milk and cookies ready for Santa we realized there was no milk so Avery decided he probably would like sweet tea. Then Addison handed me the bag with the cookies in them, and she had crumbled the cookies until they looked like grains of sand. To make up for the crumbled cookies Avery thought we should add some M&M's. Needless to say Santa got a very interesting treat at our house this year.






Avery got this doll and had to have her hair just like hers. I thought it was weird how their hair is exactly the same color.

Sweet Kherington

Christmas Eve at Nanny's

This year we had Christmas at my mom's house on Christmas Eve. Brad, Kara and Kherington drove down that after noon and we went over later to eat and wait on my brother to get home. He had to work that night so Avery and Addison had to wait very patiently to open their gifts. If you know anything about their mother you know patience does not come easily. Luckily he got off earlier than we expected. We let the girls open presents and then it was game time. Last year the guys claimed to be the Cranium champions although we think cheating was involved so I wasn't willing to admit that they actually beat us. This year we started by playing Guesstures in which the girls quickly won the game. Next we played Catch Phrase and beat the guys again, but then it was time for Cranium. I am sad to admit the guys beat us again. I will give credit to some lucky roles of the dice. Watch out for next year though. We will not lose three years in a row.

ICE at the Gaylord

I can't believe it has been so long since the last time I posted. Things have been so busy so I'm going to have to back track a little to get caught up. Last week my mom and I decided to take the girls to the Gaylord in Grapevine to spend the night and see the Ice exhibit of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." We had never been so I was excited to get to see it myself. It was amazing how everything was carved out of ice and included so much detail. Luckily they provided you with big coats to wear because it was 9 degrees inside the exhibit. Avery and Addison's favorite part was the ice slide. The next day we went to Grapevine Mills and Frisco to finish Christmas shopping. It was great just getting to relax before all of the Christmas parties that were about to begin.