A night out with friends at a wedding

At the beginning of December we attended a teacher I used to work with, her daughters wedding. It was such a gorgeous wedding. A Christmastime wedding with all the beautiful trees and lights are just magical. We went with my very best friend Jenn and her hubby Judd. The four of us had a great evening together and seeing so many old teacher friends we used to work with. They had a photo booth and of course we all had a lot of fun with that.

Thanksgiving Fun

Thanksgiving in San Antonio. This is the second year that we have all gathered at Dad & Christine's house for Thanksgiving dinner. It was another successful dinner with lots of food, family, and friends!!

Colton and Grand Dude enjoyed playing together in the yard and riding the truckster all over the place!!

We seem to have started a tradition this weekend. We meet up with Johanna, Cody's high school friend, and her twin girls and do something fun. We wen to Kiddie Park, rode the trains t the zoo, and Sunken Gardens. It was such a fun day and the kids of course had a really great time!! Usually Jordan will also come with us and hang out. All the kids love Uncle Jordan!!

There is a picture of Colton and Daddy riding the flying saucer, they ride this together every year, too cute to see them squished inside it. G-Mama sent me a picture of Cody and Toby on the same ride when they were little kids. Very cool!! Such a neat kid park that has been around for such a long time. Cody and I both went to Kiddie Park as kids, it's fun to now bring our kids here to play!

On our drive home we stopped at Buc-ee's, a gas station that has turned into a tourist attraction all over Texas!! On the way for a potty break we saw Buc-ee and he wanted his picture with him. Well it was not real just a giant stuffed animal, and I was completely shocked that he wanted to take his picture with him!! On the way to the bathroom we took a picture with him standing next to him and on the way out he wanted another picture, this time he held his hand!!! Crazy, that beaver was Huge!!!

We love spending time with them just wish we could do it more often. They live in Arlington and we are in Katy. Thanksgiving is our meet up time since we both come to San Antonio to celebrate with our families.

*The last four pictures are from Thanksgiving 2011.

School pictures - November 2012

Colton's school pictures from November. Welcome to Texas and the heat. I didn't know they were going to be Christmas backgrounds! Haha! The weather was hot so we dressed for the weather. Web though he's in his shorts and short sleeves with a Christmas tree he still looks handsome!!

Colton playing in Grand Dude's '57 Chevy

We went to San Antonio a couple weekends ago for Uncle Lanny's 40 the Birthday party. It was a fun an fast weekend spent with family and friends!

Saturday we hung out with Grand Dude and Nana. Colton had a really fun time pretending to drive Grand Dude's '57 Chevy!

While at Grand Dude's we brought back with us all of Colton's baby things so we could get them ready for our newest little guy!

On our way back home we had the truck packed to the top!! Colton was a trooper in the back with all the stuff around him! We added a few other things to the truck when we were at Lanny & Holly's. They are moving and getting rid of some things in their garage. We were able tiger some things to use at our house. Tile to re-do our hall bathroom floor, attic stairs because ours just broke and some other things.

Christmas & New Years

Christmas in San Antonio and New Years in Rockport. Lots of fun with the family!! Fun day at Sea World, hanging out, playing with cousins, and fishing!! Lots of fun memories!!

Sea World with Great Friends!!

Time for Sea World with great friends! We went with Jordan, Johanna and her twin girls, Camden and Grayden. They both went to high school with Cody. Good friends that we still keep in touch with. It's a shame we don't all live in the same city so we can see each other more often. This Thanksgiving trip though we were able to spend a lot of time with them. This was our first time to meet Camden and Grayden! We will not be letting it be this long again before we get together with them. This was also the girls first time to go to Sea World, of course I was super excited since Sea World is one of my very favorite places to go! The shows were all Christmas themed and the park was all decorated with Christmas!!

Daddy and Jordan with Colton. They look so manly!!

Rachel, Colton, Johanna, Camden, Grayden, Jordan
Feeding and some of us petting the dolphins.
Colton did not want to pet them, he was a little scared.

Walking with the girls, so sweet. He Loved having a girl on either side of him.
Grayden in blue and Camden in pink

The gang looking at the fish.
Cody, Rachel, Colton, Camden, Johanna, Grayden, Jordan

All three swinging checking out the sharks. Jordan hanging with Colton.

Colton and Grayden, they really enjoyed hanging out together, very sweet. When they were walking Colton was of course sucking his finger so Grayden mimicked him and did the same!

  Checking out the sea lions and the otters. The otter was pleading for us to give him something!

Penguins and popcorn! He loved his popcorn and ate on it throughout the day!

Clyde and Seymour show was so funny! They did a great Christmas show.

Laying on the rock looking at the ducks. Camden, Grayden, Colton

Love this picture of us!! It really shows Colton's personality! We said let's take a picture and he immediately flings his arms around us and grabs both of our necks and squeezes us together! Oh how I love this sweet boy and I Love how he loves to take pictures!

Beluga Whale and Pacific White-Sided Dolphin

Worn out after a very fun day!!