Happy New Year!

We hope that everyone's year is off to a great start. 2009! I can't believe it. We rang in the new year with our family and friends. Jason and I enjoyed a great night at the Hyatt Regency downtown. They put on a great party! We started the evening with dinner at The Strip House, a steak house, and we ended it with 50,000 balloons raining down on us. The kids also had a great time at their aunt and uncles house, who were brave enough to watch 5 kids plus their own 2. Thank You! May 2009 bring everyone wonderful blessings of good health and great memories.

What a Blessed Christmas!

It has been a little while since I posted, so I am going to play catch-up. At Lauren's school, the kids put on a beautiful Christmas program and their voices rang out the true meaning of Christmas. After much traveling, Jason made it home from Malaysia in time to celebrate Christmas. Lauren was the star in the Christmas Eve children's service at our church and despite being a little nervous, she did perfect. We had a great Christmas, 7 celebrations in all. It started on the Sunday before Christmas and ended the Friday after Christmas. We are blessed to have such a large and wonderful family. What is even better is that family is such a priority for us all and we truly enjoy being together. The kids got spoiled of course, and I think Jason and I also got what we asked for. The kids loved opening all their presents. Justin's favorite thing about Christmas was climbing on top of the boxes. He is also quite the poser and loves to say cheese for the camera. It has given us some great laughs.

Elf Yourself , Disco Fever

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Elf Yourself, Yeehaw!

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As I have said, he's fearless

Just a few more examples of our boy being a boy. He knows no limits!


Using his car to try to climb on the barstool, Climbing on Lauren's throne


Wanting to climb the stairs, King of the mountain (he later climbed on when Lauren was underneath it)

Justin Dancing with Snowman

Lauren's Snow Angel

I am cold

More Snow

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

It started snowing at about 4:20 this afternoon and it is still going strong. I love snow! Tonight we had a Christmas party with Sonshine Kids and Lauren had a lot of fun. We first ate at McDonalds and then we went to The Mudpie Company and painted some Christmas ornaments. Lauren painted a stocking for herself and a star for Justin. I will post pictures when we get them back. On our way home Lauren and I were watching the snow come down and I said "This is crazy, it is not supposed to snow in Texas." Her reply was, "Maybe God forgot that it doesn't snow in Texas!" Out of the mouths of babes. Kids are great! Enjoy the pictures of our snow and the video of Justin dancing with the snowman.


Jason's car at 4:30, Lauren painting her ornaments


Jason's car at 7:45, front yard


Lauren and Justin eating snow