I Love it Here

So, can I say that again? I love it here. "Why?", you may ask, "does she love it so much in the land of the hurricanes?" I will tell you why by telling you what my children and I did today. First, when I woke up this morning the sun was streaming through the windows (once I opened the blinds), making it a beautiful day. Then, after lunch I loaded up the kids in the van along with everyone's bikes and went over to the boys elementary school to play and ride bikes around the track. The only one wearing a (light) jacket was Spencer because he has a cold. Now I know what you are thinking, "What, it's December 30 and they are out there without jackets?" Just wait, this story gets even better. Then, we came home and the big kids put on their swimming suits, crazy I know, and they helped me wash the van! December 30!!! It is at least 70 outside. So beautiful. Those who know me well know how badly I hate snow and to be cold. Those of you who are being dumped on with snow right now, I am sorry. I know some of you are happy with that and love the snow. Just go ahead and keep it. I really don't mind. So, now you know why I love it here. Just thought I would share.

Jumpin'

This movie is kind of old but it sort of shows how much fun Spence has in the Jumper.

Thanksgiving trip part 2

We had a fun tiem the night before Thanksgiving getting together with my family. Thanks to all those who planned that. The kids had lots of fun playing with cousins, exchaning presents, and eating way too much chocolate.

Carter and Aidan

Carly and Nathaniel playing Barbies.

Mom and Spencer. I never could get a very good picture of them together. Spencer was always tired when mom was around. In this picture Mom is blinking and Spencer is sneezing. Maybe next year......

Thanks to my Grandparents for coming too. It was lots of fun to see all of you (sorry, I missed Grandma Grizzy in this picture)

Thanksgiving trip part 1

We had a GREAT time visiting family and friends at Thanksgiving. Thanks to Laurie and Blake and to Michael and Charlynn for hosting us. You are awesome. You are welcome anytime in Texas. We won't even mind if YOU get US sick. Thanks to Jessica for the fun party at your house. I must admit that I wasn't very good at taking all the pictures I should have on the trip. I was just too tired. But here are a few.

Umm.......Camille, I think Charles needs his own little buddy!!!!

Sorry folks, but Camille won Spencers best smiles when they met. I wish I had had a video camera. When we got to her house they were both so happy. You just had to be there I guess.

Thanks to all those who came to our get together. It was so fun and good to see all of you.

Amme, Jess, Camille, and Kristi.

While we were at Michael and Charlynn's they took us to the Dinosaur Museum. It was ver cool. If you haven't been there you should really put in on the top of your list of places to go.

Here is Taylor pretending to throw a spear.

OOPS! I just realized this was the wrong way.

You cant see it very well, but this is a giant sea turtle. I would have to say it was my favorite.

Thanks again to all those who fed us, played with us, put up with us, etc. We had a great time and were so glad we got to come. Donations are now being accepted to the "Jenkins Fly" account (I never want to drive again, It takes way too long just to get out of Texas).

Trying to catch up!

Okay, so I am really behind with my blogging. But, better late than never right? This post is random but oh well. This picture is of Taylor at school. His class studied Indians in November. He learned a lot of cool things and even the meaning of some pictographs. Each child was supposed to make some sort of project for their "Living Native American Museum". There were all kind of thing they chose to do. There were teepees, totem poles, dream catchers, drums, jewelry, bow and arrow, and Taylor made an adobe pueblo. It was very time consuming but it was fun to work on it with him and we all learned a lot. For instance, did you know that the women made the bricks and did a lot of the actual building of the adobe homes? The picture below is of my awesome neighbors/friends. From left to right: Miss Jill, Miss Deena, and Miss Linda. Well, that's what all the kids call them. In Texas kids put the Miss in front of your first name, to show respect I guess. A very southern thing. So yeas, I now answer to Miss Amme. This is from Haloween. We had dinner at Miss Deena's (center). I love these ladies. they have really become good friends in the short time I have known them.

My camera would not focus well for this shot at all. But you can see Carter was a storm trooper, Carly a princess (her hair was so pretty), and Taylor was a ninja.

Here is Carter digging the seeds out of his pumpkin. All 3 of the kids were whining about how stinky and gross they were. What a bunch of wimps!!!!

Six Inches Off

After patiently waiting for me to stop being sick (I have had strep off and on since the middle of October) Carly was finally able to get her hair cut yesterday. She has wanted to get it cut short for months. There ended up being about six inched on the floor of the salon. She is so excited and loves it. She looks so grown up. No more pigtails at our house for a while. My little girl is officially a big girl- sniff, sniff, sniff.