Taylor got a new baseball mitt. He plans to play this spring so he really needed a bigger mitt. You should see him hit and as you can see in the picture his throwing form is really looking good. Hopefully now with a new mitt his catching skills will pick up.
Carter got a bat and ball. Our metal bat is just to heavy for him so he is looking forward to being able to play with his brother. Carter also got a rocket ship indoor playhouse, that he loves. If anything is ever missing just look in the rocket.
And here is Carly opening just what she has been telling me she wanted for months-- a pink dress up. As you can see, she is totally thrilled. Christmas for her was pretty much a princess explosion: dress, glass slippers, crown, dress up box, etc. How did I get such a girly girl?
Carly had a great time collapsing on the floor all Christmas day pretending she was Sleeping Beauty!
We all had a great first Christmas here in Texas. It did seem a little bit like we were pretending since there was no snow or cold weather. But we enjoyed spending time as a family and reflecting on our Savior and His birth.
Carter had a good time talking to Santa. I think he told him that
Santa really got a kick out of Taylor's dead serious request for a
snowmobile! He said, "This is Houston! We don't get snow here." Taylor
didn't care. He still seems to think he could drive it around on the grass.
We all had a good morning at the breakfast and I hope we were
successful in teaching our children that it is better to give than to get.
Watch out Darth Vader, here comes Luke Skywalker!
(Thanks for the costume Aunt Laurie)
What princess or damsel in distress could turn down this
handsome knight?!
Here is Cinderella at her finest. What a beautiful princess.
Our 3 had a great time dressing up and trick or treating. We stayed really close to home. WE probably only went to about 30 houses but you should have seen how full their buckets were. I guess that is one more thing that is bigger in Texas--a handful of candy. Maybe they just wanted to get rid of it faster!
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The first weekend in October we went to the Wings Over Houston Airshow. It had rained the night before and there was water everywhere. We were literaly walking through puddles. Within about 15 minutes of being there I think my feet were soaked. It was overcast that day and so all of the heat and moisture was being trapped. It was probably 85 degreees and 85% humidity! I thought I would die. It didn't seem to bother the kids or Scott (who had on water proof shoes) though. We all had a great time. We saw lots of neat airplanes. Many of them were from WWII. This picture is of the kids and I standing outside of a B-17. Scott and the kids went inside for a little tour and thought it was great.
This is a big helicoptor they were able to get in and sit down. We even watched a heloicoptor land while they waited to get in this one. Carlyn really liked this and didn't want to get out when it was time to continue on.
Look at that protective big brother! This is inside the B-17. The boys are definately enjoying themselves. Carly looks a little questionable. All in all we had a fun day at the airshow. We were able to also walk through a C-130 Hurricane Hunter. That means they take the airplane out in the middle of the hurricanes while they are out in the the ocean to measure size, windspeed, etc. That is one big plane! We saw lots of acrobatic flying, fast flying by F-15 or 16's (I can't remember). They also did a Tora Tora Tora which is a reenactment of Pearl Harbor and then a reenactment of 17 seconds over Tokyo. A fun filled day we won't soon forget!
Okay, this is a really random post but this whole blog is random and I am trying to catch you up! Sorry for a bit of immodesty on Carly's part but this was her first towel wrap on her hair after a bath. She was very excited and proud of it. She said she was a nun! Her hair is getting so long that unless I do this to her hair her jammies end up soaked on the back. 
some bushes that were growing around the trees in the front yard. They really enjoyed jumping on the shovel and digging and pulling them out. After taking out the scraggly bushes around the trees our front yard really seems much more open (and less friendly to all manner of wildlife). The same for the bushes right in front of the house. For those of you who never saw a picture of what it was like before they were bushes like what is behind Taylor in this picture. They were huge and blocked so much light. We are liking the openness it gives to our front living room.
they had there. We were able to look at several of the space suits. It was interesting to see what they first started out with. The kids thought it was great to try on the old helmets. You can see how this one just drowns Carter!
see a movie and see what it would be like if we were on the ground at a launch. Scott and the kids also got to feel a little bit what it it would be like with no gravity. There was so much to do! We didn't even do half of it. But we got passes to last for a year so we can keep going back! The kids ask me at least once a week when we are going again. Come on down and you can go with us!!!!
his lessons. He learned how to serve, shuffle, hit forehands, and backhand. They called him "killer" because he could really hit the ball hard.
each we had a picnic and then went for a little bike ride through the marsh area and saw some cranes and egrits. We also saw the kids and my first armadillo, except we think it was dead because it was just sitting there in the water.
