Cowboy Carson!

Carson chose a Cowboy Party to celebrate his 5th birthday!  Grannie offered her house.  Thank you Grannie and Papaw for everything.

All the cowboys and the cowgirl.

Family Picture

Pin the tail on the donkey.

"Happy Birthday to You!"

Roasting Marshmallows for S'mores - Yum!

Enjoying the fire after the party.

Library Fun

We love to go to the library. Natalia was so excited to get her very own library card. Carson was a little disappointed because I told him that he cannot get his own card until he can sign his name all by himself. I'm hoping this will give him the motivation he so desperately needs to learn how to write his name.  

Natalia loves to read! She always complains when it is time to leave.  She is also never content with just a few books!!!!! Every time, I have to explain to her that we can't take too many books and that we will be back!  

Luke loves the fact that he can use the computer and he also loves to play with the puppets.

Carson spends most of his time in the Sports section. Most of the books he gets are about sports. One day, he found a black and white, old book about archery. He has been intrigued with bow and arrows since then. We read this book every day for two weeks. After two weeks we had to return the book to the library. We weren't able to go in, so we just dropped it off in the drop-off box. Carson was so heartbroken. A few days later, we returned to the library and Carson was so excited when he found that same book again!  

The next day, we had to take the book to BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) to share with everybody!

"Like the Tellar and the Nellar and the Gellar and the Dellar..."

Ah...look at them hugging!  Okay so they do love each other, but there is another reason why they hug while Daddy reads There's a Wocket in my Pocket! by Dr. Seuss.

                                                                 

                                                            

Ever since Natalia and Carson were very little every time Dave reads this book and gets to a particular part whoever is not hugging gets a "tickle-tickle"!   

Carson Turns 5!

Unbelievable! How can Carson be 5 already? 

He had such a good birthday. His birthday was December 4th. I know, I know, I can't believe it has taken me this long to blog about such a special occasion. December has just been a very busy month. I guess, better later than never. Anyway...

We had a special birthday breakfast and he received his birthday gifts from us. 

Right after I dropped him off at school, I went back home to fix his room.  He got his big boy bed.  Thank you Grannie and Mami for all your help.  I could have not done it without them!  

Dave and I picked Carson up early from school and took him for a special lunch at Tokyo Japanese Steak House.  At first, he wasn't too sure about the fire, but by the end, he was enjoying himself.

Right after lunch, my parents took all of them to Chuck E Cheese and to the bookstore.

Later that evening, we went to Chili's, the restaurant of his choice.  

What a wonderful time!  

Black Friday!

This is the first time in my life that I've gone shopping the day after Thanksgiving.  Grannie, Susan, Elizabeth and I were deciding when and where to meet the next morning when Natalia said, "I want to go too!"  I don't know why but I said, "okay".   

After only a few hours of sleep, this is what Natalia looked like at 6:30 AM on Black Friday...

Once Natalia had some Chick-Fil-A for breakfast, she woke up a little.  We had a great time.  She did better than I ever expected!

A Dad's Attempt at the Thanksgiving Story

As promised, click here to watch the video about the Thanksgiving story.

Thanksgiving Feast

So...after the corn kernel feast, we decided that that was not going to cut it so we headed to Grannie and Papaw's house.  Boy, did we have some food.  We had so much to choose from.  It was also good to see Papaw's side of the family.  After visiting, eating, playing frisbee, playing with sand and some fighting, of course, the day ended with Carson going to Solomon's house for their first sleep over, some football and Natalia spending the night at Grannie's house. What a great day.  The only thing missing for it to be a perfect day was having my parents here.  The good thing is that we were able to go and spend a few days at San Antonio with them this week. 

Anybody up for some giblet gravy?

Enjoying good food and company

Don't let this picture fool you...they were saving room for dessert.

Natalia eating her THIRD piece of pumpkin pie. Her favorite!

Is time for some frisbee!

We are thankful to God for friends and family....and good food.