What Am I Thinking?

Molly and Dillon both have there own blogs now. I thought this might be a fun way to suck them into the world of blogging. Did I say that, I mean I am trying to follow the words of the Prophet and teach my kids early on to keep a journal. If any of you have kids that might be interested let them know. We'll see how this goes.

My Molly

My Charlee

My Dillon

Texas

I love Austin in January. It's a nice 75 degrees and sunny. Too bad it takes the winter to get to a livable temperature. So I am posting LOTS of pictures from the trip and here they are.


My family . . . they definitely put all the fun into dysfunctional.


GG Bobbie, we love you. Oh and you got to love cousins, we're just missing one.

The newest addition to the family, Danielle, aka baby Danni.


This is us never wanting our vacation to end.



Poppy's ranch, lots of fun and an opportunity for Travis to bring out his inner cowboy.
Hey, no Brokeback jokes. I think he looks hot.


Train ride at the park and feeding the birds with Grammy.






Digging for Dino bones.

I was creeping closer and closer to get just the right picture of sweet little Dillon. Right before I snapped the shot he flung a whole shovel full of sand right into my face. Not so funny. I had sand in my hair, on my camera, down my bra, and just about every other place you can imagine.


That's all for now.

2008

Happy New Year!!!

Tamales and Black Eyed Peas, that's what we have in our house on New Years. Starting the year off with a bowl of Black Eyed Peas is supposed to bring you good luck for the new year, not sure that it works, but wouldn't want to chance it.

Oh, and cinnamon rolls for dessert. No tradition, we just like them.

Christmas 2007

What a crazy month, but a Wonderful Christmas. We were blessed to have Travis' parents and grandma come for a week to spoil our kids and pump them up with sugar, after all, that's what grandparents are for.

Christmas morning was fun and not too dreadfully early. I guess it was around 7:30 when Molly pulled us out of bed. We made it down stairs, took a moment to recall the birth of Christ through scripture, and then the unveiling of the gifts began. First, stockings...

I love stockings. It was always my favorite growing up and now I get to see my kids enjoy it just as much as I did. Santa always put a can of olives in our stockings and we were quick to open them and put them on all our fingers eating them off one by one, is that weird? My kids love them too.

Grammy and Poppy,
the kids LOVED the gifts. Molly has already produced some beautiful art, Dillon has spent a lot of time pushing his vintage ferry boat around and collecting the passengers, and Charlee carries around her doll like a baby. It's fortunate, however, it's not a real baby since she's frequently dropping it on it's head and then tripping over it.
You guys always know just the right things to get them, thank you so much.



So the day came and went. Our family was able to stay for a while, but had to fly out this morning and we were all sad to see them go. We leave for Texas on Thursday and I am thoroughly looking forward to some warmer weather. I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and have a Happy New Year.