The scary witch is Grandma!!

Happy Halloween!

Grandpa and the Twins
 
What have we been up to?? I know, it's been forever since my last post! Life is busy and I haven't had a camera for the past few months so I don't have many pics to share! We have been lucky to have visitors come to see us in the last month! My mom was out for 3 weeks and my Dad came the last week of her stay. We also had Chad's parents out with Jonelle and her family and it was lots of fun to see them!!

American Girl Bistro and Cafe

 

Ciena and her Cousins at the American Girl Doll Store! We went with Jill and Jonelle and both Grandma's while they were all in town visiting! I thought Ciena might be too young, but she loved it and we had a really fun time (minus Jill puking her guts out in the bathroom at the end)!

A few of my Big Boy!

 
 It was 50's day at Dresden's school so we called Grandpa Rich to ask him how he dressed and did his hair when he was a kid. Here is Dre's best 50's look with his slicked back hair and rolled pants!

I figure if we're going to live in Texas, I might as well start the kids out young with horseback riding lessons! Dresden has been taking lessons every other Saturday and he's loving it! Ye-haw Cowboy!

Baby Raccoons!


If you can tell, there are 3 baby raccoons that we pulled out of our Chimney! I had been hearing little squeeks in the chimney and sure enough there was some little animals growing in there! Apparently the mom ran out as the guys were banging from below, they told me they would move the babies to a safe place where the Mom would find them. At least that's what they SAID, let's just hope so! We got a little attached to these little guys and the kids even named them (no worries, we did not let anyone touch them)!

Candice and Brian's Wedding


The Wedding Ceremony

Laura and Jameka


 
Rachelle and Sarah (What's up with the Gangster signs?)

I am thrilled for my friends Candice and Brian who tied the knot last Saturday! The wedding was beautiful and as you can see in the picture the Bride looked stunning! And how cute are my friends?? Sarah was a Bridesmaid and rocked it in her DVF dress, and of course most of the women there (including the Bride and Bridesmaids) were all wearing Sarah Briggs Jewelry! The majority of the night was spent dancing, and I was finally able to see Rachelle's moves on the dance floor (oh yeah, she's got skills)! Jameka had me laughing all night and cute Laura was sweet enough to be my "date" since Chad was in Las Vegas on a last minute business trip (if you can call it that)! Congrats again and thanks for a fun night!

~Happy New Year~

Texas Snowman!

We don't see much snow and this was the best we could do with our little snow storm! Kinda sad, kinda cute!

First Sleep Over

The twins had their first sleepover with their cousin Betty! Well, I don't know if it's counted as a sleep over for them, since Betty slept at our house, but it was exciting none the less!

Christmas 2010

Christmas came and went in the blink of an eye!  Sadly, this is the only still shot I got of the kids on Christmas Day.  I'm either really good at getting video or good at getting the still shots, and this year we got video!  This picture is from Christmas night when we went to Jill's for Christmas dinner.  The kids were still on a super high from all the gift opening earlier in the day and Ciena and Betty were in princess heaven comparing their new dress-up clothes!

The kids are all at the best ages right now and Christmas morning was so exciting, seeing their reactions was priceless!  Santa really came through this year and they got tons of fun toys including a air hockey table and trampoline.  The princess got her own castle tent filled with all things dress-up!  One of the best memories was on Christmas eve when we sat the kids down and showed them a video of Christ's birth.  When the the video ended Dresden leaped up and exclaimed, "Now I know the true meaning of Christmas"!

 

The Christmas Windows at Neiman Marcus

This year the Downtown Neimans did a really fun Christmas Window display with tunnels and slides that the kids could crawl through.  The twins were too timid to try it, but Dresden and his friends went through it about a dozen times! 

Christmas PJ's sent from Grandma!

Christmas Party at the Whitney's

Lots of friends were in town this year and it was so fun to get together with everyone!

The White Elephant gift exchange


Some of the most coveted White Elephant gifts! Brian got this awesome sweater!

Chad fought pretty hard for this shake weight. He promised next year at the Christmas party we would see the results in the size of his guns (we'll see)!

Speaking of guns... Marc and Jen are going to have a blast chasing eachother around the house with these Nerf guns!

And Jen and Rod were the lucky ones to end up with the penguin pillow pet! Probably the MOST sought after gift!

More from the Party ...

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