Stock Shows

I guess its that time of year... Stock Show Season! A few weeks ago, Brown County had their Youth Show. Jeff, the kids and I went out one day to let Sadie and Tripp see all the animals. And of course, Sadie is still in love with GOATS! She liked the rabbits too, but nothing beat the goats! I see a couple goats in our future!!! Tripp likes all the animals!!! That Saturday night, we took the kids to the Sale. Farm Bureau was buying a few animals and crafts so we wanted to be there to see. It was really great seeing all the kids take pride in what they had done! The next day we drove up to Fort Worth and took the kids to the Fort Worth Stock Show. I've been every year for several years now and just love it. We took Sadie and 7 months, but missed last year since Tripp was only a month old. This year was great! The weather wasn't too bad and the kids got to see tons more animals. At one point Sadie said she wanted a horse... haha! I said, "would you rather have a horse or a goat?" She said "GOAT!" Good thing, they are cheaper!!! Afterwards we went across the street to the Science Museum. They just re did it and it is AMAZING! They have a kids half that is so fun. There was arts and crafts, and toddler size grocery store, and a toddler size baby hospital. There was even an outdoor water area, but it wasn't warm enough for that. I see a lot more trips in the future!!!

Happy New Years!!!

I know I'm late! For New Year's Weekend, we went to Pleasanton and spent a great weekend with the Hurst family! We always have such a great time with them! Paxton grilled Friday night (so yummy!). Then Saturday we took all the kids to San Antonio's Incredible Pizza Co. I really liked this place, great prices, plus the play area had a toddler specific area where the kids could play. Tripp LOVED all the games that moved, Sadie was a little apprehensive... but she sure loved raking in all the tickets! Then that night we had a traditional blackeyed peas and cabbage dinner. I could've eaten so much, it I hadn't got sick... which also made for a lovely ride home :(

Chirstmas 2010

Christmas Eve night Sadie and I made cookies for Santa and sausage balls for our breakfast the next morning. We all had a yummy dinner of manicotti & salad and then got dressed for bed. The kids watched Elmo's Christmas Countdown and then Jeff read them the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Then we laid Christmas cookies and milk our for Santa and put the kids to sleep. Afterwards, Jeff and I laid on the couch and watched movies before heading to bed.

Christmas morning we woke up and got the kids up... Sadie was ready to see what Santa brought, but Tripp demanded his milk first! I loved the look on their faces when they walked around the corner and saw all the presents and stockings. It was priceless! We opened presents and then ate a yummy breakfast, homemade bisquits and sausage gravy! Then it was off to celebrate with Jeff's cousins in Stephenville. Santa stopped by and I could kick myself becuase I forgot my camera!!! The kids had a great time, but Tripp was ready for a NAP! We headed to Nana's house in Hico and met Auny Mandy, Uncle John, cousins Jonah, Hannah, and Josiah, and Aunt Krysta there. They all had a BLAST opening presents and playing with each other. Grandpa Norris and Grammy came by and we had a delicious dinner!!!
The next morning we headed to Keller to celebrate with Mimi, Poppy, Chicher, Uncle Steve, Leandra and Patrick. We had a great brunch and then opened more presents... I think the kids were quite spoiled this year! Around nap time, Jeff and I snuck off to see and movie and enjoy a hot chocolate in the GORGEOUS Southlake Towncenter! It is so pretty there!

It really was a wonderful Christmas and I'm so happy we got to spend it with all the people we love!

Rainbow cake

Awhile back... a couple months actually, Sadie and I made a rainbow cake. I saw it on a friend's facebook and thought that Sadie would love doing this! It was a huge success, even if the cake fell apart!!! :)

Tripp is 1!!!

How is it possible? I can't believe an entire year has passed! I look back at pictures from when he was first born and it seems like ages ago! He is all over the place and loving playing with Sissy... and all her toys! To celebrate his actual birthday, the kids and I were already in Fort Worth, while Jeff was away for work. That evening he drove up and met us for dinner at Boston's Pizza and then we drove around and looked at all the pretty Christmas lights! Tripp was a mess at Boston's... he kept flirting with the hostess!!!

Tripp's 1st birthday party!

What a great day!!! We feel so very blessed with such an amazing family and wonderful friends! Tripp doesn't actually turn 1 for 2 more weeks... but when he was born I always swore that he would have NO Christmas decorations in the house on his birthday! Well, mission accomplished! We didn't decorate for Christmas until tonight... thats another post! Anyways, his theme this year was "cowboy". I had the best time planning the party! We had hamburgers grilled by my awesome brother-in-law and sweet step-father. For the kids that wouldn't eat a burger, chicken nuggets! I made huge cowboy hat cookies and red velvet and cream cheese cupcakes! For party favors (which I COMPLETELY forgot to hand out) I sewed all 9 kids a denim and bandana crayone roll up and the adults got trail mix.

The guest list included, Mimi, Poppy, Nana, Uncle Steve, Chicher, Leandra, Uncle John, Aunt Mandy, Cousins Hannah, Jonah, Josiah, Jeff's cousin's Deanna, John, Hadley, and Corbin. Our sweet friends that came were, Shantel, Aiden, Cindy, Van, Isaiah, Shea, Tyler, and Anslee.

Tripp had so much fun playing with everyone, but when it came time to eat cake, he was exhuasted and we hadn't even opened presents yet! He was in awe of everyone singing happy birthday to him and loved the cupcake. Then we opened gifts and he perked up real quick (I think the sugar kicked in)! We had a great time hanging out with our family into the late afternoon and letting the kids play while Tripp napped! All in all... a VERY successful 1st birthday!!!

Again, thank you all who have loved our children and been a part of our lives; we love you all!

Thanksgiving 2010

For Thanksgiving this year we went to our cousins' Deanna & John's house. We had a big turn out and Sadie got to play with her cousins Corbin and Hadley. She also got to see Grandpa Whitt. After lunch we went out to Grandpa Norris' and watched the football game. Sadie had a lot of fun playing with Grammy, as usual! We only lasted until half time... Tripp was done for the night, and letting everyone know about it!Someone was not too thrilled about getting her picture made!