Snow Video

Tilt your head to the left and enjoy this video of Jaden sledding down the hill in our front yard

Snow Day

We had a snow day in Austin! I love the snow. I love to go on vacations where there is snow, I love building snow men, I love how beautiful everything looks when wearing a white coat of snow, and I especially love when it snows in Austin. It is a somewhat rare occurrence, which is probably part of the reason I love it. I do have to say though, I would not be able to tolerate more than one or two days of snow. It is so fun because it is special, otherwise it would just be a nuisance like it is up north. I live in Texas because I only love special snow, not all the time snow. My oldest son however really LOVES snow. He woke up Friday morning and had the biggest smile on his face because of the snow. He wanted to immediately venture out into the winter wonderland, but being his mother and the fact that it was only 7:00 in the morning, I made him wait until 8. He did all things fun that you can do in the snow, he made a snow angel,

he made snow balls

and he sledded down this hill , along with almost every other kid in our neighborhood. I will post a video of that once I get it downloaded. Jaden enjoyed every second of his snow day, and can't wait for the next one. He was o so sad when it had melted by the next day.

What we have been up to lately

Santa gave Jaden a bike for Christmas and he has been busy learning to ride it. He is a pro now and wants to ride his bike every day after school. I am so proud of him, he is growing up so fast.

2 birthdays, a wedding and the circus

It is a little hard having Christmas, Brody's birthday,New Years Eve, 4 days later, Josh's birthday, and then 4 days later my birthday, and the next day Grandma B's birthday. That is alot of celebrating in a short time. It is a good thing we like to celebrate. :)

For our 34th and 33rd birthdays we went to a fabulous dinner at Hudson's on the Bend, followed by drinks at Steiner Ranch Steakhouse. The Rice's joined us and we all had a great time.

Friday we went to a wedding at Creekside in Driftwood right across from the Salt Lick. Aubrey and Trevor got married. Trevor is my mom's cousins son. They were such an adorable couple and full of love for each other and Jesus which was nice to see. Every time I go to a wedding I think of my own wedding day and how lucky I am that I married my true love.

The kids had fun dancing

Saturday, Jaden and I went to the circus at the Cedar Park Event Center. I don't remember the last time I went to a circus, but I highly doubt it was as nice as this circus. Jaden and I both marvelled at the tigers, elephants, acrobats, and clowns. We were both entertained through out the entire show and I would definitely go again. Next time all of us will go.

He ate the whole thing by himself

The elephants were my favorite

During intermission we went down to the floor to look at people riding elephants and ponies

They had a stunt motorcycle man who jumped across the room, it was awesome, he is the blur at the top right of the picture

And what is a circus without a man shooting out of a cannon ball

Happy New Year!

We had a New Years Eve Party at our house. I think it might be the first time in the last 4 or 5 years that we actually stayed up until midnight. We had all of our great friends and their kids come over to celebrate. We had delicous food and way to much of it, a bounce house, and alot of fun. In fact, I had so much fun, that I only took this one picture the whole night. Happy 2011!

Our baby is 2!

The day after Christmas we celebrated Brody's 2nd birthday. I can't believe my baby is 2 years old.

Grandma and her boys