Brody Bear is 4!

Dear Brody,  I can not believe that you are already four years old!  It seems like just yesterday you made your big arrival.  But it has been four years and the addition of you made our little family complete!  I have loved every minute of being your mommy, even when you give me the stink face, or when you throw tantrums, because you also give the sweetest kisses and hugs and you have hilarious things to say.  I love that you are so much like your PaPa, because I am a Daddy's girl and I love seeing some of his qualities in you. I love that you love anything BOY, trucks, cars, boats, superheros, dirt, bugs, cars, sports, and  more dirt.  You liked superheros before you knew anything about them.    You have some little dimples when you smile that make my heart sing, when you squeeze my hand when we walk across the parking lot and look up at me with your sweet blue eyes, you make my heart sing and when you say sweet prayers at night for everyone you know, and some people you don't know, like spiderman, it makes my heart sing.  I know God has big plans for you and I am so grateful that I get to be your mommy through your journey.  I pray that you love God with all your heart and soul and that you seek his will for you life.  I love you to the moon and back!  Love, Mommy

Christmas Pictures

Christmas is my favorite holiday and I know it is such a busy time for everyone, but it seems especially busy for our little family.  We have Christmas and all the fun that comes with that, and then we have 4 birthdays in a row.  That makes for alot of celebrating in a very short period.  Here are a few pictures from Christmas, more to come!

 Making birthday cards for Jesus

 Our annual gingerbread house construction

 Brody's class party and games

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth

The tooth fairy has been busy at our house these last few weeks.  Jaden has lost two of his top teeth and two of his bottom teeth in just a few short months.  I guess I am not totally surprised since he usually grew several teeth at a time when he was a baby.  Such a big boy!

Grapevine and the Gaylord

We loaded up last weekend and headed to Dallas to celebrate Raley's 5th birthday!  I can not believe how big our kids are getting.  We stayed at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine.  The Gaylord is one of the most beautiful hotels and they go all out for Christmas.  It was magical. The whole town of Grapevine takes Christmas decorating pretty seriously and the downtown area pictured below was so fun for the kids.  They had a singing Christmas tree and tons of lights.  

 The Gaylord has an ICE show every year.  This year the theme was Merry Madagascar! They make you wear heavy jackets because it is 9 degrees inside of the show.  It was FREEZING!  I thought the ice was amazing and at the end they had an ice slide that the kids wanted to go down over and over again!

 At the very end of the ICE show they had a nativity and they were playing audio with the story of Jesus!  LOVE that they did this!  It was my favorite part of the show!

 The hotel was gorgeous!

I'm a little Indian

Thankful

My heart is full and thankful this year!  The blessings in my life are too many to count and I thank God everyday!  Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16 :33-35  The boys feel blessed too, and wrote things they were thankful for on leaves and hung them on our "thankful tree".  Some of the things Jaden was thankful for included all of his friends and family, clothes, shoes, our house, swimming, toys, etc.... Some of the things Brody was thankful for included Spiderman, The Hulk, Cars, Trucks, Boats, Cookies, Candy, and Treats!  If you can't tell by their list, my two boys have very different personalities! :)

 Jaden had Thanksgiving lunch at school

 The boys napped on the way to the ranch where we spent Thanksgiving with the Bibler's!  The Texans Football game had us on our toes, but they pulled out a win in OT.

 Brody had a sweet feast party at his school