Christmas 2010

We had a great Christmas morning, Andrew woke up to find en empty cookie plate with scattered crumbs and a tipping over empty glass of milk.  Santa must have been in a hurry!

Lots of great gifts all around, a good breakfast, and then complete 4 year old toy mania!

HOOK 'EM HORNS!

Andrew loves to sing along to Johnny Cash, this guitar will be a perfect addition!

 

Christmas Eve 2010

 We did something a little different this year, my whole life Christmas eve was a quiet family only sort of thing and this year Rebecca and I discussed spending dinner together.  I told her Scott had made his ribs that he was just dying to have she and Jeremy try, and Jeremy was at home cooking a pot roast so we said let's do it!  Sounds like a strange combo, BBQ ribs, pot roast, beans, and potato salad but it was all delicious.

  

  The kids were absolutely nuts most of the evening but it really was a blast.  It was the most fun I have had on Christmas eve that I can remember.  And, we got some great family pics because we had someone there to take it! :)

Christmas eve at the Playground

What a great Christmas eve.  We met our friends Rebecca, Sydney, and Jack at "red engine park," our name for it at least.  It's official name in Georgetown is Kelly Park, but there happens to be an old red locomotive engine there, hence the name.

 

We had a great time exchanging gifts, swinging and sliding down the slides.  And, we are expecting the whole Nolen family for dinner tonight.

OK, I am finally joining in!

Upon viewing my friend's blog for her daughter Sydney, http://morethanacityinaustralia.blogspot.com/ I just couldn't resist any longer.  Expect to see more posts soon...

Christmas Tree Tradition

We took our annual trip, well, so it is only the second year we have gone but we are going to go ahead and call this a tradition because we fully intend to continue next year.  McIntyre's Nursey is a local business and they have fantastic Christmas trees.  It is a lot of fun to go and pick out the tree, watch them prepare it and toss it in the back of the truck.

                 

                 

Andrew's First ATA school graduation

Corpus Christi trip, August 2010

 We took a great weekend trip to Corpus Christi to go to the Texas State Aquarium and the U.S.S. Lexington Aircraft carrier.  We drove down, about a 3+ hour trip on Saturday morning and quickly checked in to our hotel.  Andrew got a great gift at check in, a pail, shovel, and lots of other goodies!  We headed straight over to the aquarium, after a little bit of a detour of course... can't always trust the yahoo directions. :)

Here Andrew is checking out the sting rays at the touch pool

  

Out on the alligator patio

Father and son... 

We had a great time just hanging out at the pool on Saturday night.  Andrew and I enjoyed a dip in the pool, checked out what was shakin' in the lobby and got some rest.

Bright and early Sunday morning we got ready, got checked out and headed over to the U.S.S. Lexington Aircraft Carrier.  It really was an incredible experience to explore all the different levels of the ship there was everything from a barber shop to a post office right on the ship.  I would have never have imagined it that way.  There were so many incredible airplanes on the ship, photos, artifacts, and so much more.  We rode in a flight simulator which was a lot of fun, and took lots of great pics.

 Andrew manning the guns

Andrew and I locked up in the brig!!

4th of July 2010

We spent a great 4th of July at San Gabriel Park duing the day enjoying the ride with Sydney of course.

 Here we are getting ready for the fireworks over near the ball fields.  We had such a great night, played on the playground, played with the glow sticks,and watched the fireworks.

The four puppies we fostered