Monster Jam

Cooper got tickets to Monster Jam from us for Christmas.

He LOVES Monster Jam SO much...

he watches it on TV ALL of the time, can give you stats on the trucks & the drivers...

border-line obsessed.

The boys packed up and headed out to San Antonio for the show...

Here's Coop in his Maximum Destruction shirt (his FAVE truck)...

he kind of looks a little evil...

guess it brings out the testosterone.

They had a WONDERFUL time :)

I'm sure it won't be the last time they go.

Happy Ring!!

My job can be very stressful at times...

So,... we wear "Happy Rings"...

Whenever we get stressed out or things are just not looking up,

we can look at our HUGE, flower ring... it can ONLY make you *smile*.

My wonderful co-director got me one for my birthday :)

Tinker Toys & Football

Cooper got Tinker Toys from Granny & Grand-Daddy for Christmas.

He worked VERY hard and made a sky scraper...

Here he is: SO PROUD:

UT Football Party:

l to r:

Lucas, Lillian, Cami, & Cooper

Shannon & Dianna enjoying the game:


l to r:
Bailey, Lexi, Cooper, and X-Man is hiding

New Year's Eve

We went to Grandma Cissy's & Big Daddy's House to celebrate Christmas on New Year's Eve...

We had a BLAST!

Here's the kids ringing in the New Year with flashlights:

Toasting in the New Year:

CRAZY kids:


Taking our group picture:
L to R:
Lexi, Cooper, Katy B., Cortheye, Cylas, Gracey B. (not too happy)




Making sad faces...

Watching fireworks:

Cylas & Cortheye

Grandma Cissy covering Cooper's ears because of the noise:

Big Daddy was a PRO!

We made the night into CRAZY HAT NIGHT!

Of course,... we made a WONDERFUL Party Spread :)

Lexi got an I-Pod!!

Cooper got a Nintendo Ds!
FUN!!

Christmas Morning

Lexi woke up SUPER early... I made her lay in bed until 6am :)

We got the camera, the video camera, breakfast in the oven, Ganny & Grand-Daddy here... ready to go:

Snuggie:

They both got LOTS of SUPER fun stuff!

Highlights:

Cooper got tickets to Monster Jam in San Antonio

Lexi got tickets to Taylor Swift Concert :)

Christmas Eve (2009)

Christmas Eve... trying to get the kids to bed early before Santa gets busy:

Sprinkling reindeer food in the yard - CHECK...

Cookies for Santa, Carrots for the Reindeer, Letters thanking Santa for the elves... CHECK...



OFF TO BED...

Elves Being Crazy!....

The elves got into MORE mischief fun!

Sally got into Lexi's dress-up clothes!

Billy got into Cooper's toys:

They both ended up watching a movie one night:

Those CUH-RAZY elves...

S.O Christmas Party

Some of out neighbor friends had a Christmas Party.

Here are some of the "divas" + Future Diva - Lillian!

All of the kids being crazy!

Ready for Santa to come...

Christmas with Daisy

We had the pleasure of spending Christmas with Aunt Daisy!

Lego FUN!

Lexi gets to be the new Ace of Cakes!!

The kids with Aunt Daisy :)



Daisy brought us a SUPER fun cake that she made!!

Baking for Christmas

Baking Sugar Cookies for Christmas:

Now we are making Reindeer Food for all the kids in the neighborhood:

It's Winter Time and We Wear Shorts!!

It's December and the weather is SO nice that the kids get to play outside.

They make a clubhouse for their elves and invite some friends over:

Bailey & Lexi with their clubhouse.

Sally is on guitar.

Cooper is the door bouncer:

Lexi jumping from the swing:

Bailey jumping from the swing:


Posing next to the 8ft Santa...
HI ROUND ROCK!

The clubbers:

Christmas Gingerbread Houses

SOOOO... instead of buying the Gingerbread House kit (which I am HORRIBLE at putting together), we decided to build our own - an idea we got from Paula B. - THANKS!

Old boxes with graham crackers glued on top... lots of icing... and leftover Halloween candy.

A FUN time with HOURS of work put into it!!

Here is Cooper in the beginning:

Lexi starting her decorating:

UH OH: we had an icing malfunction:


Lexi made a club house for Mr. C

Cooper made a castle with a moat and prisoners - ha ha ha...

The kids decided to give their elves their gingerbread houses...

So,.. on Christmas Eve night, the elves took them to the North Pole.

I really hope they enjoyed them!

Shining Star Christmas Party

Our Shining Star Christmas Party:

Me & Lexi

Me & my co-director, CP

I HAD to post this pic to show off my FESTIVE socks :)

1/2 of Prayer Group

Here is 1/2 of my prayer group for our Christmas party in our jammies!!