Sledding!

We got out early this morning to get in some fun in the snow before it all melted away. We had such a fun time sledding. I think this was a first for both boys. They loved it! Since sleds are hard to come by in Texas, we used laundry baskets and a pizza pan. :) Jeff and I did it, too, but I chose to not share our oh-so-flattering pictures. We are not quite as cute sliding on pizza pans as the kids are...

Snow days 3 & 4

We had four straight snow days this week. Only left the house once for about 15 minutes in all that time. We got creative with ways to stay busy and ended up really enjoying ourselves!

Killing time with playdough. And Tyler in his night vision goggles. We had fun taking pictures of them in the dark. (Like I said...killing time!)

My fearsome lion and fierce dragon!

Craft time - we made masks out of paper plates, beans and noodles.

My angels in the snow.

Jumping into the snow; our snowman; tasting the snow; snowball fights and our snow "fortress,"' whic got knocked over right before I took the picture...

lots of snow! Where did the street go??

Snow Day!!!

The boys were in the playroom, and I asked them if they wanted to come out and help me with something. This is how they arrived...in matching silver glasses with orange lenses, and each with a knee pad on. Some sort of super hero spy kids. They are so funny - I of course had to take pictures. What else is there to do when you're trapped indoors all day??

Nuclear Cowboyz

A co-worker of Jeff's was able to get a good deal on tickets to this motorcycle show, Nuclear Cowboyz. We decided to check it out and had a great time! Tyler now wants to be a "motorcycle jumper" when he grows up. Oh yay! ;)

Happy boys!

Stunts! They got so high up in the air and at times the riders completely let go of their motorcycles. It was pretty cool.

One of my favorite pictures - check out the shadows on the right side.

FIVE!

First snow!

We had our first snow of the season yesterday, January 9th. Here are some of the highlights from this exciting day!

The boys watching out the front door right after we realized the snow had started:

This was taken looking straight up at the sky. Can you count the flakes? ;)

In our backyard:

The snowman Grandpa Preiser built in their front yard. And a picture of the boys pelting their daddy with snowballs. haha.

The "snowman" I built. Before...and after. 

Merry Christmas!

We had an amazing Christmas surrounded by lots and lots of family. We spent Christmas eve at Nana & Papaw's (Jeff's parents). Then had Christmas morning first at our house, then at my Mom & Dad's. My sister, brother and their spouses, my nephew, grandparents and Uncle Scott were all visiting from out of town. We felt really blessed to be able to share the holiday with so much of our family.

Christmas Eve at Walkers

Christmas morning at our house

Christmas morning at Preisers

An attempt at family pics with everyone who was in town

"Playdate hangover"

Jeff snapped this picture of Colton while I was out finishing up some Christmas shopping. We've named it "playdate hangover." We had a playdate at our house this day, and he didn't take a nap, so apparently he was really tired and crashed out pretty hard. He fell asleep with the Wii remote, but I believe Jeff planted the pizza and pretzel on him (that is a pretzel hanging from his mouth...).

Christmas at the farm

This weekend was a busy one with Jeff's side of the family. We went to his Grandma's house in Bonham Sunday morning and had Christmas with that part of the family. It's always a fun time there. The boys LOVE riding the tractors. This time Jeff's cousin Kory took the kids on the newest tractor with his son Jayden, who is a month older than Tyler. It completely made their day! After Granny's, we headed out to Mesquite to try to catch the end of Jeff's Mamaw's party. We arrived a little bit too late, but it was great to visit with Mamaw for awhile. We're looking forward to all the family time we have coming up this week for Christmas!

 Jeff's mom Vickie asked if I could take a picture of her, Tiffany (Jeff's sister) and Runell (Vickie's mom). Three generations of ageless women! ;)

A blog update!

Sorry for the two month delay, but I finally had a moment to myself where there wasn't something else I needed to be working on, so I finally updated my blog! Hoping this will be less hectic from now on and I can keep up with it better. Today I added posts from Halloween all the way to this past weekend!

A Preschool Christmas

On Friday, December 17th, Tyler had his school Christmas program. Each class sang a song, then a couple of the teachers narrated a version of the Christmas story, and the four year olds were responsible for coming to the stage as the characters were mentioned. Tyler was an adorable, perfect little shepherd. After the Christmas story, his class sang two songs. I was so sure Tyler was going to be silly on stage, but he did great! He did everything he was supposed to do and was really into it. It was so cute! Can't wait til next year when Colton will get to be in the program, too. :)

Surprise!

We surprised Jeff's mom Vickie for her birthday - we all met at Pappasito's Mexican Cantina. She had no idea the whole family was going to be there. It was another fun time with the Walkers. At one point during dinner, Tyler asked her to dance (bottom left). Later teh waitress brought out some dessert and a giant sombrero - always a good time. :) Happy birthday, Vickie!

Perfect day for a ... tent?

What do you do on the coldest day of the season? You pitch a tent in the backyard, of course! Well, that's what my family did! Jeff was cleaning out the garage and came across this tent that we got as a wedding gift but had never used. He decided it was a good day to try it out, so the boys played in it all afternoon and we ate lunch inside. But - it was FREEZING. We'll have to actually camp in it someday when it's not quite so cold!

Tyler's first basketball game

Tyler's very first basketball game was Saturday, December 11th. It was SO MUCH FUN. Those kids are a blast to watch. Some of them really know what they're doing and look like little pros out there, but since they're still so little we get a lot of comic relief during the games as well. His next game is not until January 8th. I really can't wait!

St. Nick came!

St. Nick came to our house the night of Dec. 5th, so we woke up on the 6th to stockings full of Christmas surprises. We each got a new ornmament, some candy, and some other sillly surprises (see Christmas tree glasses...). Yay for St. Nick!

Family Christmas pics

We tried to do an official family photo on our own this Christmas with the tripod. It was a lot of work! But we did end up with some nice, usable photos! The kids liked running around at Nash Farm and the botanical garden. Colton was so tired that afternoon that he layed down on the playground equipment.

This is my favorite of the four of us:

Tyler's first basketball practice

Tyler had his first basketball practice November 30th. I was really surprised at how well those kids can dribble. It was comical at times, but they were pretty impressive for a bunch of 4-year olds who've never played basketball before!

Colton was there, too, and Daddy tried to teach him how to spin the ball....

"Gingerbread"

The kids and I attempted to make gingerbread houses together out of graham crackers early in December. We had a great time doing it, but we decided we'll need a better construction plan next year because the walls kept caving in! They turned out cute though, while they were standing. :)

Sharing meal

Tyler's class had a sharing meal for Thanksgiving. Everyone brought something and all three 4-year old classes had a feast together. Colton and I were there for the feast, too!

Tyler's last soccer game

Tyler's soccer season ended with his last game on November 6th. It was his best game ever! Everything seemed to click for him that day and he was really going after the ball. He (nearly) scored five times! It was such an exciting, fun time. :) The collage you see above is one that I put together as a gift for our coaches. I framed and matted it and we gave it to them at our end of the season party. GOOOO PIRATES! ARRRRR!

The Botanical Garden with my boys

On November 4th I took my boys to the Botanical Gardens in Grapevine. They loved running over the bridges, looking at the coy, and most especially, collecting horse apples! They've been asking to go back. There is even a fun playground right next to it.