Merry Christmas!

A visit from cousin Ruth

Josh, Maddi and Ruth visited over the weekend.  We had so much fun playing with them.  Here are some of the fun things we did.

 Watch Ruth smile

 Play peek a boo over the couch with her

 Drew and uncle Josh played football outside and then drew their names in chalk

 Ruth watched the boys play in their tent

 We watched the Northwestern Wildcats beat the Hawkeyes (ROAR)

 Ate yummy mexican food at Chuy's

 Played at the park

 Ate garlic knots at Home Slice Pizza

 Took fun pictures while waiting for our pizza

 Took fun pictures after eating pizza (obviously, since they are covered in pizza)

 We were just a bunch of goofballs all weekend and Ruth seemed to fit right in with us.  We love her!!



Happy Halloween!

Blake's 5th Birthday

Happy 5th Birthday Blake!!  It is hard to believe that our little guy is a 5 year old now.  We had such a fun time celebrating his 5th b-day in Houston. 

 Blake is opening up his Raiden Fighter airplane from Pampa and Mimi.

 Blake and Drew flying their airplanes, although Drew's is really a 4 wheeler that he got from Lo Lo and La La for his birthday that he turns in to a train, a truck, a car and now..a raiden fighter jet.

 Peek-A-Boo

 Blake's skeleton sunglasses that came with his Sonic kid's meal and Mimi's flip flops really complete this 5 year old's look.

 Blake picked to have his birthday dinner at the Rainforest Cafe

 Drew was not about to turn his back on those tigers

 Hmmmmm....

 Drew's turn with the skeleton glasses

 Blake with his new remote control tank (it even climbed over baby ducky)

 "Oh, I've been wanting this game!"

 Drew and Mimi after the train ride while we were waiting for the big boys to come back from the game

 Drew and I shortly before he started chasing the pigeons (or flying rats as my mom calls them)

 This was Blake's birthday Sunday that they brought out when they sang happy birthday

 Yes, Blake is opening  his present from us in our garage next to our recycle bin.  It was a huge collection of Rescue Heroes their control tower, airplane, car, etc.. and too big to take with us to Houston so we let him pick one to take with him in the car.

 

 Before the game

 After the game....if you look closely you might see tears in Kyle's eyes