My Boys

These two guys melt my heart.  Jason loves his daddy so much and Kelvin loves his baby so much.  Every Sunday when I take Lydia to Nursery, he say's come on son, let's go to Priesthood.  Too cute!! 

This Is How We Play

I am looking forward to the day when these two will be able to entertain themselves without me having to be right there all the time.  They literally won't let me out of their sight for more than 30 seconds before they come looking for me and start playing where ever I am at the moment including the bathroom.  It will be nice to be able to do the laundry or the dishes or even read for a min or two.  But until that moment arrives, I'm enjoying spending time with my little ones and this is a typical day of how we play......

 

My little spider monkey!!

 

Dallas to East Texas

The drive to get home from Dallas is beautiful!!  There are large trees on both sides of us for the last hour and a half of the drive.  I love to watch the scenery as we come in.  This particular drive back was special because it was the first time I have seen the leaves change color.  Fall is my favorite time of year because of the crispness in the air and the beautiful trees.  I would take multiple drives up the mountains in Utah just to wonder at the sight.  Here is Texas, the season is not quite the same.  It's almost the middle of December and most days you could venture out in shorts and be just fine.  The trees also do not change the same time.  It's normal in Utah for the trees to change in September but here, it was about Thanksgiving time.  I'm trying to get used to it but I think I might always miss that little bit of Utah.

This is the first half of the trip...

And this is the last.

Red is my favorite!!!

I love the stark contrast between the colors.

Isn't it gorgeous!!!



 

Monsters

We played a game over Thanksgiving weekend called Monsters.  When you see a monster you have to run away from it or chase it and shoot it with a squirt gun.  It's a typical kid game that's lots of fun for them.  I twisted my ankle running from the monster and stepping into a hole in the ground.  We played this for a few hours and then the next morning, Lydia roped Krystal into playing with her again.  That girl could play outside all day eveyday.  Unfortunatly the awesome video we took won't load because of our super slow internet.  But we did get some good pictures. 

Love, love, love, this picture!!!!  Even though there is a glare, it captures her excitement perfectly!

 

Thanksgiving

We traveled to Dallas for the Thanksgiving weekend to be with Kelvin's family.  It was a small dinner with just his parents, sister Krystal and us but it was very nice.  Dinner was fantastic and the black Friday shopping was awesome!! 

Our big purchase for black Friday was a new camera.  Our camera takes very blurry pictures and not great video.  So after some research and lots of questions to the sales guy we bought a Nikon Coolpix S9300 at Costco!!  I was very nervous about buying it because we are trying to save for a house, but we really did need a new camera to capture our kids lives now since we will never get these moments back again. We didn't spend a lot in the way camera go, but it was the perfect choice for us.  After a few pictures and trying out some features I knew we made the right decision.  I was against a fancy camera, just needed something to point and shoot and that is exactly what we got.  We LOVE it!!!  Take a look at the quality of these pictures.

Lydia was our test subject since Jason was sleeping at the time.  Maybe you can't tell that much difference, but my goodness, we sure can!

Babysitting Friends

A while back some friends of ours asked us to watch their little girl while they went to the temple.  We gladly obliged.  She is a very easy going girl and what's one more right?  Lydia was so excited to get to play with "batty jene" (Betty Jane).  Even though Betty Jane is only a few months older than Jason, Lydia had fun with her.  Lydia likes playing with everybody though.  She's such a social bug.  They did have a good time though and she wasn't a problem at all.

I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home

These pictures say it all.  It's a mad dash to get to him when he walks in the door and it's all about him for at least the next hour.  The kids LOVE their daddy!!!

November--the Month of the Sickies!!!

I swear it's been hard to keep my kids well this month.  It started the last week in Oct and has been on and off throughout the month.  It's frustrating to have a few good days and then back to being sick.  The kids are sick of being in the house and frankly I am too.  I did not get much sleep that entire month and we didn't do much that entire month. 

Moving to a new place you are going to get sick.  The germs are new and the body has to adjust.  I know this because we move every single year!!!!!!!  But this month has been bad all around for everyone.  I've been good about putting my doTerra oils on them and that has definitly relieved their symptoms, but they are still getting the bugs.  All I can say is they better have great immune systems later on with all the bugs they have caught!

Lydia was so sick that she fell asleep on the couch.  That is unheard of for her.  I felt so bad for both of them.

We LOVE the Lufkin Zoo

My kids are outside kids.  They love to be outside and running around.  Since we have only ever lived in apartments that makes it a little difficult.  When we lived in Carollton it was easier since there was a GREAT park close by and I could put the kids in the stroller and walk to it.  Lydia would play for hours and then we would go home.  It was a great set up.  Here in Lufkin the parks are iffy and not very close.  So we have a new favorite place to go.....the zoo!!  The town here is small enough that there are very few people frequenting the zoo during the school year and even less in the afternoon.  In fact there have been quite a few times where we have been the only ones there.  It's great and the kids love it.  We go about 3-4 times in a good week.  (The library is also an every Wed event.) 

 

Going in the afternoon is the best because the animals are hungry.  So you get to see some up close and personal.  We are about 3 1/2 feet away from the tiger.  The Jaguar and Lions get this way too.  It's super fun to see the animals so close.  I don't know where else we would get that experience.