Let's Jump & May the Force Be With You!

We had Nick's 4th birthday party at Let's Jump. We all had a bunch of fun!

Owen didn't miss a beat. He had as much fun as everyone going down the slides and jumping in the bounce houses.

Can't believe he's 4!

Nick still says his favorite Star Wars character is Darth Vader and that's who he wants to dress up as for Halloween this year. He finally got the Darth Vader mask for his birthday!

January 2010

Owen wants to be a big boy and sit on the chair like Nick does. He climbed up all by himself! If only he was a little neater when he eats.

Petie

1994-2010

My sweet lil' Petie passed away on January 10, 2010. It was unexpected. We had just taken him to the vet to get examined and everything looked good. We were in Mission on our house hunting trip when our neighbor who was dog sitting for us called to let us know. Sigh. What great neighbors we have. We will miss them so much when we move next month.

We've had Pete since he was a year old. Tom and I had been married for a year & a half. I had been having a little baby fever which Pete cured me of for a long, long time. : )

Nick told me today when he saw this picture of Pete that he wasn't happy about Pete being in heaven. I explained that heaven is a wonderful place and Pete feels much better there.

Jack is getting all kinds of attention and I think he's ok with being the only dog in our house now.

Christmas 2009

1st stop at Great Grandpa & Great Grandma's house in Emporia. Nick was interested in Bronwynn's new horse. By the end of our visit, they were having a conversation about their favorite PBS shows. Such cutie pies! Ooh! Look at all the Christmas lights... Great job Papa!What a handsome lil' guy!

Merry Christmas!

Look at all the snow!! Its always fun to have a white Christmas!

Here's our very own storm trooper. When he opened the gift, the first thing he said was "Its not Darth Vader". Sigh. Good thing he's got a birthday coming up! We all made out like bandits as usual. It was great spending time with our family and we were blessed with safe travel thankfully.

Combat Air Museum

While staying at Granny and Papa's, we decided to go into Topeka and check out the Combat Air Museum. We all had a great time looking at the planes. We'll go back on a day when its a little warmer since the hangars are not heated. Brrrrr... Our pilot, Nick. Hang on!

Found of patch of snow and couldn't resist running around in it!

I'm so glad to be in the heated part of the museum!

South Padre in December

We flew down to McAllen, TX the first week of December to see if we would like living there. Tom had been offered a job there so we (the boys and I) needed to give it the final stamp of approval. We drove an hour & 15 minutes to South Padre Island so we could check it out too. It was a little windy but so WARM! Tom and Nick getting a closer look at the waves.

Owen's turn! Or maybe they are getting a closer look at the bird? Its pretty cute - Owen will sign bird and say tweet. Thumbs UP! We LOVE the beach!!


: )

Time for some climbing..

and sliding!

Bleh! Owen ended up getting a mouthful of sand.

Oh my gosh! I can't stand it! They are so ADORABLE!

My guys.

We had a wonderful visit! And, we decided that we couldn't pass up the opportunity. We wish we could be closer to family but atleast we'll be able to fly from now on instead of making that boring old drive up and down I-35.

Misc. November pics

: ) According to Nick, he is dressed up as Darth Vader.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered... Owen crawled in all by himself and I couldn't help taking a pic. What a great little package!

Cuddle time. Nick turned his head when he heard my camera turn on. They are so sweet with eachother for the most part.