My new hobby!

While we were in Lubbock for Christmas, my grandmother taught me how to make knit hats. When I got home, I couldn't wait to make a few for Evan and Page. A friend of mine has a booth rented at the McKinney Trade Days & has said that I can sell hats there if I would like. So, I have been working hard to make enough hats to sell for the Trade days coming up this weekend. I have really enjoyed doing this & hope that others will like what I have come up with. I will post some pictures soon. I think they have turned out very cute. :)

Christmas

For Christmas, we drove to Lubbock to spend time with family. We were able to see many family members & catch up. There were several people who were stuck at home because of the snow and were not able to make it for the celebration. We missed seeing them, but were glad that they were home safe. In Lubbock we got over 4 inches of snow, which made for a fun week. Since Evan loves the snow so much, he wanted to eat and play in it all the time. This was our first venture outdoors. It is my Grandparent's backyard.

Me and Scotty watching the fun from the sidelines.

Page knows how to spell, but not turn the letters the right way! Ha! :)

Evan and Nana enjoying the cold!

Evan and me!! A rare mother-son shot, since I am usually behind the camera.

BaBa and Evan played with the dominoes. They made lots of patterns that came falling down.

Evan looking studly on Christmas Eve.

Casey & Amanda... and baby girl who is coming in April!! Yay!Page and I on Christmas Eve, enjoying family and fun.
My Grandmother, Ma, looking beautiful.
Page and Casey got hold of Ma's hats & this was the result. Crazy guys!
Casey wearing our Grandfather's old-school hat. Classic!
Evan on Christmas morning. He loved opening and playing with all of his gifts. :)

For breakfast on Christmas morning, Casey & Evan were twins eating their cereal.

Another good time of eating snow & playing with cousins.

Suh-No & fun!!

December brought with it snowfall in North Texas! It was a rare treat & made it actually feel like winter around here. Evan and I had no heat one evening, so we stayed with Lisa. When we woke up the next morning, it was snowing!! Since it was Evan's first experience with this cold powder, he loved exploring. We did not exactly have snow-gear, so we were only out for a little bit, but Evan loved it! He ran around & ate the snow. He had a great time!! If you are wondering of the spelling of 'snow' in the title, I chose to use the phonetic spelling of Evan's preferred pronunciation. Anything that starts with S has the 'Suh' sound at the beginning. It is pretty adorable.

Once our heat was working again, Evan loved getting a blanket (for himself) & sitting to watch a little Word World. Beast did not even mind this time & she just kept snoozing while he sat next to her. They are getting more used to having each other around all the time.

This was Evan's first look at our Christmas tree. I set it up after he went to bed one night & when he woke up, it was all ready. He was pretty impressed.

Since my parents are both retired now, they are able to come see us more often. In Dec, we were able to spend lots of time with them. They went with us to see Santa & we rode the carousel after we were done. Evan loved seeing them and doing some fun things while they were here. :)

NaNa & BaBa were troopers & rode the carousel a few times. Evan likes it, but is still a little unsure about the motion. But, it looks like he had a great time with his Grandparents.

Giving Thanks

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Grapeland at my parent's house. My Dad's parents were able to come & so were my cousins TeeJay & his family as well as Nathan & his family. We had a nice visit & Evan was able to play with his cousin Jamie. They kept each other pretty entertained.


Jamie and Evan Played with dominos, cars and colors with Nanny & my Mom (NaNa).

They really liked rolling the cars down the ramp in the living room. :)


It was cool, but very nice outside so we took lots of opportunities to get outside to play.


Dad and Jamie went out to the gate & looked at cows & rocks.

Both boys had fun pushing the toy lawnmower Jamie brought.

Evan loved Jamie's drum. BaBa showed Evan how it should be done. :)

Evan and I watched while Mom & Nanny worked in the kitchen.

We enjoyed seeing everyone and were able to see how thankful we are for our family, health & the blessings in our life.

Finally updated

Hey all, I am trying to catch you up on the last month or so of posts. The first one I worked on was updating the halloween post. There are now pics of our small group party, so be sure to go back and look at those. They are pretty fun!