Jack's Christmas Recital

Jack's Christmas piano recital was a couple of weeks ago. He worked so hard to learn and perfect his piece -- "Joy to the World." He played beautifully. We were so proud of him. Sweet Sophie played in her first recital and also did a great job! How are these babies so grown up and playing in piano recitals?!

Santa Night

Last Sunday some friends invited us over for a Christmas party and a very special guest joined us -- Santa!

Henry got just what he'd asked for -- Axl from Nexo Nights.

And Jack got what he asked for too -- the Harry Potter Wii game!

Look at all of the happy kids!

Lucky is Back!

On Dec. 1 we woke up to a special breakfast compliments of our good pal Lucky. It turns out Santa gave him a new job at Neenee's Dolls and Toys, but he had an unfortunate incident with a birthday cake, the candles and accidentally lighting some dolls on fire. So he found himself sent back to our house again for the month of December.

The boys are enjoying searching for Lucky every morning. And they are loving their new Lego advent calendar from Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Anthony.

Birthday Fun

November was a blur of birthdays and Thanksgiving. The boys treated me to a very special day and fun presents. For Nathan's birthday we held our first ever cookie tasting, complete with a scoring system (snicker doodles won!).

Halloween 2016

This year we had Harry Potter and a black panther at our house. Henry's costume was inspired by a trip to the Dallas Aquarium this summer and his sighting of a black panther. Jack is on book 5 of the Harry Potter books and is loving all things Potter.

We trick or treated with Quinn (Jack's best friend) and his little brother. It was a very fun night and they got tons of candy!

We carved pumpkins a few days before. So fun!

Grandpa Pictures

Look at all of these fun pictures with grandpas!

4th of July

Our annual 4th of July celebration in Lebanon and Marshfield was awesome this year. We had lots of fun playing with cousins, swimming in Grandma Donna's pool and watching the parade.

Jack's Last Day of 2nd Grade

2nd grade flew by! Jack loved his teachers, Mrs. Peck and Mrs. Torres. He learned a lot, had lots of fun and grew up even more.

Summer Fun

Summer was so long ago! But it sure was fun. Henry was done with preschool in mid-May. Jack had a week off at the end of May and then had 3 weeks of summer session in June. Summer highlights included a visit with Uncle Will.

Jack and Nathan went to Bear Camp. It was only one night away, but was packed with lots of fun activities.

We went to a Royals game and Henry ate lots of cotton candy.

We tried to take a picture on Father's Day. And made Nathan an awesome t-shirt. He made a great corn hole game and we played it a lot in the yard this summer. He typically won -- surprise, surprise.

Henry's Last Day of Preschool

This post is way overdue, but I need to post a picture of Henry's last day of pre-K. He loved his two years at Second Friends. It is such a special place and his teachers were wonderful. He loved pre-K, and Ms. Margaret and Ms. Terry. He grew up quite a bit from his first day to his last day. He was a baby when he started preschool and in this picture he's all ready to go to kindergarten.