Breakfast with Santa

Well we did get to see Santa...the kids even got a letter from Santa. Both are on the good list...they were both a bit worried. We had breakfast with Santa at school last Saturday morning.

We also got an elf that stays with us until Christmas is over. He goes every few nights to the North Pole to report on the behavior of the kids. He is a silly elf, changing places nightly making the kids have to look for him. We found him in the fridge one morning eating the vanilla yogurt...Emily even found that our elf loves raisins...thank god for the dog...

Snow in Texas...for real

Well you heard it right, we had snow in Texas. It started early in the afternoon north of town, but about five on the south side of town. I was out with a friend having coffee so I got to watch it for hours. When I got home Ricky wasn't even aware that it had snowed hard. The kids were in bed and wouldn't wake up to play in it.

Cold!!!!!!!!!!! November in Minnesota

Well as many of you know, my mom moved to Minnesota in the summer. The last time the kids and I had seen her was in July. So after watching the airline prices go up and down and back up and the down, we finally got tickets. The kids and I left on the 22nd and Maama was at the airport waiting for us with Lyle. Well guess what, it snowed that morning and at the airport there was still some left on the ground. We ended up stopping at the Mall of America, going only to one store, and riding rides. When we left there, the kids got to play in the snow a bit, throwing it at me. I snowed again on Sunday morning...and these are the pictures from that.

Spiderman, Tinkerbell, a Werewolf and a bee????

This is the newest member of our family. We would like to introduce Walker. We got him the day after Gustav hit. One and a half months later IKE hit. He did well. We are still getting used to Walker, he is still young and loves to chew on shoes. We don't like the chewing part, but love the barking when something doesn't seem right to him.

For Halloween this year, Emily was Tinkerbell, Ricky was Spiderman and Richard was a werewolf. Walker was a bee. The kids got a ton of candy, filling the black cauldron I emptied before they came back. This was the first year, that we handed candy out. Usually we leave the light off, because no one is home. I stayed home to hand out candy and Ricky took the kids.

Texas Ren Fest

Emily and Richard fighting as usual. just kidding!!!!! We went with Jaime, Keith and the girls and Bampa and Becca to the Renaissance festival. The kids had never been. They loved it. Emily got her face painted and her hair braided. They also did lots of the kid attractions. Jaime and I got Henna tattoos. Jaime got hers on her leg, I got mine on my back. We had a really good time hanging with the family.

Soccer and Volleyball

Emily played volleyball this fall. I was the coach of her team. I really enjoyed working with all the girls. We had a really good team...we were undefeated. Emily is great on the court, she really pays close attention and hustles to the ball.


Richard tried soccer and absolutely loved it. He was of course the smallest one on the team, but didn't let that stop him. He hustles up and down the field and gets right in the huddle to get the ball. He said he really liked playing and wants to play again.

We are going to take off for the winter season, but start back up in the spring. I think I will coach again. It was fun...I think Emily liked me coaching. Richard could care less I think...