Christmas 2012

Okay...i have been posting a lot on Facebook and figure i should probably post more on here, rather than there where a lot of people who probably dont care what my kids are doing keep seeing pictures of them.  So, i am going to try to be more dilligent to keep this up to date...that is a pre-New Years resolution for 2013.  Well, since the world didnt end.  haha.  So...here I start, with a photo of our giant Christmas tree.  It's a little over ten feet tall and it smells devine.  It is full of the kids' decorations, so nothing fancy just filled with love and memories.  Merry Christmas :)

Max's Thanksgiving Preschool Presentation

Max and his preschool friends, Max, Maya and David and his friend Cooper!!

Max and his teacher Miss Lisa!
Max really likes her :)

Max and his drum that he made in preschool.

They sang some songs and then did a rain dance!!!

Nana and Papa were in town so they came and watched too :)

Football season!!

Hudson decided that he wanted to play football this year instead of baseball.

So we signed him up for flag football with a few of his friends from Scouts. He really likes it and its great exercise.

The first few games were sooo hot. We all were sweating on the sidelines!! 114 is not football weather. We keep hoping that each Saturday it will cool off more. This weekend it is supposed to cool off to the 90's so we are super happy. We had to go out and buy a sun umbrella to keep the majority of the sun off while watching so we didnt all come home with heat stroke. Other parents bought those portable gazebos!!

Since he has such big hands, he makes a great center. He hasn't had a fumble yet to his QB!!

Also, he does a great job of blocking people from sacking his quarterback as well :)

Run Hudson...

The fans...cheering on the Cowboys!
In this league, parents get geared out in the NFL team colors/jerseys of their son's football team. This season his team was the Dallas Cowboys.

Hudson and his team mates coming to the sideline for a well deserved drink!

Max's Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Max's preschool went on a field trip to a pumpkin patch today and they had a lot of fun!!

The farm they visited had animals, go-karts that you could pedal, a cool cow train made out of barrels painted like a cow, a play ground, a hay and corn maze, awesome kettle corn and of course pumpkins!!!

Riding on the go-kart

Petting the donkey

Riding on the cow train!!

Max with his friends, Maya, Cooper and Max.

Our Max is called Max Thomas by all of his friends so eveyone doesn't get he and Max Martin mixed up!!

Kids and the puppies

Friends of ours breed Yorkies and Boxers and they asked if the kids would like to come over and see the puppies and to also see/feed the chickens, goat, ducks and horses. My kids are totally city kids and to do this is an exciting and new experience for them. They had a BLAST!! Click on the picture and it will take you to the photo album of the evening with the puppies and the farm!!! Thanks Jackie for being such a great friend and loving my kids so much :)

Back to School 2010

The kiddos on the first day of school August 11, 2010.

Max didnt start until the following Monday, but the older three started on Wednesday.

There were all so excited and were anxious to get back to school to see friends and to get back into the busy life known as school.

Max -first day of preschool, Monday August 16th. To say he was excited would be an understatement.

This was his first year of preschool and he is going to Miss Lisa's Lively Learners preschool. He LOVES his backpack and was so proud to have one like the older kids.

The older turkeys goofing off outside the house before school.
See Dad, i havent killed my grass yet with my sprinkler system broken!!!

Tori- starting first grade!! (with half of her teeth missing, haha!)

Emily - starting fifth grade!!

Hudson - starting fourth grade!!

Tori Graduates Kindergarten!!!

Tori getting her kindergarten certificate and memory book.

Tori and Miss Born. She LOVES her teacher!!!

Tori and Cruz.
Tori's first 'boyfriend'

Tori and her good friend Jesslyn.

Tori and her buddy Emma!

Tori's kindergarten teacher this year was amazing. She and her teacher's aid Mrs S threw an amazing party for the kids with cake and treats.

They made a memory book for each of the kids that the kids got to have their friends sign the next day.

Tori was totally destroyed the next day when i picked her up from school, when she realized that Miss Born would no longer be her teacher.