Dallas Zoo & Friends

We enjoyed a perfectly perfect fall day at the Dallas Zoo. Sutton and Maddie were real troopers. Sutton skipped his nap, but managed to enjoy the animals. Lincoln and Brenden were the tours guides, leading us around and climbing on every single rock they could fine.

Best Friends!

Sweet Lincoln



My family

Lincoln and Brenden

Two little monkeys

Matching brothers

My boys

Summer Happenings!

Brothers

Rocking with Lincoln


10 months!

Mckinney's newest snow cone place. Lincoln loves blue vanilla

Oh brother. I have the same pic of Lincoln doing the same thing in the same outfit

4th of July family

Parade time

It was HOT!

Annual trip to the lake

JOY!

Bluebonnets

We headed out to take some Bluebonnet pics, but it was sooooo windy and Sutton wasn't really having it. We took a few and headed home. In the car, I was scrolling through the pics and saw some really good ones. Of course, I didn't do a great job shooting b/c I assumed they would turn out poorly with the wind, etc. My friend Jennifer from high school edited a few for me (taking out some shadows and hiding Lincoln's phantom foot over his head). She has a photography business in Florida and is very talented. I can't thank her enough for taking the time to share her talent with me, gratis. Check out her work here.

PS: Could they be any cuter?

Trains!!!!

We took Lincoln to see the Northpark train display for the very first time. He was so excited and had a ball. We spent about 45 minutes looking at the trains and examining every single detail.

Pumpkin Patch

A Visit with PawPaw and Nana

Sunday morning we headed to Zilker Park in Austin for some outdoor fun. We canoed in the river and turtle-watched. Lincoln didn't move the whole hour. This is something we want to do again.

Aunt Morgan, Pawpaw, Nana, and Uncle Nathan

After the canoes, we road the train around Zilker park and polished off a few snowcones.

A Popsicle on the Porch

Spelunking

Saturday morning we headed to Kyle, south of Austin, to visit Ryan's parents, his brother Nathan and his sister Morgan. We met Nana and Morgan at the Inner Space Caverns in Georgetown for a quick tour. Lincoln enjoyed riding the cable car down and was really good during the hour tour.

Cheesin' for the camera

I think Ryan had more fun than anyone

Nana Deanna and Lincoln

Celebrating President's Day

We had a really fun 4 day weekend. Ryan worked from home on the 12th, due to the snow, so we played outside quite a bit. The 12th is his birthday, so we celebrated with dinner and a movie that night. One of the benefits of working for a bank is the holiday schedule. The bank was closed for President's Day, so Ryan was off. We enjoyed an IHOP breakfast and then took Lincoln bowling for the first time. He really seemed to enjoy himself. One of the things I like about Lincoln is that he is happy and content to play at home with the toys he sees everyday or he's happy trying something new. I never feel like he has to be constantly entertained or that we have to "one up" the day before. I think this generation of kids are used to constant excitement, stimulation, immediate gratification and entertainment. I am making a conscious effort not to go, go, go with Lincoln. That being said, he still had a ball.

Strike!

Good form, Lincoln.

Christmas Happenings

We've had a fun December so far. It's fun to see how the calendar fills up quickly. Even though December can be a busy month, we tried to stop and have some fun too!

Sleeping on his Christmas sheet from Great Grandma Fast and his Christmas pillowcase from Megan.

First time finger-painting. Lincoln loved it!


A hand print Christmas tree--idea courtesy of Miss Angi and her girls.

We had some friends over Saturday for a come and go Christmas brunch. We did it last year and had so much fun, we decided to make it an annual event! Here are some of the friends that came.

Mr. Mark, Mrs. Shannon and BFF Brenden

Dave, Nicole, Johnn, Ashley, Kelle and Brian

We also visited the reindeer in Allen, but couldn't get them in the same shot as Lincoln. Here we are in front of the giant Christmas Tree.

Keeping the tree up!

Later in the evening we went to a kids Christmas Party at a Friends. We had a ball. The fantastic hostess had some super fun crafts and games. Lincoln managed to fall down the stairs in the first few minutes, but didn't miss a beat the rest of the night. Their carpet will never be the same, but they had fun nonetheless!

Making reindeer snacks with Daddy.

Eating a yummy dinner with Audrey, Kenzie and Will.

Lincoln loved the cupcake...hence the carpet mess:)

Making a Christmas tree with sequins and Popsicle sticks.

Santa made a surprise visit to the party. What a FANTASTIC thing for him to do for these sweet kids. Lincoln reminded him he wanted an orange basketball for Christmas, not a red one.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS!