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

Pumpkin Patch

I love going to the Pumpkin Patch as a family. It's one of our favorite parts of the fall season. Here are a few shots from our trip today.

Sutton's personality is really presenting itself these days. He is so funny and really responds to laughter, humor and playing around. He laughs so loudly and smiles so big. Lincoln is always cracking us up, but Sutton might just be the comedian in the family.

Loving on Daddy

Snow, Day 4

Ryan took Lincoln outside on Saturday morning to play in the snow. They were outside for almost two hours. It was sunny and not too cold, so they really had a ball. Ryan is such a good daddy, he is fun and always ready to play with his boys. Here are some of my favorites of the morning!

Pumpkin Patch

Father's Day

Here are Ryan and Lincoln before church on Father's Day. Lincoln and I went and got Ryan breakfast from McDonalds and let him sleep in a bit. Lincoln made him a card and I made him a small Shutterfly book of just Lincoln and Daddy pictures. Of course the main hit was Ryan's new driver:)

Lincoln's new pose

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.

Just Ryan and Marcy This Time!

Ryan and I decided to have some professional pictures taken since we hadn't had anything done since our Wedding five years ago. We used Holly's wedding photographer Allison Davis. She is young and super creative. We just did a quick, mini session. Here are some of our favorites. You can also check out Allison's blog for more of her favorites from our session. I would highly recommend Allison for you and your family!

Our Favorite

Do we look old? Just lie if you have too:)

10 Years ago....

Five years ago...

On a side note, Allison submitted Holly and Brian's wedding photos to on online blog and it was featured there and they just found out their wedding will be featured in the spring issue of The Knot magazine. So exciting for them.

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!