Blog Updates

Hey Everyone,

Well, I have finally gotten our blog somewhat updated. . . thru Easter anyway. (Baby steps, right??) Sorry you have so many posts to read thru this time, but I hope to start keeping it updated a little more frequently. Enjoy!

PDBC Easter Pageant

Every year our church puts on an Easter Pageant and this was our first year to be a part of it. It was truly amazing and Ricky and I loved every minute of it. I was in the choir and Ricky was an Athenian and Roman Soldier.

Ricky and his "posse", the Men of Athens. Lookin good guys!

Me and some of the girls in our formal choir dresses. How glamourous do we look??

Courtney, Mandi, me, Tiffany and Holly in our costumes. How fun!

Ricky in his Men of Athens scene.

This was just an awesome picture of the baby Jesus scene.

The cruxifiction scene. Ricky is the soldier second from the right.

Easter

We had a Easter Egg hunt with all the kiddos in our Sunday School class and it was so much fun. Austin had a great time finding all the eggs!

We also had an egg hunt at my grandma's house in Brownwood, which we do every year. Below are some pictures from her house.

The Gator and Austin's First Date??

Austin loves to ride in Davis' gator. They had so much fun driving it around the block while Holly and I tried to get some exercise. I can just picture about 12 years down the road when that is a real car and they are cruising down the road to pick up some girls :)

Of course, it looks like Austin has already gotten the hang of that. . . Holly and I joke that this is Austin and Londy's first date. Aren't they adorable??

And what a gentleman Austin is. He even takes Londy out for icecream after a leisurely afternoon drive.

Pictures

I needed some good 4 year old pictures for Austin, so Mandi and I took the kids to Jacob's Dream at ACU. Here are just a few of the many hundred we took. I think they turned out pretty well!

These are some of my favorites of Austin and Carter. They were being so goofy!

I absolutely love this one of Averi!

The Tower

Daddy and Austin got to have some good quality time together on this particular day. Here is what they worked on. . .

Pretty impressive huh?

Austin couldn't wait to knock it down.

Austin Turns 4

I can't believe Austin is 4 years old! Time has gone by so fast. Austin had a 4 wheeler party and he and his friends had so much fun riding them. Thanks to all of our friends and family for helping us celebrate. Austin was ready to eat that cake!! Daddy and Austin getting ready to ride the 4 wheeler. As you can see, it was pretty cold that day, but we went ahead and rode anyway. All the kids had a blast. I wish I could have posted pictures of everyone, but there were way too many.




Okay, so I had to post a picture of this. . . Our wonderful friends, Mandi and Adam (Carter's parents) gave Austin a movie for his birthday and this is what it was packaged in. I let Austin have one gumball a day and we still have 9/10 of them left! (as of May, when I am actually posting these pictures). All I have to say is watch out Mandi and Adam. Carter's birthday is in July and the war is on!

New Years

Ringing in the New Year with friends. We had so much fun having a night out without the kids! From left to right: Us. . . the Wood's. . . the Gibson's. . . and the Soben's.

8 Years!

On December 29th, Ricky and I celebrated our 8 year anniversary. I can't believe time has gone by so fast. Below are 8 reasons why I love my husband:

1. He loves me unconditionally.

2. He loves Austin and is a wonderful father.

3. He watches Austin when I need a night out with the girls.

4. He cleans the bathroom toilets for me! (That is one of my least favorite things to do.)

5. He lets me go shopping. . . ALOT!

6. He is always there for me when I need anything!

7. He can always make me laugh.

8. He is my soul mate. . . I could never ask for anything more!

I LOVE YOU !

Christmas Pictures

Here are a few pictures from Christmas. It was so much fun watching Austin this year. Santa brought him exactly what he wanted for Christmas - a big, big truck and a big, big drawing pad - although it's funny, I just now realized I don't have any pictures of those in this post. Well, anyway, you'll get to see some of the things he got for Christmas. :)

Austin helping me make snowflake cookies.

Sam (my brother-in law), Kreg (my nephew) and Ricky hanging out at my parents house.

Ky (my brother-in law) grilling out for supper. Ky is one of the best cooks I know and I always love it when he grills!

My sister Velre got this train set for Austin. See the somewhat small box that it is in?? Well, take a look at the picture below to see what it turned into!

Ricky opened the box the next day to put it together and there were a million parts. . . the directions read "Assembly time - 30 minutes. Take your time and enjoy!" But Ricky did get it put together and Austin and his friends have enjoyed playing with it so much. Thanks Velre!

Austin on Christmas morning looking into this stocking.

Funny story - Austin had a Fillmore car and about a year ago we lost it. Austin kept looking for it for a long time and then finally gave up. He hadn't mentioned it in several months and I guess Santa knew he had lost it so he brought Austin another one. When Austin pulled it out of the stocking he said, "I found Fillmore!" Hilarious!

This is Austin opening his Big Big Truck - but you'll have to imagine what it looks like.

Santa also brought Austin this cool desk.

Austin says he is "going to work" and gets up there to write and draw.

Daddy and Austin.

Mommy and Austin.

Austin's cousin Joshua came in to visit from Lubbock. This bag was just about his size.