Dudley & Wally

Wally never gets to come in the house, so one day I surprised everyone and let him in.

He was sooo excited. We called him upstairs and it was HILARIOUS! He is very uncoordinated and didn't know how to run up the stairs so he bunny hopped up them and then coming down was a whole other issue. He started running and tripped. Then he just froze and started shaking. He actually crawled the rest of the way down with his paws spread as far apart as he could get them. He is getting better and now after a couple of bunny hops he figures out how to run the rest of the way up and coming down he runs and then leaps the last few steps!

Tucker with his FauxHawk and Dudley always trying to find a warm body WITH a warm blanket to snuggle up with!
Hope your warm today,
K

Soccer Party & Faux Hawk

This is where Tucker's Soccer Party was held in DECEMBER! Isn't it awesome??

It is the recreational center in the town just north of us. Indoor water slide, lap pool, and little kid's play area.

Tucker and Coach Mike with trophy

Brent (obviously still a kid himself), Tucker and Keyton about to go down the slide.

Yes, I did the slide too, and loved it. It is a blast.

playin' and splashin'

Going down again.

Tucker and a friend's little brother wore Brent out taking them down over and over.

The last time Tuck got his hair cut, Denise (also our neighbor, friend, hairdresser, and wife of Keyto's soccer coach) put his hair up in a FauxHawk. Tucker wore it that way for about 2 weeks even in our family picture that was in our Christmas card. It took some time to fix each morning so luckily we haven't had to do it in awhile.

Hugs,K

Keyto Winter Tour/Concert

Keyton performed twice in December. The first time was The Elementary Winter Tour (pics below). The band spent one day performing at each of the four elementary schools and at our child care center. Brent and I went with the band to help set up and take down at each school. I love listening to Keyton perform. It makes me proud to know he is apart of the music. They played songs from the Nutcracker and THE POLAR EXPRESS which was my favorite and awesome!

The band wore Tuxedo shirts, ties and cumberbuns (I don't know how to spell that)! They looked great. We had our lunch break at CiCi's pizza as you can see in the picture below.

The 2nd time they performed was their Winter Concert (pic above) and all the bands in Jr. High and Intermediate were there. Keyton is in the top performing band at the Jr. High!

An Elementary school where we performed

Tuck's school and all the kids watching the concert.

Wish you could have been there and heard them.
Hugs,
K

Birthday Pics From Nov 29th

Me (remember no makeup), my boys, and my cake they made me.

I received some wonderful gifts from my Mom, Aunt Ann and Pam & Richard (inlaws). My mom got me a purse. I have been looking for one for a YEAR, some clothes (badly needed), some money, and as usual, some sweet very thoughtful little items. When growing up, there were always these smaller gifts that she included, like earrings, socks, ornaments...you know what I mean? I always looked foward to seeing what kind of special little things she had found for me.

My Aunt gave me one of the ski vests that are so popular right now. I have been wanting one. Mine is pink with a black scarf! Perfect!

Vintage Apron from my mil! Love it!



Vintage book cover with buttons also from my MIL!

Funny she got me this because I have been looking for vintage anything with my initials on it!


Sweet angel pillow ALSO from my MIL! Isn't she a great gifter!

Hope you've enjoyed this recap!
Hugs, K

Happy Holidays

We hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas full of love and joy!

To ALL of our family...we miss you and will see you soon XOXO!

Brent, Kerri, Brandan, Keyton and Tucker

Thanksgiving Day!

All my boys were busy and helpful...of course the more help I had with the food, the faster the food got on the table! We enjoyed a great lunch and then headed to the movie to see

The Blind Side!

Oh my goodness, that was the best movie I have seen in a long time!

I would love to meet the real mother in person. She must be a ball of fire!

Sandra Bullock was awesome and so was the actor who played Michael Orr.

I actually want to sit and watch a football game (that he is playing in) now.

You gotta go see this movie and buy it when it comes out on DVD!

Very inspirational and perfect for the holidays.

Then...we had our Big Entertainment for the evening!

The boys and my Mom said Brent couldn't jump up and touch the arched opening that separates our kitchen from the living room. Well, of course he had to prove them wrong!

He took a step or two start, jumped up, touched the arch,

then in slow motion his foot slipped on the tile and he started falling backward where luckily our couch is and did a BACK FLIP over the back of the couch, angled himself just enough to miss the edge of our coffee table and landed standing UP! It was a perfect 10 if I do say so myself!

We were all just standing there staring with our eyes wide and mouths wide open in disbelief as to what was happening! It was a move that Doug from King of Queens would have done!

At first, when he started falling backward I though he was doing it on purpose, but then as he kept going over, over, over the back of the couch I just was speechless. We all laughed hysterically at that point just grateful he didn't break anything!

So...next year for Thanksgiving if you're not busy,

our house is the place to be for all your Holiday Entertaining!!! :)

(shhhhh, don't tell Doug, oops I mean Brent, I told you)

I don't know if you've noticed, but I've posted three different posts in one night!

I needed to play catch up!

Tuck is at a friend's house, Brent is asleep, and the big boys are watching movies!

Tomorrow I hope to post my treasures I found in McKinney a couple of weeks ago and an album that I covered at a crop I went to about a month ago!

Hugs,

K

Thankful for...

My Mom was here for Thanksgiving!

And...with my birthday just a couple of days later, that made it even more special.

Enjoying a pretzel and a drink after Birthday & Christmas shopping!

So glad she was here!
Thanks for coming Mom, we love you!
Have a wonderful evening, K