Happy Birthday

 Yesterday was my 29ish birthday!  It started bright and early as Sarah had to be on the court by 7:30am for a basketball game.  Her team won so it was worth it!  Afterward I came home to lots of wonderful birthday presents!

 Elizabeth is a great teenage sibling wanting to get up early to watch their games!

 Eric gave me a gift card to the spa!  He's the best!

 After gifts we headed back to the court to watch William.  His game was exciting but he lost by 2 points.  :-(  I love watching them play even when they lose.

 We had a nice family dinner at Mellow Mushroom.  It is a new place on the square.  So good!  Sarah reversed the camera on her iPod to get a family picture.  If you look closely you can see our waiter is photobombing us!!

 Now we know why our waiter was so willing to take our picture!

 Then it was time for my Dairy Queen Butterfinger Blizzard birthday cake.  Best. Cake. Ever!

 Annual Silly Picture

Thank you to everyone for making it a fun and special day!

Happy New Year

 My Mean Green Eagles played Eric's Aggies in basketball on New Years Eve so we decided to take a family trip to Aggieland.  It's not often our schools play each other.  Since it was New Years we got a nice suite and made some special family memories.  Above picture of the kids at one of our many favorite restaurants in College Station.

 We went down early to watch the women's basketball game too.  William was chosen to be the Tip Off Boy!  He was so cute.  They announced his name and gave him free Taco Bell.  He also got an Aggie shirt and was on the Jumbo Tron.  Unfortunately, I did not take my camera on this trip.

New Years Eve day we attended the UNT vs A&M men's basketball game.  North Texas gave the Aggies a lesson in Basketball 101.  It was a fun game.  Eric was ready to go home but thankfully his football team somehow beat Duke that night and we had a happy ending to our trip!

Christmas Reunion

Eric and his high school friends hanging out watching the Michigan game.  They are so funny.  Always make me laugh!

Merry Christmas 2013

 Christmas Eve 2013

 It is a Christmas we will always remember as William and Catherine are sick.

 Waiting for Santa Claus.

 Christmas morning excitement!

 Thankful for Tylenol and Ibuprofen to help make happy smiles.

 Santa got it right!

 Spent the afternoon with Nana and Papa Green.

 Catherine super excited about her Princess Sophia "iPad."

 Teenagers love cash!

 Not every kid can say they got a goat for Christmas!

 We spent the evening having dessert with Great Papa Green.

Catherine kept her distance.  William is feeling better but it will be another long night with this sweet girl.  Merry Christmas!

Christmas with the Gammons.  Elizabeth and Sarah got a shopping trip with Nana.

William got lots of army stuff.

Catherine sleeping on me.  She did not feel like opening gifts.  Elizabeth excited about her cookies but can't wait to get her Amazon order!

Advent Candle

Our family made a special memory this morning at church.  We lit candles for Hope, Love, Joy and Peace.  William and Catherine are hidden in the picture but each of our kids got to light a candle.  Eric read the Advent scripture.  He did a great job in front of a packed congregation.

Happy 4th Birthday

 Catherine woke up all smiles today.  It's her fourth birthday!

 We are so thankful God blessed us with this beautiful little girl.  She brings us joy and laughter everyday.

 She wanted to celebrate her big day with Chuck E. Cheese.

 Her strawberry Paw Patrol cake.

 She got lots of wonderful gifts.

 Very spoiled by her Nanas and Papas!

We ended the day with a TexMex dinner.  Happy Birthday to our beautiful Christmas blessing!

Cross Country

 Today was Elizabeth's last district cross country meet.

 She is center of this picture in red.

 Crossing the finish line.

She got 12th place.

Ho Ho Ho

Icemaggedeon 2013

 After 73 hours below freezing and 60 hours without electricity, the temperature inside our house was 49 degrees!

 We are very thankful Nana and Papa put up with us for 3 days!

 The kids had so much fun sledding on cardboard boxes.

We played lots of pool and watched movies.  They enjoyed their mini vacation but have to head back to school tomorrow.

Ice Friday

 Last night we had an ice storm in Texas.  We woke up to no electricity.  A couple of days ago when it was 79 degrees, Catherine and I put Christmas lights on this beautiful crepe myrtle.

 It was freezing in our house and the power is not expected to come back till tomorrow at the earliest. Eric was able to get enough ice off the car for us to load up and head to Nana and Papa's house.  Fortunately, the sand trucks were out in full force so we made it safely.  There were so many trees down along the way.

 Nana had everything ready to make Christmas cookies!

 They are so yummy.

Thankful for a warm house, hot shower, charged devices and awesome in-laws!