Emma Comes to Texas

We always love when cousins come to visit, but this trip was extra special since we all got to meet Emma for the first time.  She is absolutely adorable and we all loved getting to hold her and love on her.  The kids spent lots of time playing and we even took a trip to the new children's museum.  We love you Owen and Emma!

Be Mine

I love special occasions and holidays.  Really, I love any reason to celebrate! :)  My boys have grown accustomed to my schemes of trying to make those days extra special.  They even have started to add their own special requests.  Heart- shaped pancakes and special after school treats were on their wish list this year.  Mornings before school are usually pretty hectic, but we managed to have a fun Valentine's breakfast before heading out the door. 

Later, I headed up to school to help throw a class party for Connor.  I treasure these sweet Kindergarten moments!

This little guy spent the afternoon with Mimi and I running errands.  He is a pretty good little shopper, especially when cookies are involved. ;)

Cole and I celebrated Valentine's earlier in the week so that night we had a fun family celebration.  This has quickly become our tradition and I love it!  The boys requested homemade heart-shaped pizza.

We finished off our dinner with some delicious heart-shaped sugar cookies.  It was a great day spent with my 3 boys!

Go Connor!

Momma Lou came to spend the week with us and we had a wonderful time.  Connor was thrilled that Papaw came to town at the end of the week and they were both able to come to his basketball game.  He is one blessed boy to have so many grandparents come cheer him on!

Math Whiz

Christmas break was over and it was time to head back to school.  Kindergarten had an awards assembly where each child was presented an award based on teacher and class vote.  Connor was presented with the Math Whiz award for excelling in math.  The kids loved being recognized and it was so cute to watch them walk across the stage.  So fun!

Christmas Day 2013

Christmas morning was finally here!  The boys came out about 7:30 excited to see what Santa had left them.  They were thrilled to see their basketballs, but even more excited to read the note from Santa about their BIG surprise.  They quickly rushed to the window to see if it was really true!

Before getting dressed to go break in the new basketball goal, we opened a few presents and stockings.

These laser guns were a hit!

These two were beyond thrilled to have their very own basketball goal.  Santa brought the perfect gift!

Cole and I even got in on the fun.

Mimi and I planned a fun Christmas brunch at our house.  The menu consisted of monkey bread, quiche, sausage log, blueberry muffins, snowman donuts, and mixed berries.  It was all delicious!

The boys especially loved the Rudolph punch!

After brunch, the boys opened lots of fun surprises in their stockings from Mimi.  

Mimi and Connor

Connor had Mimi out shooting a few hoops before she left.

Later that day we headed over to Nana and Poppa's house to celebrate some more.  The boys always have a great time with Kate, Hannah, and Natalie.  Cousins are so much fun!

We all enjoyed an afternoon of opening presents, a delicious dinner, and then ended the night with a birthday cake for Jesus.  It was the perfect ending to a great day!

Merry Christmas!