Swimming Fun

We now have a mini-water park in our front yard, complete with swimming pool and slip n slide. The slip n slide has been a huge hit! I remember loving it as a kid! Taylor has swam pretty much every day this week. She starts asking as soon as she gets up if it's warm enough yet. Here are some pictures of Taylor and Ryan and a few of their sweet friends enjoying the water.

Taylor on the slip n slide

Ryan taking a break
Tate, Ryan, Taylor and Cali break for a snack

Ryan and Taylor

Taylor and Cali

Tate, Taylor and Cali catching some rays

Snow Much Fun!

Blogger is not working well for me, and I had a ton more pictures to upload! I'm behind!! We enjoyed the snow for about 10 minutes yesterday, before realizing it was WAY TOO COLD to be outside any longer than that! Ryan was happy for about the first 2 minutes, then screamed after that! Taylor and Cali did not want to come inside. Here's some fun pictures from the last 2 days...

Snow Angel (I zipped her coat after this...oops didn't realize it was unzipped!)

Proof that he was happy for a bit

LOVING the snow!

Not happy!!

Still not happy!

Taylor and Cali sliding

Smile!

These 2 girls are so funny together!

They love each other!

Posing in his sunglasses

Britten's 5th Birthday

While Lindsay, Justin, Britten and Ellie were here in Texas, they were able to have Brittens 5th birthday. I can't believe that girl is 5 already!! Taylor and Britten are inseparable and love each other very much! I had so much fun watching them play together over Christmas. Britten, we love you and your mommy, daddy and sister very much!

Taylor - before Britt's party

Ryan in his cool rocker shirt from Cami

She's 5!!!

Sweet cousins!

Britt blowing out her candles. Notice the Texas Flag cake my mom made. She wanted a Texas cake because all her favorite people live in Texas! I love that girl!!

Why did Ryan get a red piece of cake?!

Ellie and Ryan

4 cousins - best picture we could get!

Ryan giving Ellie a five!

Christmas Break Begins

Daddy's home, presents are wrapped and cookies are being baked. I love this time of year!! November, December and January are always very busy for us since it's basketball season, so I always welcome Christmas Break! Dustin will have 6 days off from work/basketball practice and he'll have 2 weeks off from school! We are lazy, hang out in our p.j.'s and get lots of fun family time. Here are a few pictures from the start of our break...

Ryan and Taylor cuddling on the couch together

Taylor was an angel in our church Christmas pageant...I'm partial, but I think she's a pretty cute angel!

All the angels

Taylor with Blue (Shepherd Boy)

Singing carols

She saw I was taking a picture and wouldn't look at me

We were getting ready for church Sunday night and Ryan saw that as an opportunity to eat cookies. He ate 2 1/2 before we caught him!

BUSTED!

Taylor played dress-up with a bow that was on one of her presents!

Halloween

I'm finally posting Hallween pictures!! I also have a few others, of course. We had a fun Halloween this year. The kids wore their costumes 3 different times...Fall Festival at Sands, Saturday to see all the grandparents, and again Sunday for trick-or-treating. We now have too much candy, but the kids had a lot of fun!

I found the kids brushing their teeth together before the Fall Festival.

We made ghost cookies and brought them to share with pre-k

Taylor eating her snack with the pre-k kiddos

Taylor caught a chicken at our friends house. I can't believe she wasn't scared of it!

Taylor, Cyrus and Blue

Yep, she still loves her roller skates

Ryan, the scarecrow

Dorothy and the Scarecrow

Cousins at Gammy's

Kenndall and Taylor love Dorothy!

We went to a carnival with Gammy and Pa-Paw and Chrissy and her kids. The kids had a blast in the jumpy house!

Ryan at the carnival - he was busy exploring

Taylor before gymnastics - her skills are improving so much! She flips all over the house!