Woo hoo! A day at the zoo!

Texas is pretty awesome sometimes. We are blessed with some beautiful weather....in February.
A couple weeks back we took advantage of the weather & the kids to the Dallas zoo. We are so fortunate to live close to Patrick & Amanda. It's great to see our boys growing up with their cousin.
The 3 kids starting off our day!




Precious Sutton




Patrick & Sutt Sutt




Love my boys! Can't believe Weston looked at the camera.




Holton about to feed the giraffe.




Weston feeding the giraffe. He kept saying - here ya go. Here ya go.




Our little Swamp People




Weston exploring




We had a great time & look forward to many more adventures with all 3 kids.

Rub a Dub

I just love how they both covered themselves & made this pic family friendly. (Thanks to Adam for the photo)


They love to get a bath together. It's the one time they don't fight...for a few minutes.

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Happy New Year!

Hello blog friends and family!  Well, 2013 didn't start off so hot for us.  The dreaded 2013 flu hit us hard!!  But, I think we are finally on the upswing this week. 

Hope all is well for you! 

How was your Halloween?

I have been traveling like a crazy woman over the past month or so, but thankfully I got back in town in time for trick or treating and all things Halloween!

Holton went as Power Ranger and Weston was a pirate. Adam painted Weston's face and I think he did a pretty good job!

 

 

 

 

 

Holton with our sweet little neighbor, Hallie.  They are so cute together....but Weston likes her too.  He always yells, "where's Hallie"?

 

One of the Kindergarten teachers at Holton and Hallie's school. We pretty much had to go to her house first. They think it's so cool a teacher lives so close.....just you wait till your 16, kids.

 

All the kids had a great time.  Now we are on a mission to get all the candy out of our house, before I eat it all! 

The adventures of Ian

 

 

Holton's favorite Texas Rangers player is without a doubt Ian Kinsler.  Holton went to a couple games this year (we'll skip over how the Rangers season ended).  Whenever Kinsler is up to bat, Holton will scream "Go Ian!  Go Ian!" 

Recently my Dad was heading back for another two weeks down in Columbia when he spotted an Ian Kinsler doll at the airport.  Isn't last minute airport shopping the best? 

Knowing Holton's love for Ian, my Dad snagged up the doll and kept him with him for a couple weeks in Columbia.  Dad decided to document all of Ian's adventures. 

Ian and the iguanas.  There are 3 - see them? 

Then Dad took around one of their coal mines to let him play on the huge machines (note that I don't know the fancy terminology for these things - sorry Dad!).

 

 

Then Adam and my Dad headed off to Colorado for a week to work on all things hunting cabin, deer stand, blah, blah.  Ian seemed to really enjoy himself!

 

Ian caught a mouse....gross!

 

Ian resting in the bunk beds at the hunting cabin.

 

Holton was very appreciative and loved seeing all the pics of Ian.  And I'm happy to report that Ian is safe and home with us now.  Holton sleeps with him every night! 

Weston turned two!!

It's so hard to believe that our little Weston Kirk turned two......way back on September 22nd.  I promise y'all I'm going to get in gear with this blog.

 

We went to Houston the weekend of Weston's party for our niece's wedding.  Glynna caught the bouquet at our wedding 12 years ago. Yes, this realization definitely makes us feel old! 

 

 

Weston had a great time at the rehearsal dinner! 

 

 

Getting ready for the wedding!  Don't pay any attention to Weston's hand placement. 

 

The beautiful couple

Holton with Glynna! 

The day after the wedding, family and friends gathered at Uncle Glyn and Aunt Karen's house to have brunch with the bride and groom. And.....they were sweet enough to get a cake for Weston.  It was a big hit! 

And what is is a birthday without a few presents. 

 Happy late Birthday, Weston.  We love you so much!!  We'll end this post with a typical picture of rambunctious, ornery Weston....holding a jug of beer....sans clothes. 

Time for school!

The past couple of weeks have brought on some big changes in our house.  Holton officially started kindergarten at the end of August.  He used to go to school/Pre-K 3 days a week, so the concept of 5 full days a week had us a little nervous. 

 

But, Holton has done awesome with school!!  He was already the start student of the day.  Maybe it doesn't hurt this his teacher is very sweet, smart and cute (other moms said we did get the best teacher-yay!)

Holton and his teacher

The Friday before school started his teacher came to our house for a home visit.  Holton was able to show her his room and dogs.  I thought that was the coolest thing for our school district to offer!

Our big guy on his first day of Kindergarten.  Adam and I both took him to school that morning :)

Holton was probably really ready for me to leave

And......not to be outdone by his big bro, Weston started school too!!  My mom has watched him since he was 3 months old.  THANK YOU, MOM!! 

 

But, it's time for Grandma to have some freedom and time for Weston to get some learning on'.  To get ready for his big day, our cute little guy got a hair cut. 

And here is Weston on his first day!  He did pretty well....maybe cried more than I would have liked, but I'm sure he's going to do awesome. 

Weston on day 3 - looks a little more comfortable.

 

Next thing we know, Weston will be in Kindergarten, so we have to enjoy this time!  It really does fly by so fast.