Christmas prep...

We got the inside of the house decorated early this year. I love my new happy holidays banner my dear friend sent to me! Fun new addition to the decorations.
The elf on the shelf has been hanging out around our house this month. The kids have had a good time running around the house in the mornings trying to see who can find him first!
Lots of sweet letters and pictures have been passed around in this cute little mailbox that Dawson and Easton LOVE!
We all went to watch Dallon in the holiday concert at Bush Middle School. It was so fun to hear the band and orchestra play all these beautiful christmas songs.
Dallon and Dawson helped me make caramels one night. We had fun wrapping caramels and listening to Christmas music together. We also had fun eating them. They were amazing! The boys loved taking these cute little red bags full of them to teachers and friends at school.

We made ornaments for the tree. We hope to make more. The kids love doing stuff like that.
6 more days until Christmas!!!

I miss her so much...

*** pics taken when Maddie came to stay at my home in october.

thanksgiving weekend

We had a great thanksgiving weekend in Stephenville with family. There were so many fun things we did together... and I didn't get my camera out very many times to capture it... and that is so unlike me. I don't know what was up! One of my favorite things we did together was go to see Breaking Dawn. I loved every minute of that. We also shot clay pigeons in Dad's field. We had a delicious thanksgiving dinner. We went out in the field by their home and enjoyed a campfire almost every night. That was especially fun for the boys. Boys love building fires! One night we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows by the fire and Mammy taught the boys to dance! They loved it. They are still practicing the moves and trying to remember them. We went black friday shopping. Marcie and I took Stetson, Banner and Dallon with us this year. We introduced them to all the craziness of getting a good deal and that was so much fun!

Dallon

I love these photos! I love them because they capture him playing drums, which is a passion of his! I love that he worked to earn the money for these drums by mowing the Cosby's yard all summer. I love seeing his bedroom in the picture... the colors he picked out last year when we decided to paint the room together and had fun doing it. I love the art on the walls in his room. I am glad I finally got some prints ordered of him playing sports... his other passion.

Honors Band

Pics taken at a recent Honors Band Performance. Dallon plays percussion and really enjoys it!

Halloween fun with family...

In October, when Jenna and Maddie were here to visit, we all made the trip up to Stephenville to see family for the weekend! We had so much fun wearing Dad's Halloween masks around their home. I had no idea he had so many! So fun!

The kids made a scarecrow with Mammy and Pappy... and obviously wore curly hair wigs while doing it!!!

Jenna and Maddie come to stay

Last month we had Jenna and Maddie come to stay with us. We were all so excited to have them here. All the kids loved having Maddie here, but Easton loved it most! He was totally hands on! He loved helping Aunt Jenna take care of her. And when he wasn't busy taking care of Maddie he was busy taking care of Curious George. This first pic is my favorite... because this is pretty much how the week went. Everything Aunt Jenna did for Maddie, Easton did for his Georgie.

See... when I said everything... I meant everything!!! Ha Ha.

It was so great to spend time with Jenna and get to snuggle up to sweet baby Maddie. We miss them both already!!!

4 games in one day...

that is how we spent our day yesterday. So fun and so exhausting!

Halloween

yesterday...

Easton played with the baby kitten for hours. It's one of the things he loves to do most when his big brothers are at school and he is looking for a way to entertain himself. He is not scared of him anymore... he loves him. Easton asked me to take this picture of them laying on the sofa together.
Dawson and I went to Barnes and Noble and he got a new "how to draw" book. He spent hours drawing all kinds of animals and then showing each and every one to me. He loves drawing so much.