Little Princess

Oh, the joys of little girls! She's your typical girly girl. She loves the color pink, dress-up, makeup, jewerly, sunglasses, and fixing everyones hair.

Almost Forgot

to upload our Valentine photos. The kids at parties at school. It was a busy day. The parties were at the same time as Claire's nap time, so you can guess how much fun I had! I gave her- I don't know how many cupcakes to make her happy!

J's Gone Home!

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This is a song that I found at Christmas. I couldn't help but think about J. He's had an uphill battle his whole life. I played this song on Christmas night. It really hit close to home. Cecil and I both prayed that a home would be found for J, soon! Fast forward two months and now he's gone to his new family! His new family is the best thing anyone could ask for. The father is a Pastor of the Baptist Chuch in their town and the mom is a third grade teacher. They have two older kids, who are just wonderful. I remember the first conversation I had with the prospective mom. The first thing she asked me was, "Can you please tell me the good things about J?". He was excited to go, but hesistant to leave. He said he was going to miss everyone. He promised us that when he grew up, he was going to come back to visit us.

This will be an adjustment for them, so please pray for them. Claire doesn't understand it all either. She keeps asking, "Where J go, Momma?" No matter how hard this is on any of us, this is truly the ending we have all prayed for. I know he is going to have a wonderful life!

Cozy Little Bunch

This is a photo that Cecil was able to capture one day while I was away. They are too stinkin cute! Notice that Cheyenne is holding Sparkle.

Cheyenne's 1st Official Photoshoot

Claire's Valentine Program

This is Claire's first Valentie party at PDO. The kids at SuperKids put on a Valentine musical. The sanctuary was full of parents and families, so Claire was a little bit timid, but I think she did great for a two and a half year old! I actually got chills and my eyes began to water when she started singing. I couldn't belive my baby was on stage, singing! Cecil laughed at me. I punched him.

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He's SEVEN!

What? My baby is 7! It's so sad how fast they grow. We celebrated his birthday in Ft. Worth. Mom, DD, brother Jason, Me, Kate, Kathy, Me, Cecil, Claire, Kris and Erika were all there to celebrate with him. Mom stole the show with her gift. She got him a LCD tv to hang on his wall! Excited doesn't begin to describe how he felt. DD got him a Pixo machine. (Thanks again for that DD, you brat!) Kris got him some DVDs and craft supplies. We bought him a learning globe that he's been wanting for forever, a wii game, and some Webkinz. We went to the Ft. Worth zoo. The weather was a perfect 73 degrees. For his birthday dinner, we ate at Dad's favorite restaurant, Salt Grass, to celebrate. Noah ordered cheesecake for his birthday cake. The kids had a cooking party to celebrate. It was a great trip.

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I know this is not the best pic of the two of them, but little C was not cooperating in the least!

Fling a Kid

There's a new park in Wolfforth. The kids love it because it has several pieces of equipment that other parks don't have. We have named one of the pieces, 'Fling A Kid'. It is the funniest thing you have ever seen. The kids hang on, an adult spins it, and the kid goes spinning until they let go, at which point, they fly throught the sky. The kids LOVE it! They beg to go to the Fling A Kid park. They also love the mery-go-round. We've had such a warm winter that we have gotten to go many times! If you come to visit, be sure to have us take you to the park!

Introducing Cheyenne and Faith

These are our newest additions. They couldn't be more beautiful! They are super sweet girls. Cheyenne is 6.5 and Faith will be 5 in a few weeks. Cheyenne reminds me of Punky Brewster. Faith is full of energy. She and Nevaeh could be long lost sisters! Does that tell you enough?

Torturing Noah

He hates to shop! Hate, hate, hates it! He would rather be grounded from the wii for a week than go shopping. He has started being a little mischevios when he his made to go. So, this day was no different. I'm trying to get some serious shopping done, when I turn around to find this little goof ball messing with the sunglasses. He begs, "Please can I have these? They match my jacket!" "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!", I respond. He dies laughing. He's so fun!

She Loves Pink

When I ask her, "What do you want to drink?" , she says, "Pink!". That means strawberry milk. She picks all of the pink candy out of the bag first. She loves pink. She wants to wear pink socks with pink shoes with pink pants, a pink shirt, a pink bow and a pink chapstick in her pink purse while sucking her pink pacifier! She's obsessed! Good thing I love pink, too!

New Years Resolution

Since I know that I most likely won't keep any resolutions that I make for myself, I have decided to post these resolutions for the kids:

Claire-This will be the year that she quits the pacifier!

Noah-He's going to quit chewing on his shirt sleeve!

Goodbye 2008

Wow, what a year! So many things have changed.

Noah accomplishments:

Learned how to Heely

Had tonsils removed

Got addicted to Webkinz

Won 1st place at Regionals for Art project and advanced to State competition

Graduated Kindergarten

Learned basic photoshop skills

Went to Jonas Brothers concert

Flew on a airplane for the first time

Became a pop culture junkie...Taylor Swift, Hannah, Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato

Drove a jet ski for the first time

Won 3rd place at Summer Reading program

Jumped off the diving board and swam

Conquered his fear of rollercoasters at the South Plains Fair

Started 1st grade

Got a Wii and kicked Mom and Dad's rear repeatedly

Fell in love with chapter books

Got a new baby cousin, Milly

Lost his first tooth

Has kept straight A's all year long

Jumped three clothing sizes!

Learned to tie his shoes

Recieved "The Best Brother Ever" award from Mom and Dad

Our family:

Visited Jas and Kris' lake cabin several times this summer

Took a ride on the polar express

Welcomed Mariah and Melissa into our home and then said goodbye

Said goodbye to Erika, but welcomed her into our forever family, as our niece

Finally!

Matthew finally made time for me to take his Senior Portraits! This is the only one I have finish editing, but they all turned out really good. It's hard to believe that he will be graduating in about five months!

Our Merry Christmas

Some traditional activities we were able to participate in this year included visiting Santa Land, going to see Santa at the mall, Christmas school parties, gingerbread house building and decorating, Christmas at Nana's house, decorating the tree, driving around town to see Christmas lights, viewing the Land of Sweets window at Kingsgate, and holiday baking. For the first time, we were able to go to the Polar Express Train Ride and go on a horse drawn carriage ride.

We really had a great Christmas this year. Kris and Erika were able to come to town, DD had the day off, and the weather was beautiful. The kids were able to get out and play with all of their new toys.

Here's a list of everyone's favorite gift:

Cecil- a new car stereo

Cas- a temperpedic pillow

Noah- temperpedic bear pillow

Joseph- a Poke'mon figurine set

Nevaeh-her Powerwheel

Claire- pink toothbrush that sings My Little Pony (she wouldn't put it down to open other gifts!)

Claire was so afraid of Santa, AKA HoHo. It's so funny because she has several shirts that say, "I love Santa". She made us promise that HoHo wasn't coming to our house on Christmas eve. She was afraid to go to bed, thinking that he would come here!

Joseph is a real believer in Santa. There's nothing that Santa couldn't do in Jospeh's mind. When he saw Santa this year, his face lit up and he was all a flutter. Joseph wrote numerous letters to Santa. Only a few were wish lists, the others were letters to say how much he loved him and to wish him well.

Nevaeh is also a hard core believer. She loves Santa. She talked his ear of when it was her turn to sit in his lap. When it was time for her to get out of his lap, she cried and said, "I forgot to give him a hug and kiss."

Noah has been really questioning the whole Santa thing. I think he has asked everyone he knows! On the Polar Express, he said, "I know for a fact, that guy isn't real!" I makes me so sad that he doesn't believe!

This was Cecil's first Christmas without his Mom, so Christmas had a different feeling to it this year. Santa has always left him a stocking full of goodies at her house. I would always laugh when he opened his stocking. "As long as you believe, you will receive", he would reply. So this year, it was my honor to keep the tradition alive. Santa left him a pack of boxers, some candy, and Goo Gone.

Santa forgot that he had to fill my stocking until he was in the check out line at Wal-Mart on Christmas eve at 5:15pm! So, my stocking had Fritos, a travel size can of bean dip, some water, and a snicker. The kids were so excited about my loot, and helped me eat it!

We're Going Green...

... or at least that's the excuse I'm giving for not sending out Christmas cards this year! I took the kids on two separate shoots, and I didn't get anything I wanted to use on a card. I had this idea in mind, but I couldn't make it work. Also, business just boomed at Christmas. Much more than I ever expected. Time kept slipping away, and before I knew it, it was too late to send out cards. Oh well, there's always next year!

I just had to share this one..

While out shopping with Kris, I turned to see Claire just sitting there looking so beautiful!

Christmas Shopping

One condition of me getting to go shopping was that I had to take Claire. She slept most of the time, so she was in a real good mood when she woke up. She really put on a show for everyone.