Kids

Even the pretty fall leaf... becomes an arrow in his imagination!

Last Saturday, Nate blew us all away with his mad touchdown skillz. I know the Papas will be proud!

Aunt Leslie and Cousin Caden met us at the Houston Children's Museum. We were there for at least two hours and the kids could have easily stayed longer. Climbing structures, a mini-metropolis, an outdoor playground and huge water maze thingy, invention stuff... pure...

Grandma came home yesterday! We were hoping that she would be at mom's house by Christmas, but I think the hospital staff just enjoyed our company too much. I mean... who wouldn't want to be visited by the giggling elves each day?! This is Julia's tray. So fun. She...

  For the first time since the move in 2008, we drove back to Texas for the holidays (instead of flying). It was only a 23 hour drive 🙂 We stopped in Ozona, Texas and found the cutest playground. The kids had never seen a merry go round. Can you believe that? I...

Nate had worked on this domino set up for hours minutes. He was proud and ready to show all of us what he had made. Julia, Grandma and I made our way to the other end of the coffee table and we absolutely crashed (ok, Grandma was completely innocent) Nate's creation....

They named him Hawk-eye. My sweet, literal children. I was hoping for Jack or Rufus (hi Aimee!) or Oliver. Some days it is so hard to let them have their turn at this life. Some days I just want to ::insert opinion and great advice here:: But, it's their fun world. It...

So first, you have to make sure it is going to float. This was an 8 week project, every day after school. He was building it to show papa at Thanksgiving. He hammers and pounds. I've decided that it is therapeutic for him. I wonder what I should go pound for...