Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Bruce and Autumn Show

These two are such sweet friends.  
I hope it stays that way forever! 



She's all about animal sounds right now.  This is the cutest one.  
I don't know why she does it this way!


Bubble wrap is the best part of receiving gifts in the mail!
The jump at the end is the best part.  He's always trying to figure out how improve!

Christmas, Colorado, and Beyond

 Here are a few pics from our trip to Colorado, Christmas, and afterward.  There are more to come as I track down the good ones on other peoples' cameras!


Us at Evergreen Lake - What a gorgeous day!



B and his hot chocolate

Jerret and Uncle Grant

Walking around the lake


The snowman we built in Grammie's yard

Opening his gifts (the bow was his idea)
Autumn hanging out with cousin Faith
A showing Uncle Dan her new baby doll


Daddy helping A open her gifts

Bruce helping Autumn open her gifts from Grandma
Bruce and Daddy at the Candlelight Service

Bruce in the Christmas Program (Neil's mommy and I did not dress our kids identically on purpose - LOL!)

Proud of himself after putting together the huge space puzzle from Grandma
Superpirate Bruce - a regular sight around here!
Superpirate Bruce and his Sidekick, Autie-boo (that's what he's been calling her lately - funny!)


Autumn's BFF

Bathtime!


After we got home, we found out that baby #3 is a boy!  He's healthy and growing well so far.  More news to come in that area!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Autumn Praying

Sorry for the horizontal orientation of this one but it's just so cute!


And while I was working on getting that one posted, I found this one from last year and couldn't resist adding it.


Admission of My Crockpot Addiction and Other Family News

Just to answer the most asked question of late - no, we don't yet know if it's a boy or girl.  Whatever "it" is, it's sure a wiggly little critter!  That's a dead give away to its relation to the other two wiggly ones we have.  We find out if they have a little brother or sister a few weeks after Christmas.  We'll let ya know!

I don't think there are too many true geniuses out there.  Other than Jerret, I can only think of a handful - alive and on earth in human form, anyway.  But I just added one to that list.  And if you are even the least bit friendly to cooking with a slow cooker, I think you will too.  I have checked her blog a few times in the past when I didn't have time to kill (do I ever?!) and always made a mental note to get back to it.  Well, I finally did.  And I am amazed.  The URL for her home page is http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/ and her wealth of recipes is listed alphabetically here:  http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2007/12/alphabetical-listing-of-recipes.html   I think I just found a new best friend.


Bruce's new obsession is writing his name.
On everything.  : / 
They tell me I'll find that even more amusing in 20 years or so.



He drew his first self portrait in our advent activity on Friday


He's so cool.


Saturday, December 10, 2011

Update on Us

I guess it's time for the every year and a half update!  Kidding.  I decided to keep this blog updated from now on so feel free to check back and see pictures, etc.  Since I sent out Christmas cards today with the blog URL, I thought I should put a recap of events up for those we haven't seen in a while.


And here's our biggest news - this is a 13 week ultrasound image of our newest family member, Baby #3!  I am now 16 weeks pregnant and both baby and mom are doing well!


This October brought Autumn's 2nd birthday.  It was a Dora extravaganza!



Celebrating with Bruce and cousins Katie and Micah

Making the Dora cake with Katie and Micah


We love the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens!


Here's another one from the Gardens.  We're regulars there!

Despite the dreadful heat of this last Texas summer, we did get out just a bit

Little hiker

Bruce loves to play on the computer (Gee - wonder where he got that...)

B showing off his mad puzzle skills
A finding relief from the summer heat
Bruce loves catching frogs - Autumn, not so much!




Bruce and Mommy riding at the Renaissance Festival

Autumn petting the ducks at the Renaissance Festival

The kids stretching their legs at the Botanical Gardens


Botanical Gardens - again!



Clark Gardens - another of our favorite spots to hang out



 Bruce blowing out his 3 birthday candles - April 2011






Autumn hunting Easter eggs




Snow at our house!


The "Snow Castle"



Daddy and Autumn in the cold




Our family - Christmas 2010




Playing in the Colorado snow at Grammie's



Autumn wasn't too sure about it




Halloween, 2010





Hiking at Possum Kingdom (before the fires)



Overlooking PK Lake



Autumn's First Birthday



Bruce and Cousin John at Autumn's Party



Autumn at 1 Year Old



Us - October 2010