The Trampoline

Yesterday Brian and my dad spent a little while putting the trampoline together.  It took about an hour and a half, but Brian said if he ever had to do it again, it would take him half as long - evidently he learned a lot in that hour and a half. 

Reed jumped right on and squealed and screamed as he flopped around.  I asked him if Santa did good and he said "Yes!"  Then I heard him whisper "Thank you, Santa!"  It was very sweet.  Hudson wasn't as pumped about it as Reed.  When he first got on it, he wouldn't even get out of my lap.  He eventually got to where he would jump only if he was holding on to me directly.  If I sat down, he would say "Mounce!" (Bounce!) 

Then Brian got on with Reed and was bouncing him in the air.

Hudson wasn't sure about all the bouncing, but he definitely didn't want to be left out...

Reed has already asked about getting on it again this morning...  :)

Our Christmases

What a great week we've had!  Last Saturday we finished up our Christmas marathon.  It has been an endurance race, that's for sure!  As I went through my pictures, I noticed that they were very sporadic - lots of pictures at some gatherings and none at others... the only explanation I can think of is that I got more tired as time went on and just didn't think to do it!  Anyhoo, our Christmases started on December 19th with Brian's parents and Eric and Sara.  We ate, we talked, we laughed and we opened gifts.  Hudson took a nap, but woke up super gripy and we couldn't get him interested in opening presents.  I chose this picture of him in his new tool belt because you can't see his sour face.  :)

Gammy and DadDad got Reed a box full of the mini Lego figures which he LOVED.

Hudson and Grace in Grace's new red wagon...

Hudson on his new car that DadDad picked out...

The next day we went to Graham to see Mike's family.  I took this precious picture of Reed with Papa (Brian's granpa).  They sat at the table for the longest talking about Bakugans and Lego mini figures.  It was a very sweet sight to see.
Hudson is a child after my own heart.  Hanging out on the countertop doin' a little snackin'...
We had Monday and Tuesday "off" - I spent those days doing cooking for the next few get togethers and catching up on the housework.  On the 23rd, we headed to Mimi and Pepaws house.  Mimi had some Santa hats hanging around which ended up making the cutest picture...
I'm pretty sure they hadn't had lunch yet, but hey, everybody needs an ice cream sandwich on Christmas , right? My mantra for the day was "It's Christmas at Mimi's house, it's Christmas at Mimi's house..."  :)

Pepaw in the hat we got him...

I previously posted about our Christmas Eve -which by far has been my favorite one yet.  (All of our family pictures are on my other camera and I can't get those to upload - I'll work on that later!)  After we went to bed, Santa came!  We got up the next morning and he had left fun things in our stockings and Reed had a note in his.  As it turns out, he brought he boys a trampoline and had planned on putting it together when he got to our house.  Shockingly enough, it was snowing when he got here and he hadn't planned on it snowing in Texas!  He didn't have enough time to put it together, but didn't think that Brian would mind doing it for him.  :)  He also brought these cute diggers for the boys...

After opening gifts, we headed to Brian's aunt and uncles for a get together.  I woke up on Christmas morning feeling AWFUL, so I thought I was going to have to stay home.  I was so naseaus and just sat in the bathroom wishing I could throw up so maybe I could feel better.  I ate a piece of bread and chewed a couple of Pepto Bismol and got to feeling good enough to go (I DID NOT want to miss Christmas Day with my boys).  I felt much better as the day went on, and we had a great day.  

Yesterday the boys went to Mimi's and I went to go spend some Christmas money.  I've been needing a new nice coat for a while, so after I dropped the boys off, I did some shopping and got some fun things!  When I was leaving my last store, it was snowing...AGAIN!!  Twice in the same week - in TEXAS.  I was very excited.  After I got home, I bundled up and walked around outside to take some pictures.


I was really bundled up - it was 33 degrees and I don't like being cold!!  I had on a hat, a hooded sweatshirt and my Columbia jacket on over that!  WHat can I say... I'm a Texas girl!

Here's to wishing you all a safe and happy New Year!!

A Perfect Christmas Eve

Today has been such a wonderful day! We got to sleep late this morning and before I had finished my coffee with coconut creamer, it had started snowing! When I looked out my windows, this was the scene...

Isn't it beautiful?

 Reed and I made cookies for Santa...

Brian has been home today and it's been awesome. (He usually works for a few hours on Christmas Eve, so it was a treat to have him home!) Although he's spent most of the day doing this...

Installing my new kitchen sink faucet! I love it!!

We just finished opening gifts and Reed is playing a new Wii game.  Soon we'll settle down and get to bed so Santa can stop by...very exciting!

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Christmas is coming!

I can't believe that Christmas is less than a week away!  This month has FLOWN by, but I have never been so busy in my life. Since the beginning of the month, there has been parties to plan for, food to make, gifts to buy...  I'm tired!  At this point I'm down to just food to make for the next few Christmas get-togethers and boy, do we have the Christmas get-togethers!  In the next week, we have 6!  It's busy, but it's great.  We are so blessed to be surrounded by family and loved ones.  This is my favorite time of the season because ALL the preparation comes down to this - the fun of getting together in each others' homes, eating yummy food, listening to Christmas music, visiting and catching up, seeing the joy on the kids faces as they open gifts... I love it all so much.  I've had a rough time enjoying things this year because of how busy we have been, but I will truly enjoy the next week. So, some updates on the boys...

Hudson has started saying a lot of new things lately that I need to write down or I know I'll forget!  My favorites are "Wha dat?" (What's that?), "Wook, Wook!" (Look, Look!) and "Tane Ooooo" (Thank you).  When I hear him getting into things I'll call his name and every once in a while he'll yell back "Wha?"  It's pretty cute.

Reed is still loving school.  He's getting very good at writing his letters and numbers.  I can tell that he is learning so much and I can't believe that he already has 4 months of school behind him.  I'm very thankful that he has the teacher he does and that I am able to go help so often in his class.  I know all the kids by name and they have evolved from calling me Reed's mom to Mrs. Blevins!  I was up working on some things before the Christmas party on Thursday and one of the little boys his classmates came over to me and said "Mrs. Blevins, why are you always here?"  :)

Lately...

Well, I've been told by a couple of people that I'm not posting enough lately, so here's what's been happening with us. :) On Saturday Reed went to the birthday party of a friend of his from school. Since I was trying to get ready for my nephew-to-be's party we were having at our house on Sunday, Brian took him and Hudson stayed home with me. The party that Reed was invited to was at Build A Bear. I've never been there before, so I was excited to see what he came home with and my goodness, it was so cute!

Yep, he chose a Darth Vader costume... So neat!!
On Sunday we the birthday party for Isaac. We had a lot of fun visiting, watching him open presents and talking wedding plans! (But I did not take ONE picture!!! Bummer!)
Today I headed to Wal-Mart to get groceries for my Christmas baking. Hudson and I stopped on the way out so he could ride the Sesame Street toy. He said "Oooooooo!" a lot. Very cute.



This week should be full of Christmas baking, school parties, Bible study class parties, and a few other Christmas related events. It's fun, but I'm tired! :)

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Christmas Joys

Reed and I just finished a Christmas puzzle and now all three boys are piled in our bed watching a Christmas edition of the Imagination Movers.

I love this time of year!

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Special Jammies

At school today, Reed's class is going to read The Polar Express while hanging out in their pajamas drinking hot chocolate.  Reed doesn't sleep in pajamas so I actually had to go buy some for the occasion, but it was well worth it - look at my little cutie pie!!

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