Hey! What's all this white stuff?

Are we still in Texas??  Yes, it really did snow last week!  We woke up to white stuff last Monday.  We normally don't get snow until February, but I'm not complaining.  It was so pretty!  And it stayed around for a little while... well I little bit of it did anyway. 

Hunter LOVES the snow!

Snowball fight!!! 

He couldn't get his fingers in his gloves, but that wouldn't keep him from playing. 

Maggie's new winter coat came in the mail on the Saturday before the snow.  Perfect timing!

She didn't know about the snow, but once I put her out in it she didn't want to leave. 

Snowballs 

Yummy Snow!  (Yuck!  I tried to stop her from eating it.  We didn't have enough to make it good.)

Check out those gloves.  haha :)

Yum more yummy snow!  

They both sat down together to play. 

I love the snowy trees!  So pretty! 

Now if I remember correctly... that winter we got snow on Christmas Eve we also had a snow early in December, too.  Maybe it will be a white Christmas again!  My fingers are crossed! :)

Ice Ice Baby...

Okay so going along with the previous post... After Santa, on our mini vacation, we got to see ICE at the Gaylord.  It was amazing... oh and cold! :)  Hunter, Maggie and I got to go 2 years ago when Maggie was only a month old.  To see pictures from that trip click here. 

We had a really great time!  

About to go in and watch the movie about how they make ICE before we got our huge coats. 

Me and the kids.  Archer was in my coat.  I did the same thing with Maggie last time, but... well let's just say Archer is a lot bigger than Maggie.  By the end of Ice I was ready for Ben to hold him for a while. :)

Yay for Shrek the Halls!  Maggie had never seen Shrek.  Hunter saw it one time when  he was 2 and I decided that would be his last time for a while.  We did let them watch Shrek the Halls before we left for Dallas.  It just so happened to be on ABC.  

Maggie could barely walk in that coat.  It was so big!

Can you believe someone made that out of ice???  

By the way it was 9 degrees in there... just sayin'

Me and Archer :)  Sweet baby boy! 

Hunter... not really wanting to smile for a picture. 

Maggie's favorite character.  "O!" (Our cat is called Kiddo.)

Us in the outhouse.  I really wish I could have taken pictures of Ben with the kids, but I had a sweet baby in by coat.  Next time!

I told Hunter to pretend he was pooping.  Haha :)

This was where they had the ice slides.  Hunter didn't want to slide, but Maggie did! :)  Ben did, too.  Archer and I will do it next time! 

Yay for Ice! 

At the end of Shrek they had the nativity.  I LOVED it!  I was really neat!  With everything going on in the world today, it was nice to see that they did have the REAL Christmas story!  However they did make a tiny mistake.  They said the nativity story happened 2 centuries ago... umm not 200 years ago more like 2,000 years ago! :)

Baby Jesus!  

This reminds me... the other day Hunter was talking about the true meaning of Christmas, Jesus' birthday.  Then he said, "I think he is going to be 7 this year."  So sweet and innocent!  And I guess he thinks 7 is really old.  Don't tell him how old I am! :)

This was the free picture we got just before we went inside.  We took this in front of a green screen. 

Right after we finished we got a little hot chocolate and then got to meet this guy...

Hunter was excited to meet Shrek!

Maggie liked to wave to him from a distance, but didn't want to get close. 

After Shrek we went to get some dinner and then took pictures around the Gaylord. 

Maggie was so tired!  I couldn't get a picture fast enough.  We should have tired to take pictures the first night.  

Hunter did much better with Daddy.  

Ben took a million pictures, but only a couple were good.  They were just so tired. 

I like this one! :)

Then the next morning we got to have breakfast with Shrek and some of his friends.  The kids loved it!  We all had to take the Ogre pledge before we sat down and we were giving green swamp juice to drink. Hunter loved it! 

Giving Shrek a hug. 

All of us!  Oh and you see that green fountain in the back?  That's chocolate!  Yummy! 

Maggie really liked Puss in Boots! 

Archer was sleeping...

The kids got Shrek ears! 

Funny face :)

Archer wanted to wear them, too! 

We had a great mini vacation.  The kids loved it!  I am so glad we got to do this.  We were given this trip.  It was such a blessing.  Just a little get-a-way for our family.  We definitely made lots of memories.  I will say, it is still hard to stay in a hotel.  The kids were super excited the first night and didn't sleep well.  Then we didn't get naps because we were still so excited.  The second night everyone slept much better, but this trip was a lot of work.  It was well worth it though!  God is so good!  This Christmas is a little tight for us, but God is providing.  There is no way we would have been able to do this had we not been given the opportunity!  Thank you so much!  

After the 2 nights at the Gaylord, Ben and I were beat.  By the way, Ben did this all with a stress fracture in his foot.  He was hurting pretty bad.  We walked a lot!  So once we were done we went and relaxed at Coach and Honey's house.  :)  

Hooray for ICE!  Hopefully we will be back!  

P.S. Someone needs to tell them to let Disney do it next year!  Wouldn't that be awesome! 

Santa 2011

This year was special because Ben got to go with us to see Santa!  We actually went on a mini vacation to Dallas.  We had such a great week.  We left on Wednesday and got to spend 2 nights at the Gaylord Texan.  It was so much fun!  We got up early on Thursday to see the real Santa at North Park.  Hunter was super excited about story time. He was telling us one of Santa's stories from last year on the way to the mall.

Santa at story time with his dog, Widget.  Hunter thought it was super cool to see Widget.

During story time... can you see Hunter??

I love my sweet kids!

Hunter liked the "I'm not sleepy yet" story the best!

Santa and Widget

Since we got there so early (#15 this year) we got to jump right in line after hearing his stories.

Hunter loved every minute!  Archer was a little scared of the elmo doll the photographer was putting in his face and Maggie didn't really know if she liked Santa or not.

Hunter was so sweet talking to Santa.  He didn't talk as much as he did last year, but he was so excited to see him. 

Santa gave him a few pictures.  He thought it was so cool! 

We really had a great day!  I am so glad Ben got to go this year.  He enjoyed watching the kids.  The only thing we missed was Honey.  Normally she goes with us to see Santa. :(

Sweet Archer riding along in the mall. 

Hunter and Maggie riding along in the mall, too. (Maggie didn't want her picture taken.)  

If you would have told me when Ben and I were married 7 1/2 years ago that we would be walking the mall pushing 2 stroller filled with our 3 kids, I wouldn't have believed it. It's crazy!  We are so incredibly blessed!  God is so good! 

Click here for last years Santa visit. :)

2 months!

Okay I am super late at posting this but...

Look who's 2 months old!!!!

Archer turned 2 months the day before Thanksgiving!  He is getting so big.  We took him to the doctor on the 30th for his check up and shots.  He weighs in at 14lbs 11oz (90% for weight) and 22 3/4in long (40% for height).  Such a sweet big boy!!

He is growing and changing every day!  It is amazing!  He is staying up longer during the day and smiling ALL the time!  So sweet! 

This sweet girl had her 2 year check up at the same time.  Her stats are small... weighs 23lbs (5% for weight) and is 31.5 inches (3% for height) tall. :)  She's gonna be a gymnast! :)

Look for our Santa post coming soon! :)