It has been an amazing year!
- Countless family dance parties.
- Strawberry picking with the kids on Spring Break.
- Sleepovers at Jason’s including swimming, movie nights, and backyard city smores.
- Summer family vacation to Beaver Creek, Vail and Breckenridge Colorado.
- Weekend trips to Gruene, Texas and Lake Livingston with the Rushing and Willard Families.
- Summer trip to Oklahoma to visit family and friends.
- Watching OSU beat Mississippi State at Reliant with everyone dressed in their Orange.
- Trick or Treating with the kids dressed up as a Ninja (Jacob), a Halloween Fairy…aka witch (Gwyn), and Snow White (Annie).
- Hanging out with John and Claudia in Florida this past summer and going to Legoland.
- Experiencing the neighborhood swim team, and seeing Gwyn and Jacob swim in multiple races and win ribbon after ribbon.
- Jacob rapping to We’re the Weeds in his 1st Grade Play.
- Jacob making the jumbo tron at the Houston Rockets, the Houston Astros, and the Tulsa Drillers (where he also got a ball), and getting to go to his first NFL game to see the Texans play.
- Getting an in ground basketball goal for Jacob’s birthday.
- Jacob’s swimming party at the high dive pool when he turned 7.
- Jacob losing a tooth on Christmas Eve and waking up at 3 am to check out all the presents and then going back to bed.
- Watching Jacob square dance at his Go Texan Day.
- Jacob and Brian getting to go on Cub Scout camp outs and see an alligator and sleep on an aircraft carrier.
- Jacob and Mommy going to the Rockets game and getting to silly string someone with Clutch.
- Jacob playing baseball, basketball, soccer, and being on the swim team.
- Jacob and Brian hiking up to snow at Beaver Creek (and seeing a black bear).
- Gwyn learning to bike without training wheels.
- Gwyn scoring her first goal in soccer.
- Watching Gwyn play t-ball.
- Gwyn being so excited about her first day of Kindergarten.
- Gwyn’s American Girl birthday party when she turned 5.
- Gwyn experiencing the first broken bone, when she broke her pinky finger running at school (her pink and purple cast was a hit).
- Going on Gwyn’s first school field trip to Dewberry Farms.
- Gwyn being so excited about her iTouch.
- Watching Gwyn sing “Do You Want to Build a Snowman” in front of 14 people at Christmas with her new karaoke machine.
- Being amazed at how much Gwyn has learned in gymnastics.
- Annie being a Ladybug in preschool to a Duck.
- The thousands of drawings that Annie has created.
- Seeing the interesting ensembles Annie the fashionista puts together on a daily basis.
- The smile on Annie’s face as she is riding on the tandem attached to Brian’s bike.
- Annie learning to swim!
- Annie getting to do gymnastics with her buddy Emerson.
- Annie’s 4th strawberry shortcake - pumpkin birthday party at the house.
- Annie winning a real Nutcracker she named Nutty at the Nutcracker.
- Annie singing as a sweet little sheep at her Christmas program.
- Annie moving up to Gwyn’s bigger bike with training wheels…someday she may just get her own new bike!
- All of Brian’s cake creations this year: Periwinkle (Gwyn), Cardinals (Jacob), Strawberry Shortcake in a Pumpkin Patch (Annie), and Gwyn’s “Get Off Cast Party”
- Celebrating Thanksgiving in Tulsa with both sets of our families.
- Hanging out with Nick and Emily and their girls for a couple of days in Frisco…going to the water park and sliding down the slides.
- Family bike rides to the park to play.
- Phoebe finally venturing out into the land of sushi and liking it!
- Walnut Creek Ranch with Jason.
- The fun summer camps that all the kids were able to do…dance, basketball, soccer, VBS, gymnastics.
- Brian taking the girls on lunch dates and dinner dates.
- Capturing some fantastic pictures with Jason’s awesome camera.
- Enjoying the past 12 months of our crazy, busy, loud, fun life with these three awesome kids!
