Top 50 Memories of 2013

It has been an amazing year!

1. Countless family dance parties.
2. Strawberry picking with the kids on Spring Break.
3. Sleepovers at Jason’s including swimming, movie nights, and backyard city smores.
4. Summer family vacation to Beaver Creek, Vail and Breckenridge Colorado.
5. Weekend trips to Gruene, Texas and Lake Livingston with the Rushing and Willard Families.
6. Summer trip to Oklahoma to visit family and friends.
7. Watching OSU beat Mississippi State at Reliant with everyone dressed in their Orange.
8. Trick or Treating with the kids dressed up as a Ninja (Jacob), a Halloween Fairy…aka witch (Gwyn), and Snow White (Annie).
9. Hanging out with John and Claudia in Florida this past summer and going to Legoland.
10. Experiencing the neighborhood swim team, and seeing Gwyn and Jacob swim in multiple races and win ribbon after ribbon.
11. Jacob rapping to We’re the Weeds in his 1^st Grade Play.
12. 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.
13. Getting an in ground basketball goal for Jacob’s birthday.
14. Jacob’s swimming party at the high dive pool when he turned 7.
15. 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.
16. Watching Jacob square dance at his Go Texan Day.
17. Jacob and Brian getting to go on Cub Scout camp outs and see an alligator and sleep on an aircraft carrier.
18. Jacob and Mommy going to the Rockets game and getting to silly string someone with Clutch.
19. Jacob playing baseball, basketball, soccer, and being on the swim team.
20. Jacob and Brian hiking up to snow at Beaver Creek (and seeing a black bear).
21. Gwyn learning to bike without training wheels.
22. Gwyn scoring her first goal in soccer.
23. Watching Gwyn play t-ball.
24. Gwyn being so excited about her first day of Kindergarten.
25. Gwyn’s American Girl birthday party when she turned 5.
26. Gwyn experiencing the first broken bone, when she broke her pinky finger running at school (her pink and purple cast was a hit).
27. Going on Gwyn’s first school field trip to Dewberry Farms.
28. Gwyn being so excited about her iTouch.
29. Watching Gwyn sing “Do You Want to Build a Snowman” in front of 14 people at Christmas with her new karaoke machine.
30. Being amazed at how much Gwyn has learned in gymnastics.
31. Annie being a Ladybug in preschool to a Duck.
32. The thousands of drawings that Annie has created.
33. Seeing the interesting ensembles Annie the fashionista puts together on a daily basis.
34. The smile on Annie’s face as she is riding on the tandem attached to Brian’s bike.
35. Annie learning to swim! 
36. Annie getting to do gymnastics with her buddy Emerson.
37. Annie’s 4^th strawberry shortcake - pumpkin birthday party at the house.
38. Annie winning a real Nutcracker she named Nutty at the Nutcracker.
39. Annie singing as a sweet little sheep at her Christmas program.
40. Annie moving up to Gwyn’s bigger bike with training wheels…someday she may just get her own new bike!
41. 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”
42. Celebrating Thanksgiving in Tulsa with both sets of our families.
43. 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.
44. Family bike rides to the park to play.
45. Phoebe finally venturing out into the land of sushi and liking it!
46. Walnut Creek Ranch with Jason.
47. The fun summer camps that all the kids were able to do…dance, basketball, soccer, VBS, gymnastics.
48. Brian taking the girls on lunch dates and dinner dates.
49. Capturing some fantastic pictures with Jason’s awesome camera.
50. Enjoying the past 12 months of our crazy, busy, loud, fun life with these three awesome kids!