OSU vs Baylor

 We had a fun but wet weekend trip to Waco, TX to watch OSU vs Baylor.  Although the score didn't reflect a positive outcome for OSU, it was a fun weekend with the Willards.  It rained the entire time we were there, but luckily our seats were covered, so we stayed dry and had fun cheering on the Pokes at Baylor's new awesome stadium.  A pre game pic before we left, Brian says we can still pass as college kids, ha!  As long as he keeps his hat on and you don't zoom in enough to look at my grey hair, ha!

 My little cowgirl cheerleaders:

 Jacob with his bud Tyler:

 Gwyn with her rivalry Beckett:

 Two peas:

 In a pod:

 A bunch of die hard fans, braving the elements to support their team.  Brian agreed the ponchos were a must!

 This one came out of the game a winner when she pulled her own tooth during the game!

 A must-be-documented-rare-occurance of Jacob falling asleep at a post-game dinner, he was worn out!  This is what a sleepover birthday party will do to you the night before a big day!

 A sunny day the next day in Waco, we went to see the Bear Pit, they keep two bears on campus!

 I thought his haircut looked so cute, if only he would smile:)

 A little pre-bus duck duck goose with two people, can't believe how much fun that is for them!

 Annie had a little dance performance, too cute!

 Here are a few videos:




Spirit Night at Taco Cabana, and since Brian was in London all week and I was single parenting it, we were there!

 I was able to get a few cute pictures of the kids with Jason's awesome camera that I'll be using for Christmas cards...I ordered them yesterday!

 Absolutely loving Annie right now, she has discovered writing words, she walks around the house with this little notepad and fills it up with words she has found around the house...there is so much candy because I had the kids each pick 6 pieces and then we dumped the rest of the Halloween candy out, and I had just gotten out all of the Christmas decorations, which explains the Merry and HoHoHo.

Funny things the kids said this week:
Gwyn:  When Jacob turns 18 is he in charge of us?  That is what he told me.

Surviving the Arctic Blast in Houston!

 My Texas born kiddos broke out the triple layers as we are surviving the polar vortex of temperatures that dropped into the 50s, ha!  I must admit I don't handle the cold like I used to, but it is a nice break from the heat.  I mistakenly mentioned to the kids when we got a carmel apple at Disney that I could "so make those," and they haven't let me forget it.  I did deliver and we made carmel and chocolate dipped apples and they were awesome!

 We concluded the soccer season with two games this weekend, one  for Gwyn and one for Annie, followed by team parties for both.  Jacob just could not believe they were getting trophies when their teams didn't win the championship and he was most bothered by the fact Annie was getting a trophy and her team didn't even win a game, ha!

 Sweet group of girls with great coaches!

 My little soccer star was the closest to a hat trick scoring two goals in one game and one goal each in a couple of other games this season.

 This soccer star scored two goals on Saturday, one for our team and one for the other team!

 PreK Soccer Pic:

 1st Grade Soccer Pic:

 This one finds the fun in anything, including watching her brother practice baseball:

 Why sit on the bleachers when you can have this awesome seat??

 I'm winning at this whole parenting thing, here is Jacob choking down a huge bite of garlic / parmesan spinach for 2 pieces of Halloween candy:

 And the video:



Sweet Gwyn reading to her Dad:

Gwyn's little hip hop / jazz dance class performed the dance from Thriller for the parents, so cute!

And the video:


Annie made her roller skating debut at a birthday party last weekend...she really didn't ever go beyond 10 ft from this spot where she started, even with her little walker:

She's inventing a new way to skate:

Loved this craft from Girl Scouts...Gwyn's thankful pumpkin said she is thankful for:  "The werlde," "That i am a live," "For my food," "For my famle," "For my friends," and "That Jeesus dide on the cross."

Annie learned a hard lesson, when you receive gifts, you have to write thank you notes.  Jacob gave his older brotherly wisdom to her by telling her that is why you only have a sleepover birthday party with 3-4 friends, that way you only have to write 3-4 thank you notes, nice!

Loved Jacob's artwork:

Gwyn's class read a book about a magic pebble, look what she would wish for, oh Lord!

I just can't get enough of Annie's drawings, especially the ones of our family, I love this, it looks like I have a fur shaw on!