Well friends and family...We only have 3 more days till Christmas. I guess it is at this final stretch that my emotions start getting confusing. I am so excited for Christmas. The children are growing up so fast and are really understand the true reason why we celebrate December 25th. Don't get me wrong they are still super excited about the presents but they are 5 and 7 and i have to say i am a little excited about that as well. This is just such a magical time of the year. Not only Christmas but the beginning of a new year with new challenges and new victories. Then i remember that while i will be with Andy and the kids and his family (my family now as well) i will not be with my family. I think that is the hardest thing. You would think that after 8 years of this i would be used to it but sadly i am not. I know that when i go to call my mom and dad Christmas morning i will have to fight back the tears as to not make them sad and that will be OK. My parents and my brother in Houston will always be in our hearts even if we cant be with them for the holidays. I know that i will see them all soon. I guess it just make me sad. SO friends and family that i cannot be with the lovely holiday season please know that WE LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH. I hope that you have a wonderful holiday season filled with magical moments and happy thoughts and many blessings from above.
Love always,
Andy, Kirsten, Leighton, Steven, and Jackson
Monday, December 22, 2008
3 days till christmas
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Where Have I Been!!!!!!!!!!
It has been a BUSY 5 weeks since my last blog. SOrry about that. After halloween things just got busy. We had to finish up all of our sports. Leightons fotball team made it to the playoffs where we had to play 3 games and finished the week before thanksgiving. Of course all our playoff games were away games in weatherford and Brock which is about 10 miles past weatherford. Ha ha ha. The boys finished T-ball on November 10th. They all did so great this year and we are looking forward to soccer and t-ball starting again in February but we are enjoying the sports free life for these couple of months. Andy and i have been working on cultivating new friendships that we have started with families in Alvarado. We have met some really awesome people with some really great kids. It is nice when you all have children around the same age and they all get along really well. This year was a big year for me. I decided that i wanted to host Thanksgiving Dinner at our house this year. This is a tradition i plan on keeping. Everything went really nicely. We had mostly friends over and it was so nice. There were 20 people there and we loved every minute. The weekend after thanksgiving was a dreaded one for me. I turned the BIG 3-0 on november 30th. We had a little party at home with friends on saturday and it was fun. I really enjoyed celbrating that time with our friends. Then on sunday Gene and vicki took me out to diner at razoos. I had to do the dreaded dance but hey we got free dessert out of it. Well that is all i can remember right now. I am sure there is more so i will have to repost later. Thanks for taking time to read this. We miss all our family that is away and cant wait to see you soon. Here are some pics over the last few weeks
Thanksgiving
CHeer extravaganza
Look at her high kick
Last game. We were freezing
Go Seminoles
Brotherly Love
Wrestling
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Halloween Night
Halloween night was so fun. This year we went with our new friends The Wrights, and Jamie's girlsfriend Meagan and her daughter Chloe, and Vicki. Gene and Mawmaw passed out candy. Our neighborhood wasnt as good this year as it has been in the past so after hitting our neighborhood we moved over to the other neighborhood down the street. Kids had a great time. When we were done we came back to the house for the traditional Chili dinner and socializing. It was a great day but i have to say by the end of the night i was DOG tired. Well worth it though.
Jackson, Steven, Leighton, Brodie, and Blaine
Us and the Wrights(where is Braeden)
THere he is. Oh so cute
In between Neighborhoods the kids got to ride in the back of the truck. They thought they were so cool. Yes there were adults with them.
South west carnival
WE ofcourse couldnt miss the annual Southwest carnival. It was loads of fun as usual. The kids really love going. I mean whats not to love tons of candy and games. Its a kids paradise.
The kids and I
Steven playing a wheel game. One of many
Beautiful Butterfly Leighton
Jackson
Jackson playing bean toss
Yummy cotton candy. Jackson ate 2
Ok this was so cool. All the super heroes the boys love were there but of course the boys were TERRIFIED. Something about the masks. I paid Steven 1 dollar for the pic. Jackson wouldnt have it.
Jackson took about 15 suckers from this tub. That is what happens when you leave a bucket of candy unsupervised!
Kids in a bee hive. Leighton loves the bunny ears
Cheer party
Leightons cheer coaces are so GREAT! They decided that since very girl on the squad has birthdays that fall all throughout the year we would have one Birthday party for all of them. We had cupcakes and drinks and sang happy birthday to them and then each girl got a bag full of girlie stuff and candy that the parents donated. It was all a total surprise for the girls. THey LOVED it.
THe girls sitting downs waiting for their cupcakes
Leighton Tawanna and jaci
Leighton opening her gifts
Still opening
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
No explanation needed
Brandon
Brandon and Kristy
Andy petting Brandons Lamb
Kristy (aka the Black Widow)
Beer Pong
Brandon Andy and Pedro (Zack)
Big Sean He came as Hurley but took the Wig off
Mullet Hunter Andy
The party was So great Palin and McCain made an appearence
Mullet Hunter Palin
Palin knows how to party with the best of them. She was a hit at Beer Pong
Beer pong Our way. Shooting it our of the mouth.
Me after i went swimming at 1 in the morning when it was like 49 outside
Drunk around the fire
