And the Winner is.................

The cub scouts had their annual Pinewood Derby race last night and Braeden came in first place. It was very exciting for him. He did some research on the internet and found the design for his car. He chose it because it looked really cool. He and Cary worked on the car over the weekend and there hard work payed off. Congratulations Braeden!!

School Awards

We had an awards assembly last week at school. Joshua got the star student award. Two kids from each class for each of the nine weeks in the semester are awarded the star student award. Braeden received perfect attendance for the semester and he was the only kid in his class to get "A" honor roll. GOOD JOB GUYS!!!

SNOW DAY!!!

Ok......so the weather men here in North Texas DO NOT know how to predict weather. Last night Cary and I were watching the news and the weather guy....(Ron Jackson to be exact from Fox 4 news) said it would be cold but mostly dry with a very, very slight possiblilty of snow flurries to the south but probably nothing to the North of the metroplex. Well, we woke up this morning with school being canceled and a white front yard. I have to say it was a very nice surprise and the kids were very excited. Snow does not happen very often here so when it does everything pretty much shuts down......IT'S "SNOW" MUCH FUN!!!

Happy Birthday, Becka!!!!

Christmas Night

After Christmas morning at our house we packed up and headed off to Missouri to be with my family. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a great time with all their cousins. They loved all the gifts and were spoiled by grandma once again.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was an adventure. Braeden was the first to get up and then of course Joshua was not far behind...........at 4:30. Santa Claus was very smart though and wrapped up the hallway with wrapping paper so that the kids could not get out to see what he had left behind. He left a note that said do not wake your parents until 6:30. Sadly, a few minutes later we were up anyway because Braeden was getting sick in the bathroom. His stomach started hurting really bad and he had stuff coming out both ends. It was not FUN!! I was so worried the rest of the day was going to be miserable. He sat in the bathroom for a while and then we went back to bed. The kids woke up again at about 6:00 but of course the note said do not wake your parents until 6:30 and I was way to tired after getting up and dealing with Braeden. So they want back to bed and slept until 7:30 when we all finally got up. Braeden seemed to be better ( we think his "illness" was from all the excitement) and the rest of the day was wonder full!!