Santa 2010

Sweet kisses from friends are sometimes messy! :)

At the tree..

Little Hands

Our camping trip with the Rybarski's to Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park was a blast.  The kids had a great time with all of the kids there & were quite entertained when Sarah & I tried to pedal all of them up the hill! Priceless Memories!
Sarah, Me, Madison, Tye, Adam & little Daniel

Madison always finds the best climbing trees!

The jumping pillow was a real hit.  We stayed right across from it, so we spent a lot of time there!

 
Even the moms got in on it!

Hey Boo Boo!

My happy little girl!

Adam & Madison

Madison's sword hat!

The real Yogi Bear!

Adam & Daniel

Adam on one of the local playscapes

 
Madison loves spinning & spinning in this cool tulip.

 
Madison as a pilgrim at her Thanksgiving pie social at school.

The kids love learning to prep food & help cook dinner.  I always loved snapping green beans with my great grandma.

The kids & I gathered a bunch of pine cones at Mom's church & finally got to make bird feeders out of them!

 
Rylynn had a great time eating & spreading the peanut butter.

Adam hides in the cabinet just like his big sister did at his age.

 
Taylor always loves art projects!

Adam's always been the happiest little guy! He loves taking rides in the wicker basket.

 

Madison has started her chore chart.  She always loved helping out around the house so now that she makes money for it, she gets excited to mark off all of her chore boxes!

 
Madison making her bird feeder.

I had my nephews over for the weekend & the kids had the best time!  We played trains, met the ice cream man, built with Legos & went to the neighborhood harvest festival.

Here Adam watches tv with Joey.  

 
Noah with his Lego car!

Adam thought it was funny to sit in the pile of Legos while Joey tried to build. Little toot!

The kitchen train is leaving the station!

Madison enjoys reading to Adam & teaching him new things.   She's a great big sister!

The little hands in my life have blessed me in so many ways & remind me daily to appreciate every second because they won't last forever.  These little hands will only be little for so long.

october

Madison relaxing in the reading loft at school...

Eating Pumpkin pudding 

Madison & Tatum making leaf prints

 
Eating fruit kabobs!!

Madison & a few class mates making food prints.

October was a fun month!  We had a lot of beautiful weather to enjoy some time out doors & exploring!  

I took the kids to the Austin nature & science reserve near Zilker Park.  Surprisingly, few people know about it! They have a few animals, a bird sanctuary, reptiles, and nature trails to explore.

As a nanny for many years I'd always take my kids here because it is free & now it's great to see my own kids enjoying it!

 

Madison's favorite animal was the raccoon!

Madison & Adam had a great time throwing rocks & searching for tadpoles.

 
They even have a little center inside that is dedicated to space at the moment.  

 
We try to have a weekly play date with some of our friends!

Adam LOVES to say cheese! Climbing the rope ladder at Terra Burger.

 

Maddie's always finding some sort of critter.

Madison absolutely LOVES preschool.  Here is her class on Cowboy day.

We found the coolest play scape in Kingsland, just down the street from Mom's house!!

 
Madison sliding out of the snakes mouth.

The neighborhood crew on Halloween.  Kevin made a hayride for us!  It was a blast!!!

Madison & her buddy Austin.

Madison as Princess Belle & Adam as Maverick!  Uncle Graham would be so proud! 

Mom at Sweet Berry Farms 

Cousins

My sister & our brood..

Adam liked rolling the pumpkins

Madison liked putting them on her head!

Madison & Adam in the pumpkin patch.

These kind of pictures never seem to work out!