Super Saturday in December

Saturday we had a super fun busy day! Sara's school has a carnival type event called breakfast with Santa. The kids got to go to the school and eat donuts, have thier picture taken with Santa, and then play tons of fun carnival games. They had so much fun. Then after making a quick stop to get some breakfast with protein in it we were on to Clayton's Green Belt Test for Tae Kwon Do. This was his 3rd test since he started last May. He did great! This belt will be so much more challenging because there is only an adult form that is longer than the kid form he has been learning. I know he will rise up to the challenge and do great. There has even been some talk about letting him compete next year if he continues to do well. It is fun to see him learn so much.

 

 

Giving Thanks

 

So this year I was hesitant, A.K.A. kicking and screaming, to make the 4 hour drive to Dallas for Thanksgiving. The older I get the more I am becoming a bit of a homebody that loves to stay home. It is also becoming less fun to sit in the car for very long when you have to use the restroom every 5 minutes and sitting in the same position makes your hips feel like someone is prying them apart with a crowbar. But Jason convinced me, A.K.A. didn't give me a choice, to go ahead and make the drive so we could be with family. I have to admit it wsa really nice, as it always is, to be around the ones we love the most. I didn't get any pictures like I wanted to, but I did capture Clayton teaching my Grandfather how to play Mario Kart on his DS. Priceless. Thank you family for loving us and always being there!

Boy or Girl?

So on Halloween I had an awesome sonogram showing how wiggly and wonderful this little baby it. Jason and I don't want to find out if it is a boy or a girl but the Dr. warned me it was pretty obvious. I assured her that it mostly looks like a blur to me and I can hardly tell the head from the behind in these things. I thought this would be a fun post for our friends and family to see if they can tell. We have our suspicions but definitely not certain. So here is the video for all the world to see and decide. But shhh please don't tell us. We like being clueless.

House Phase 1

Jason and I found a house that I love and he at least agreed to that we are in the process of trying to buy. Jason has very different taste than I do. He doesn't really care for newer neighborhoods where most of the houses look the same and you only get a few tiny trees and a small yard. I love them because it means that the kids have sidewalks to ride their bikes, a park we can walk to, and a community pool. We are not scheduled to close on the house until the middle of December and I have to keep reminding myself that at any moment things might fall apart and it may not happen. So wish us luck. Here is a preview of what we are hoping to make our own.

October 2011

October was busy as usual. Clayton and I got to join Sara's class for a fun field trip to Seven Acre Farms. We got rained out by lunch time but it made for a super fun morning and then we took Sara home early and had a fun playdate at our house.

 

 

 

 

 

Sara's school library made a pumpkin patch with storybook pumpkins. Sara chose the Frog Prince. We had to decorate her pumpkin without cutting it.

We went to a super fun carnival the Friday before Halloween. The kids had a blast and it was all completely free.




And of course we ended the month with some amazing trick or treating. We did a trunk or treat at our church Saturday night then went out to a great neighborhood and loaded up on even more goodies. Those pictures will have to wait until tonight because they are on Jason's phone.

First Grade

In September Sara got to begin first grade at a new school. We thought that there was a pretty good chance that we would move to the South side of Conroe sometime during her school year so we applied to have her start at the school we thought we would be closest to so she wouldn't have to change. She loved every minute of it. She loves school not for the learning aspect but she absolutely loves to socialize with everyone. Learning is just something she does occasionally in between socializing. In the middle of the year her teacher left to go work for a bank and she got a new teacher and she loves her as much as her last teacher. Now Jason and I spend our days racking our brains about how to make her want to learn and do well in school.

Plus One

At the end of July I sent Jason this picture in the middle of the day while he was at work.

He responded with, "Is this yours?" I guess he thought I liked to take pictures of other peoples pregnancy tests and send it to him at random.
In the next few months we enjoyed sharing the great news with our kids and family that we would be expecting our third child on April 1st of 2012.

Fun Valley 2011

In August we drove to Colorado and spent a week at a camping resort in the mountains. The kids love this place and this was our second year to go. We had so much fun that we already made reservations for next summer. This place is the ultimate family vacation spot.

Fostering Animals.

 

 

 

 

So I recenltly found a way to help out homeless dogs and cats without having to own a million animals. Our local animal shelter has a foster program which allows people to take animals into thier home until they can become adopted. Monday I went to get our dog her shots and discovered that they had a dozen mother cats with new kittens and more coming in every day. So we brought home a mother cat and her three kittens to care for until they are old enough to get adopted. It is also hopefully helping the cat and kittens be more friendly by being a part of our family instead of in a tiny kennell all day. We are having so much fun. The kids are learning the importance of taking care of animals and the best part is we get to try to find them a home with someone else! So far so fun!

And The Race Is On...

 

 

This year our Fourth of July was a little less traditional. It was just the four of us and unfortunately all fireworks were banned in our county because of the severe drought we were in. So we decided to go spend the day in the water watching 8000 ducks race down a water slide and into a lazy river. The kids had so much fun playing in the water park. After we had exhausted all energy from swimming we went to America's best place to eat, Freebirds. After a 20 minute nap in the car on the way home the kids were ready for some more fun so we did what anyone else would do on the Fourth, watched fireworks. Only this time we watched them on our television streamed in from Orlando, Florida, Sydney, Australia, and Washington D.C. All in all it was a pretty good Fourth of July.

Yellow Belt

Tuesday Clayton got the opportunity after only 4 weeks of TaeKwonDo to test for his yellow belt. He had to count to five in Korean and recite the five tenants which are Honesty, Integrity, Perseverance, Self Control, and Indomitable Spirit. His pronunciation was off a little on the larger words but it is fun listening to him try to enunciate words like Indomitable Spirit and Perseverance. All in all he did a great job preforming his moves on command in front of an audience. We are very proud.

 

 

 

The Beach

Yesterday some friends drove down to Galveston with us for a day at the beach. This is technically the kids first time to go to the beach, but I don't know that brown water really counts as the beauty you usually associate with the beach. The kids had a blast. Even with a ton of sunblock we are all like little red crabs today. Sara even enjoyed sharing some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the seagulls. Super fun day!