Tree Decorating

Holiday Party

There is a lawyer in Houston who throws an amazing (ridiculously amazing) holiday party each year. There is delicious food & too many goodies to count, a concert (this year was Sting), about 2 dozen carnival rides & inflatable bounce-house toys, a carousel, and a petting zoo. Oh, and not to mention that he has his own train, zoo (complete with lemurs and kangaroos), and park-size playground already at his house. :) So....this year we took the kids, and Kaleb had a BLAST. Next year Colton will too!


K was pretty impressed that only chicken wire separated him and a kangaroo.

First cotton candy EVER. Stickiest mess EVER.

Petting zoo - there was a goat, a cow, a donkey, ducks, chickens, a bunny, a little pig, and more goats.

Colt was a little chilly.

Yay for inflatable slides!

He climbed this "rock wall" all by himself!

Always a fan of slides.

Getting colder....

Riding the carousel with Daddy!

Turkey Day!

Thanks, Grandma, for saving all of Uncle Dan's old stuff! And thanks, Uncle Dan, for getting this out of the attic for me! And thank, Bapa for trying to make my feet reach the pedals. :)








One of our children was sick on Thanksgiving, and the other was not. Can you tell which is which??

Halloween Pics

Kaleb as Diego from "Go, Diego Go!" (His absolute favorite tv show. He calls Diego "Go Go.")

Diego in his rescue vehicle. :)

Colton as Baby Jaguar, Go Go's sidekick.

It was nearly impossible to get a picture of them together.

Such a cutie.

Go Go sharing his ice.

Baby Jags sporting some shades.

A BIG thank you to Grandma who made the boys' costumes!!

Zoo with Aunt Tutu!

Pointing out the "shish." No idea why he can't say "fish" when he can say "frog!"

In the piranha exhibit!

They're not so scary actually. They're just "shish!"

The Houston Zoo had another baby elephant! Well, a mama elephant did...not the actual zoo. :) But it's pretty remarkable because (on average) only 3 elephants are born annually throughout all of the zoos in North America. Houston had TWO baby Asian elephants within 6 months of each other!!

Showing off. :)

That hair!!!

Checking out some Gibbons with Aunt Tutu. Or as Kaleb would say "Ent" Tutu.

Looking up at mama through the mesh on the stroller.

Tired from a looooong day of fun. We saw everything at the zoo except for the Children's zoo and aquarium. It was our longest zoo trip yet -- 5 hours!

Bathing Babes

Roadtrip in the New Ride

Yes, he is watching tv...how could you tell? ;) But look how funny he is with his legs crossed.

Colt FINALLY met Pawpaw

The only picture we got of the 3 of them...