Scavenger HUNT..

The Easter Bunny came a little early last weekend.... he left clues for a scavenger hunt. I didn't want to buy all the candy and junk that we normally put into the baskets, so we got them a gift together.... it was fun making the clues and they had a blast finding them!

The final clue led them to the media room where they found Mario Kart!! Now we can have more quality family fun time ( as long as Colby wins) !! ha !! We hope everyone had a fantastic easter!!

Seven Oaks snow tubing...Boone IA

The snow tubing 'gang'... we went back to IA in February to visit my grandmother in the hospital... and we just had to go snow tubing again. We went last year and the kids were dying to go back... night tubing is the best!! It is SO fun.

Alison... getting a tow to the top...

It doesn't really look like a big hill... but it is!! The workers said you can go around 45 mph!! Then you start spinning.... so fun... then you stop... right in the mud! :o)

Karlee and Rylee

Britton, Alison and Braden

Happy Valentine's day....

I'm a 'little' behind on my blogging... not sure why... I guess I just lost interest for awhile, but keep checking back, because I'm going to TRY and keep it up to date. Since I'm so far behind, I'm just throwing some pics up... valentines goodies! It's been so long ago, I don't even remember what we did!

Making sugar cookies for the neighbors... I guess that is our every holiday tradition... we have to give them away, because they really don't like to eat them... just make them!

Go RANGERS!

Rally Hat.... didn't work... Rangers lost by one.

On 4.4.09 the Rangers had a pre-season game and it was 4.00 for tickets and 4.00 for parking..so, what the heck... a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

What the HAIL??

We had a bit of a hail storm last Monday night... pretty crazy stuff... anywhere from marble size to baseball size. We had 3 broken windows and of course some roof damage. They say we need a new roof (which sucks.. only been in the house for 7 months!)
At least our cars were in the garage and no other major damage was done!

Happy Birthday Rylee!!

WoW... what a day! We celebrated Rylee's birthday at ROLLER WORLD! Always a great time getting adults on skates again! :o) WE had a wonderful time and of course they want to go back everytime we go past that place! Thank you to all who came and made it such a memorable day!

Rylee doesn't like cake, so we got a 'cookie cake' from Sams... I didn't know if that would be enough, so I asked Calvin to make another cake ... maybe the shape of a purse or something easy that was on her plates/napkins.. then I left to run some errands. Of course, he has to take it to the extreme...and make EVERYTHING that was on the napkins! IT was very cute and she loved it!

Kista and Brenner

Are You KIDDING ME???

It is supposed to be 74 here on Christmas day!! That is just insane....if it's going to be that warm on the holidays, then I need to be on a beach somewhere!! Nope, just here in ugly, brown TX.. I want the snow and ice and blizzards going on in Iowa right now! I DO!!! (do you guys feel sorry for us?)


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I WON, I WON ....

My work had a Rhinestones and Ropers holiday party... (only in TX, right?!) It felt kind of wierd to put on jeans to go to a Christmas party.... but it was fun because I WON!!! I won 2 round trip tickets to Seattle and 2 nights hotel... yipee!! I never win anything!! The funny thing was, Calvin had just got back from Seattle that day for work.... now, he has to go back! We'll go in the summer when it's a bit warmer.

Fort Worth Parade of Lights

The day after Thanksgiving was a busy day for us ... of course I had to get up at the crack of dawn to go shopping... I didn't think there were that great of deals, but still had to get out there! I think my best find was a 10.00 stainless crockpot at Lowe's of all places! That evening we went to downtown Ft. WOrth for a parade ... even though we had reserved seats, we had to get there early to get the front row. We drank Starbucks hot chocolate and carmel apple cider (that stuff rocks!! since I don't like coffee). Thank goodness they only have it this time of year, and not year round, as I could get hooked on it! The parade was fun, and got pretty chilly and windy after the sun went down, so it really got us in the Christmas spirit!

WAAAAY Behind ...

OH my! I have not update in sooo long, I don't even know where to start! I don't think I ever posted any pics from Halloween.... so here you go:

Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

Boy, we sure missed this place last year! We made a quick trip out on Thursday .. we had the Morse girls w/ us (Alix and Addison). The kids wanted to stay longer, but they were closing. They had a great time and as always a great place for pictures!

Is she really ready for this?!?

My baby is off to church camp ... for 2 nights... and it's 3 hours away!! When we got the info in the mail, we just threw it away.. we were like, she's to young for that and it's too far away.. she's NOT going! A few weeks later we hear of all her friends that are going .. and kept asking us if Rylee was going... then we found out that some good friends were chaperones...SO, we caved to peer pressure ... ha!! She was SO excited.. counting down the days . She is there right now, so I hope she's having fun and learning alot about Jesus!! :) Colby misses you Rylee! WE all do! Can't wait to see you tomorrow! :)

THANK YOU Pierce & Sophia!

Thank you SO much for getting us tickets to the STARS game. We had a BLAST! The Stars lost but it was still alot of fun. THere were 3 fights in the first 5 minutes! I really don't understand that, but it makes it exciting... (colby didn't really like it either)... It was a high scoring game, for Hockey ( 4 to 5).. so there was a lot of loud music and dancing... we had a great time .. thanks again! OH! and we saw Joe Cabutto there... too funny ... he was walking down the stairs, so Calvin texted him and said he had great seats .. he stood up and looked around and saw us ... it was pretty funny. Calvin knows someone EVERYWHERE we go... he even ran into someone in Albuquerque that he knew ... (can't take him anywhere)

Balloon fest was a BUST!

Thank you SO much to Larry and Monica for inviting us to your house for the Balloon Fiesta. We had a great time, even though we didn't get to see any balloons! :( Can't control the weather, can we?? If the winds are stronger than 10 mph... they don't allow the balloons to go up. The kids were pretty disappointed and didn't really understand why...maybe we'll try again next year. On the bright side, we all had a fabulous time at their house... this is it below... we have never been to Albuquerque before and didn't realize how 'mountainous' it was and beautiful!! It was great to see everyone !!

Austin REALLY enjoyed his Dunkin Donut ...

THese are carvings made from chainsaws ... pretty impressive! It was a chainsaw carving competition... not sure who won, but they were pretty cool.

Larry, Pierce, Calvin and ANthony .. guys day .. playing golf. Nice view, huh?!?