Snow again??

We got a little bit of snow yesterday.

This is a record for the DFW area! Twice in 2 years!

It wasn't a ton of snow, but just enough that we were

able to make some snowballs and Rod & Reid

evening managed to make a tiny snowman!

We took Riley outside just long enough to get a cute pic

and then quickly got him back inside. It was FRIGID!

Making the mini snowman!

(Notice the rain boots... we borrowed them from a neighbor who

is about 7 years old. We don't have any snow boots! I wonder why??)

Reid was SO proud of this little guy!

He even got a hug before we came back inside. :)
What a sweet boy he is!

Riding the tractor with Grandpa

Reid got to have his real FIRST ride on the tractor with

his Grandpa the day after Christmas this year. His tractor has not been up & running for quite a while now and of course Reid is always wanting to take a ride on it.

Before the holidays, my sweet father-in-law got all the parts

he needed and repaired the tractor so that it would be up & running

just for Reid in time for Christmas! So precious. I love this man. He is such a good father and an amazing grandfather. Reid has an absolute obsession with tractors and everything to do with farms and the equipment, so this was a true joy

for him! I could have taken 50 pictures just of this moment!

Thank you Grandpa! Reid loved every minute!

Santa came to our house too!

When we got home from the farm, we realized

Santa came to visit our house too!

Reid had a train table and a workbench waiting upstairs for him!

Guess Santa couldn't carry that big stuff all the way up to

Ivanhoe in his sleigh. The reindeer probably couldn't make it.

I'm sure Rudolph would have been too pooped! :)

The new workbench complete with a drill, circular saw,

and vice. What a boy toy this is! He LOVES it!

The new train table. This face says it all!!

Merry Christmas Reid!! We love you!

Apparently you were a really good boy this year!

Christmas with Mimi & Papa

We had Christmas Eve & Day with Rod's parents,

so we had to wait till the Wednesday after Christmas

to do presents with my parents.

Reid opening his first grocery cart.

The new crane Mimi & Papa got him.
He loves this thing, but is not quite
interested in it at the time!


Papa's new Rangers hat.

The new shopping cart. We grocery shop quite frequently at

our house now. If only he would be this efficient when we are

really grocery shopping at Kroger!

Christmas 2010

I am finally getting around to blogging about Christmas this year.

Having 2 children is such a blessing, but it has definitely

thrown me for a loop trying to fit everything back into my life

in the neat little package it was all wrapped up in!

Here are some pics of Christmas...

A little out of order b/c we just got a new computer and I can't

figure out how to cut & paste the pics in the order I want them in.

Oh well. Here they are.... at least they're up!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Aunt Suzie, Riley, and Nana

Reid & Mary-McKinley.
They had an absolute BALL playing together this Christmas!
It was so fun to watch them together. M-M would happily
play with Reid & all his new trucks and followed him around all weekend long.
Or should I say, Reid followed her around ALL weekend long!


All the grandkids after opening presents.
Merry Christmas!




Madison, Riley, & Nana.

Reid anxiously waiting to open all of his presents!

His new lamborghini. The only one he will EVER

have in his lifetime unless he becomes a pro sports player

or something!




Opening the stockings. Riley's getting in on the action too!

Reading the Nativity story on Christmas Eve.

Riding the Train

Last night we went out to ride a little train that a man sets up in his backyard.
It's a precious older gentleman that has been doing this for years and just loves doing
it. He loves doing it so much, that he lets the kids come ride for FREE!
He runs the train starting after Thanksgiving and goes
till NY Day from 6-10pm every night!
We heard about it through a friend and because Reid is so in love with
trains, we knew that he would absolutely LOVE this and he did!!
When we were done he said, "That was awesome!"
What a fun night for all 3 of us!
Riley, you can ride next year when you get to be a big boy!

A dancing Santa greeted us at the entrance.

Getting ready to ride!

The plethora of Christmas decorations this sweet man has put
up for all the children to see!

The front car with the electric engine.

The caboose where we all sat.
Reid's 2nd time to ride... SO fun!
That was awesome!
Merry Christmas everybody!!!

Gingerbread House... disaster!

So over the weekend, I got all pumped up and decided it would be such a fun tradition to make a gingerbread house! How hard can this be? Right? Wrong!!!
The icing came out really sticky... they said it should be the consistency of toothpaste. Hmmmm.... is toothpaste supposed to that hard to spread?
Anyway, it was fun and Reid had a ball! That's all that matters, right?
He enjoyed eating the candy way more than making the gingerbread house. That's a kid for ya!

I thought this was going to be a piece of cake until my bag that
I was supposed to pipe the icing on with, blew a whole as I was
squeezing it to get the icing into the bottom. Oh well... a spoon
works just as well, right? Wrong-oh!!!

Here is my attempt at making a door.


The finished product... on a pizza pan.
Probably would have helped if I had read the directions and saw
that there was a piece of cardboard inside the box to put the house
on. That and all the other directions that went with it!
Hilarious! What a fun memory! Reid loved every
minute and that's all that matters to me!