Gonzales Christmas

I've loved seeing my sweet little nephew Cody for a few days during Christmas. We stayed in Gonzales with my parents for 4 days. 

Eating out at Chili's. 

Jamie and I riding on the gator. 

Anna, Stephen and Cody and Jonathan 

Noni and Papa Lucas with my kids. 

My family for Christmas 2014 

My brother and his family 

Back to Texas for a month

We are ready to head back to Texas for a month. We ended up getting our draft eight container Friday evening around 4pm. What a blessing. We have spent the last 2 days unpacking. We have no real plans except to spend time with family and friends and a few doctor appointments. 

Here is how are last few days/hours looked. 

Boxes and more boxes 

We found ALL her babies. 

Insane trash for 24 hours 

Stocked up on spices 

Outside our home 

Our world map is going up in our office on the middle floor. 

At the airport 

Boarding for Korea. Our first time in their outdoor running shoes in 2 months.

She loves her own tv remote.

She is such a good water on airplanes. 

Not business class but we all did well. This plane was awesome for a 4 hour flight to Korea. The kids did great with tv entertainment. I didn't have to get out my bag of tricks until the next day for our 13 hour flight. We boarded at 9:30am the next morning and the kids were rested since we stayed in the Transit hotel in the airport. They went to bed quite late (10:30pm) but still woke up at 6am. We boarded at 9:30pm and 2/3 of them slept about 1hour each. 

Eating yummy (not bad at all) chicken curry. 

We obviously played musical chairs on the last 13 hour flight. I managed to watch 2.5 movies and got a 1/2 hour rest. 

We are here in Texas. I was tired and a little hungry so I did not get any photos of our arrival full first day back. 

Ninja Turtle Birthday Party

We did shared party for Stephen and Titus this year. It might be their last party to invite the entire class. I didn't get many photos because my phone died and I left my Nikon at home. I will upload more later. I didn't even get a picture of them together on my phone. As soon as Daniel gets back from his trip I will upload more. 

It was a successful party. 

My winter parka

We will be back in Texas for our Christmas holiday break from December 15th until January 14th. I am excited, very excited to return to my house, see family, eat some yummy food and get in my hot tub in winter (nothing compared to here).  The kids are getting excited to fly again too. So far we only have a few inches of snow hat has stayed on the ground for almost a week. The temperatures are below freezing all day so the snow is not melting all the way. Tomorrow's snow storm will bring a few more inches. When we return in mid January we will probably have a few feet. With this winter weather I have finally figured out which jacket I need to complete my winter weather wardrobe. I need another jacket for Anna too. I just hope I can find the Canada Goose jacket  in Houston when I return. If not I will choose a similar length parka in a different color that is already stocked. I've searched online for weeks now and cannot find the color and exact jacket in the size I need. This is my all time favorite but I can't find it in stock.

I saw the men creating the ice skating rink on the basketball court from my kitchen window. Here is what it looks like now. Still not ready yet. 

More exciting snow pictures will come in mid January. 

My baby boy is 7

My heart is full today as we celebrate 7 years of life with this sweet, loving, adventurous little guy. God changed my world that Friday morning at 10:36 when he gave me the gift of motherhood. He was 7 pounds and 1 ounce of pure joy. 

He loves to read, learn new things, has learned to start reading and speaking Russian, and is crazy about all things ninja. He wants to be a professional soccer player for the USA. 

We love what a sweet little man he has become in 7 years. 

September 2014 

He was 3 days old in this picture. I'm a first time Mom at 28 years old. 

My little 3 year old

She is my youngest and it growing up way too fast. 

Anna Leigh 

11-22-11

27 lbs. 

She started Pre-Nursery this month: 

She loves: 

Frozen, Peter Rabbit, Umi Zoomi 

Hair bows 

Skirts 

Nutella 

Oranges

Full apples

Butter chicken and rice 

Cherry juice 

The color pink 

Her sparkle shoes 

Nuts: cashews, peanuts, almonds 

Reading her books 

Baths 

Fixing Mom's hair 

SHE LOVES HER DADDY. 

She loves waking up at 1-3am and getting herself in our bed right in the middle of us. 

Cousins and Halloween

October 24-28

Our cousins stayed with us for 4 days last week. We enjoyed walking home from school, playing, homework, eating dinner with 6 kids, Halloween Disco and Trick or Treating. Cheri and Brad and little Judah went to Korea for the doctor to check out Cheri for kidney stones. We happily kept the kids so they could see a specialist. 

Cinderella, Minecraft , red ninja, Minecraft, black ninja and Ariel 

Mom, no more pictures. 

Anna had the most fun making friends with all the girls that see her in the halls at pickup.