Hey Stranger!

Ok, yes, it's been a while since I've posted. Hang in there, I'm still sifting through pictures (we took over 350 JUST during Thanksgiving). Anyway, I'll try to catch up really soon, starting with a Thanksgiving post. Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Happy Halloween!

Well, Happy Day-After-Halloween! You get the idea.

First picture of the night.We started out the evening by going to the local fall fest, which is always a huge hit. They rode the wheel barrel train...This was probably the best part. They had so much fun on this ride...
We took more silly pictures...
The kids played games for candy...And more games...
Jacob's favorite, golf.

Running through a "maze"...Had to post this. Blackmail. Ha!

My spin instructor was nice enough to invite us to go trick-or-treating with her crew (her kids and hubby and their neighbors). We've never taken the kids to do some real trick-or-treating (our neighborhood doesn't have very many trick-or-treaters), so this was very exciting for me.

Hitting up the first house...

After about 3 houses, the kids were pros. They even used their manners by saying "thank you" to each person passing out candy...The houses in this particular neighborhood had awesome decorations in their front lawns...
Ella got tired towards the end. Good thing there was a wagon for us to borrow...
Such a great neighborhood! I'm so glad we got the opportunity to take the kids around to score some candy the traditional way. Can't wait for next Halloween!

Oh yea, and here's a picture of our costumes. Haha!

Halloween Preview

Hmmm...

Something foreign seems to be growing in my cilantro plant...

Guess the culprit decided to plant her own flowers...

Ben turns 6

Two weekends ago, we attended our cousin Ben's sixth birthday party. SIX! I just can't believe he's six years old. My goodness, time flies. Crazy.

Cheese!Lauren's awesome Lego cake...Time to sing...Such serious faces...Present time!
It's always the most chaotic (and my least favorite) part of birthday parties...What a fun party! And the kids took home some real Legos of their own (not the giant sized kind). Of course, some pieces are already missing and I'm sure I've sucked them up with the vacuum. Santa will definitely not be sending us Legos for Christmas. But they were really fun while they lasted. Happy Birthday Ben!

Roller Blades

Seriously. What are we thinking?!

Fort Worth Cattle Drive

The kids didn't have school this past Monday, so I decided we should get to know our local big city a little better. We went to the cattle drive that is held in the Fort Worth Stockyards. It was quite fun (and quite short).

These pictures were taken with my phone because like a genius, I forgot the good camera.

Driving in...Posing with pumpkins...This nice cowboy let us pet his horse. Well, the kids didn't want to pet the horse, so I did...It was pretty chilly that morning, so we had to grab blankets from the car...Here they come!
Moo!Bye cows!
What fun! Next time, I'll prepare a little better for the weather so we can explore the stockyards more.

Ella's Art

Ella's drawing skills have improved quite a bit recently. Here is one of her recent creations. This would be a family portrait. As you can tell, quite clearly, Daniel is on the left, I'm on the bottom, Jacob is on the far right, and Ella is in the middle. And apparently, we're not very happy. It's still one of my favorite drawings by my sweet Ella. Silly girl.

Rockstars

Rangers Games

A few weeks back, Daniel got tickets from his company for the Texas Rangers game. We actually ended up with two sets of tickets, one for Sept 9th (which we got that day. Very last minute), and another for Sept 11th (which was the day we already planned for). We couldn't decide what to do with the Sept 9th tickets we were given. So, why not go to both games right? Actually, we had a ton of fun at both games and surprisingly, the kids enjoyed themselves. We even stayed for the entire game on the 11th. Amazing, and tons of fun too!

Sept 9th game:

Watching the pitchers for the other team practice. I think we played the Oakland Athletics...Nolan Ryan's statue...Me and the monkeys...Getting Rangers tattoos...
Looks good...We ate dinner there...Family picture...Eating ice cream...
Ella decided the seats were dirty so she cleaned them...Random pics...
Jacob was on TV!! He got a free soccer ball for his debut...

Sept 11th game:

Some pregame pictures of their 9-11 tribute...
We caught Ian Kinsler's foul ball!Ella wanted to try on the gloves we brought...

Kisses for daddy...
Daniel took some action shots...



What a fun weekend of baseball! We will definitely be going to more games in the future.