Valentine's Day!

We had a fun family Valentine's Day. We started the morning with a family trip to the donut shop and followed that up with coming home for some Valentine gifts from Clay. It was a fun time for us all. After the gift giving, we went and ran a few errands and came home for lunch. Our afternoon was easy going around the house. Nathan and Clay went to buy us a new microwave and I cleaned. Abby took a long nap that day because she had been running a fever. That night the four of us went to a sushi restaurant and had a great meal. Nathan and Abby gobbled up their shrimp stir fry. Those two kids LOVE shrimp. They just can't get enough of it. It was a delicious meal! I am so blessed to have these 2 precious kids and wonderful husband to love every day of the year, but especially on Valentine's Day.

Losing Teeth!

Nathan has finally lost his 2 front teeth! We started working on them before Christmas and last week they both came out. Incidentally, the tooth that was the least loose came out first. It turned out to be quite an ordeal. Both teeth were just hanging on and were basically dead. So his teeth turned some lovely colors. It was really grossing Clay and I out.

Here he is with both of them just hanging there.At the beginning of the week. Minus 1.

Working to get the other one out. How do you turn your tooth like that!?!

Both of them gone! He and his friend Joey both have the 1st grade toothless grin going!

The tooth fairy has been busy at our house this week!!! Luckily she hasn't forgotten to make a stop here!:)

Stock Show

A few weekends ago we spent Saturday morning at the FW Stock Show. We went with Clay's sister, Alyssa and her husband, Ryan. It was a fun day walking around and looking at the animals and playing games. We were all impressed with the sheep dogs!

Shooting the BB guns!

Nathan won this puppy that he named, "Stocky".

Abby won this little flower.

Sweet girl with her Daddy!

Pink Cowgirl!!!

The Last 2 weeks!

My sister has done such a great job blogging about our last few weeks. I let you take a peek at her blog and our sweet Mallory to see what we've been doing. Our trip to Houston ended with Marcia driving us home and spending a week here because I got a nasty case of strep throat. My strep was followed up by Nathan having an equally nasty case of strep throat. We are all well now and praying for a healthy end of the cold season. No more strep throat!!! Here are several links to her posts.

Cousins

Mallory's 1st Birthday Party!

More of Day 7 & Our Trip Home

I just realized I had a few more cruise pictures on my camera. Saturday night before dinner Abby just crashed. She was all ready to go and then stopped for half a second and fell sound asleep on Clay. She stayed that way for a while and even slept part of the way while we carried her down to the dining room.

Here is our waiter, Oswin with the kids. He was super great and worked very hard every night to get Abby to give him "five". I think she did it one night, but this is as close as the would get on the last night.

Oswin made this mouse out of a napkin for Nathan. Nathan named it Mr. Cheesey. He is still around and has even made it to school for all to see!

Fun Times!

Sunday turned out alot different than we had anticipated. We were scheduled to arrive back in Galveston at 7am. Unfortunately, the Port of Galveston was closed that morning due to heavy fog. We didn't get in to the dock until 12:45. Then it was 5:00 before we got to our car. After stopping back at Marcia's to get all our Christmas stuff, eating dinner, & several potty stops later, we finally made it home at midnight that night. It was a long day. We were very glad to get home that night. We all just fell into the bed. We had a fun trip and made lots of fun memories, but as they say, "There's No Place Like Home!"

Days 6 and 7

Day 6 and 7 of our trip were cruising days. We spent out time playing miniature golf, ping pong, swimming, laying out, eating, & relaxing more. Clay & Ryan also spent some time in the casino. The kids got to spend some time with Grandad & Mimi in the children's swimming area. Grandad even went down the water slide with Abby! One afternoon we even got to watch a coast guard helicopter land on the ship. It was super windy so he had to make several attempts before actually landing. It was need to watch, but unfortunately, they were coming to pick up a sick person who needed to get to shore ASAP. The kids also enjoyed going to Adventure Ocean every night after dinner. This was the kids area where they had activities planned for them all day long.

Morning snacks at the promenade cafe. Alf or Abby?

Stuffing their little faces!

Ready for a round of miniature golf.

Swimming in Adventure Beach!

These two are addicted to the hot tub!

Abby's bug hat she made at Adventure Ocean.

Our cabin.

Sure do love that timer on my new camera! Thanks Mom & Dad!

Coast Guard