Trick or Treat

Halloween was alot of fun this year, we had a cheetah, a 50s girl, and 2 wild cowboys! They were all so cute! Chris and I took them all around the block for some trick or treating. Of course, the boys only lasted a little while, so we headed back to pass out candy while Chris took the girls out for another round. There was so much candy we didn't know what to do.......

NORAH'S 2ND BIRTHDAY!

A week ago Sunday, was little Norah's 2nd birthday. The bad news was that "ike" had to come into town and ruin it! Chris and I had a little party for her over at our house, by candle light of course, since no one in the whole city had power! Ugh!

Anyway, we searched for a birthday cake but had no luck, so we all sang "happy birthday" to an icecream sandwhich with candles. (i don't think she minded too much...she loved the ice cream!) We opened up presents and she played with her new baby stroller all night. She kept wanting to get in it and her sissy push her around. She is such a cutie!HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORAH!!!!

IKE'S FURY

After a long uncomfortable week, we can finally say that we survived "ike". Our power came back on yesterday after a long week of open windows and no stove. But we did alright. Chris got out there and battled the storm the first day to get the generator up and running. He also had to get up in the wee hours to refill the tank and keep us as comfortable as we could be. Thank goodness for that generator. Otherwise we might have lost our minds.

We turned in to "kingwood trash" as some of our friends say, as we strung a home made clothes line in the back so I could dry our clothes and added a window unit to cool off at night. But man did it work!

After the storm passed, we can say that we were lucky. The only damage that we had was an up rooted tree in the front yard. But the rest of the neighborhood looked like a bomb went off. There are still trees down every where, and limbs and branches covering the streets. Parts of the area are still without power! We consider our selves lucky. The sounds of the wind when it came through were horrible.

But we made it!

PREPARING 4 IKE

Today we got all the last minute preparations for "IKE"s big debut. He's rolling into Galveston as I type and its already not pretty. But we are hunkering down or "honkering" down as I say and ready for him. Chris bought us a generator so we will have power when ours go out, which is inevitiable. Anyways, we boarded the windows the best we could since there was no lumber ANYWHERE and I stocked up on water and food. Those sustained winds are going to be killer, but we are all piled in our room and ready for whatever Ike brings..... The boys had a field day with the upside down tramp.

NEW HAIR CUTS

Chris gave the boys a new "do" last night. We had cut their hair a few weeks ago but this last night we went ahead a cut it really short and gave them a fade. THEY ARE SOOOO CUTE! They are starting to look more like little boys and less like little babies! CADEN CALEB

A day well spent at the Houston Zoo

Chris was off today and since we are zoo members, we decided to take advantage of our passes and take the babies out there. This is the 1st time they have been since they were younger. Caden loved it and pointed at everything, while Caleb was scared of alot of the animals. He didn't care too much for any of the bigger animals, but he did like the little monkeys. We took a ride on the carousel and then let them play in the water at the children's zoo. It was a nice day. MOMMY AND CALEB LOOKING AT THE ANIMALS DADDY AND CADEN MOMMY AND CALEB PLAYING IN THE WATER CADEN TRYING TO GRAB THE WATER SPOUT

PINK Bankey's Transformation

For those of you who are not familiar with "pink bankey", its Kaeli's first blanket. And she has been carrying it around with her for 5yrs. And I do mean, it has gone EVERYWHERE with us. We even almost missed our plane to Disney World a few years back trying to get it to the airport after leaving it in the car. Yes, pink blankey has been like another addition to our family.
The blanket was literally on its last leg, so we found a magic suitcase that could "transform" pink bankey into a brand new one! (or at least that's what she thought. I just crocheted her a new one!)

Here's pink bankey's before and after pics. BEFORE AFTER
Kaeli didn't think her "magic" would work. She was so suprised and sooooo excited!

Another Exciting Weekend

To all our loyal readers..... At this very moment I am wondering....how and the heck do Jon and Kate plus 8 ever get through the day? Our life is a crazy life with just us plus 4! Anyway, I started my day yesterday trying to unload/load up the dishwasher and the little bubs just had to help me out. Of course, I will appreciate it when they are older, the extra help that is, but this "type" of help was more comical for me than anything. They are into EVEYTHING!
We left early yesterday and headed out to Katy Mills mall. The girls had been asking to go eat at the Rainforest Cafe so we figured why not go and do a little school shopping. We had to go that way anyway for our nephew Adden's birthday party. While we were there we all decided to get our ears pierced. That's right, my baby girl, Kaeli, pierced her ears! She was so brave and is soooo cute now with her ears pierced. Awwhh. Kaetlyn repierced one of her holes that had grown back. She was a bit afraid, but was a big girl too.












We later went over to Amy's house for Adden's party. He is 6 now and is growing up so fast too. We had alot of fun and we're all exhausted when we got home. It was a great day.

Viva Las Vegas!

Chris and I just got back from Las Vegas. It was our first trip EVER! We decided to go to Vegas kind of on a last minute thing and we are so glad we did. We had a blast. We got to Vegas on Friday morning and spent the day checking out the casinos. We stayed at the Paris, which I highly recomend. It was so beautiful. We had dinner at this amazing little resturant, "Olives", inside the Bellagio, which was directly on the fountains. We had an amazing meal and got to watch the water show. Saturday, we continued exploring the city, visiting the other casinos, and the m&m store. We went to the Cirque du Soleil show inside Treasure Island Saturday night. It was really great.

We did a little gambling and won what we thought was good money. It pretty much paid for our all our spending money. "Diamond" as we named the machine was very good to us and we played her pretty much the entire time. Just a nickel machine, but a big payer! All in all, we had a great weekend and can't wait to go back!

Caden says "whoa"

Caden's new thing is to say "whoa". I have been trying to get this video to work for days now, so I hope that everyone can see it.

the little red wagon

The babies got a red wagon for their birthday this year from Nana and they absolutely love it! Chris and I have taken them for walks in it several times so far. They look so big sitting up there and they just look around at everything. Its so funny to look at them, they are growing up so fast!

The Twins Birthday Party!

Yesterday we celebrated the twins' 1st birthday. Chris smoked a bunch of meats, i made some bbq sides, and we had a whole lotta cake! Lots of family, and lots of good friends came over to help us celebrate their big day. The boys didn't much care for their birthday cake. I thought that they would have gotten it all over them but instead they stuck one finger in and decided it wasn't for them. Kaeli helped them open all their presents and when we were done, it looked like toys r us was in our living room. The party turned out great!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABIES!

today the boys made 1yr old! And I thought what better way to celebrate their special day than to take a look back at the day the made their big debut!