What a Year It's Been!

It has been a wild year!  I'm finally able to do a little catch up.  The last post I had was Halloween of 2012.  Our lives changed dramatically after that.  We spent Christmas last year in Lake Charles at our house, then we went to visit our family in Tennessee & Kentucky.  When we got back to Louisiana, I had a week to pack us up and get our house ready to sell.  We did it!  We moved to Commerce, TX, where Ryan is the Director of Athletics for Texas A&M-Commerce.  We rented a duplex our first 6 months here, and all of these pictures are from that time period.  The boys love our Children' s Museum!  We visit there at least once a week, sometimes more:)  Jett really enjoyed playing tee ball this past Spring.  After baby Dallas was born, we were absolutely obsessed with holding her and feeding her.  Jett also loves driving go carts any chance he gets, and we visit the play area in Allen, TX most weekends when we can get away.  Enjoy!  More pics to come.

 

 Jett with the t-rex footprint at the children's museum.

Jett ready to play tee ball.  Ace was ready too:)

 

 



Go cart fun!

 

 



Jett loved holding baby Dallas.  Such a big boy!

 

 



Fun with Aunt Winnie visiting G & Opa.

 

 



Momma's sweet boy!

 

 



Hanging out in Ace's room.

 



 

Fun times at the Allen play area:)

 



Halloween 2012

Halloween was so fun this year!  Jett originally decided that he was going to be Buzz Lightyear, and so Ace was going to be Woody.  We bought the costumes & tried them on.  Jett loved Ace's costume, so Buzz went back to the store, and we ended up with Woody 1 & Woody 2:)  The boys were so cute!  We love our boots!  We went to the members only Fall Festival at the Children's Museum first.  The boys trick or treated on the second floor, and then played on the first floor for quite a while before we left.  Our next stop was to pick up Daddy at work & head over to campus for their festivities.  Jett threw darts at balloons, ring tossed a Dr. Pepper, and successfully bobbed for apples.  He was pretty bummed that there was no bounce house, but I think the chocolate made up for it.  We finished out the night with a stop at the McClelland' s house.  We visited with Lawson & Grayson for a bit before heading home for supper.  We had a pretty great Halloween!

 Woody & Buzz Lightyear

 Playing with the huge blocks at the Children's Museum.

 Jett was bummed that the train wasn't running:(

 Both hats on!

 Jett was teaching Ace & Momma all about Louisiana:)

 Jett is an excellent shopper:)

 Woody did a great job running the cash register!

 Jett got an apple!

Jett was so cute, even though he kinda looked like a hillbilly:)



Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins!

The boys loved the pumpkin patch this year!  They looked at the pumpkins, ran around, checked out the scarecrows, and finally settled down to pick out their mini pumpkins.  I would've loved more pictures of them together, but I guess that's life:)  I was happy that Jett let me take a couple of pics at home.  Jett wanted a pirate pumpkin this year.  Daddy carved it, and Momma painted the eye patch & hat.  Originally the hat was plain black (pic on Ace's blog), Jett had me add a skull & crossbones to make it a "real" pirate hat.  I think it turned out great!

 Jett liked the pumpkins, he just couldn't get comfortable:)

 Jett in full sprint around the pumpkin patch!

 So strong!

 I love this face!

 Completed pirate pumpkin:)

I love this pic!  The only smile I got from Jett!



Summer Visits at G & Opa's House

We had a lot of fun at G & Opa's house this summer!  Jett got a lot more comfortable with swimming in the pool this year.  We have great hopes for next year!  I believe we may do a little swimming in the hot tub this winter just so it stays familiar:)  Jett loves the rock climbing wall & planet diagram with movable shuttle at the park in G & Opa's neighborhood!  I'm sure we will visit the park some more on future visits.  I've included some of my favorite pictures from all of our visits.  Enjoy!

 Jett playing with Ace & Momma.  Just a little water to spit out:)

 Momma & her sweet boys:)

 Jett loves to play volleyball in the pool!

 Jett loves moving the shuttle.

 Jett did a great job telling Momma & Ace all about the planets.

 They love to run!

 Climbing to the top to slide.

 Jett is really good at the rock climbing wall!

 No smile for Momma.

Reading a book with Opa:)



Summer Trip to Tennessee

I'm playing catch up!  I just uploaded a ton of pictures from my phone.  These are the ones from our trip back in June.  Ryan had a work trip for 2 weeks, so the boys & I went to Tennessee for about a week.  Ace & I flew home, and Jett visited with Pop & Polly in Kentucky for another week.  We really enjoyed seeing Aunt Winnie's house for the first time.  I got to catch up with one of my best friends from high school, and we got to meet her daughter for the first time.  We always have a good time in Clifton with Mawmaw & Pawpaw and Grandmother & Grandaddy.  We also really enjoyed our visit with Mama Holt.  We had a blast in Tennessee, and look forward to seeing everyone again in December!    

 The boys loved the airport!  They were watching our plane pull up to the gate:)

 Driving through the field to the river with Aunt Winnie:)

 I love this one of Jett at the river!

 Aunt Winnie & Jett looking at the fish.

 Jett & our new friend Morgan:)

 Jett had so much fun playing in the fountain with Uncle Mark!

 My sweet boys.

 Enjoying swinging with Grandmother.

 Such a big hug for Mama Holt:)

5 generations (Opa not pictured).  Sorry it's blurry.



Football Pics

Here are just a few of the pictures from our annual photo session on "Daddy's" football field:)

 This is my favorite!

 Jett's got it!

 One of my faves:)

 Ready to kick:)

Climbing up with Daddy.