Oh my - Christmas & Vacation & New House & Snow!!!

Open up Uncle MarkUncle Stacey always draws with Beth

Daddy kills a BUCK

Nannie & Pa & Beth at Christmas #1

Cheeeeeese

I love gifts!!

The broom and baseball bat are a hit!!!! Good job Santa!

Don't hit the tree!

Beth finally knows how to open gifts now.

And yes - a pink football!

Aunt Ashley made her a bench - too awesome!!!

Opening gifts at Nanna and Papaw's

Here Great-Grandpa

PaPaw, cousin Chad, and Nanna

Cousin Jill & Beth - they have so much fun!

John and i went on a Carribean cruise

This is Grand Cayman where we swam with the dolphins.

This is the jungle in Jamica.

Yes - we ziplined!

Yes - we lived!!!

This is the den/gameroom.

We moved in on the 6th of February...here is the master bedroom.

Here is the master bath.

Guest bath

Kitchen

Dining room

My "bean" drawers that John hates - but i love!!!

Great room

Beth's bath

Den/playroom.

Beth's room

Guest room for now...

Storage unit in Beth's bath

Laundry room

Whew......finally moved in and we love it - come visit us sometime.

Then it snowed this week ... and a little cottontail decided it was warmer on our porch

than anywhere else...he stayed there all day.

Beautiful view off the back porch.

Beth is playing with her kitchen Oma got her.

Front view of our house while it was snowing like crazy!!!!

Beth loved the snow and being outside...the cold didn't bother her one bit.

One more picture of the front of the house covered in snow...i love it.

And beth is just trying to keep up with me.

And of course...she has to climb the fence - no matter what.

She is a toot - and i love her.

Lipstick & Snow before Christmas

You have never seen a kid LOVE to ride in a stroller like Beth does. She just points to it until Oma or I will give her a ride in the house. She could be pushed around for hours. Her she is holding her baby. This just shows you how much fun she is really having in that thing...i think it is the craziest thing ever that she wants to be IN the stroller - most kids scream to get OUT of one - right?!?!

And thanks to Nana Sally - Beth knows what lipstick is - and LOVES it. I was stupid and left my makeup bag unzipped in the middle draw of the bathroom. I was watching TV with Oma and thought "gee - it is awful quite - wonder what Beth is doing?"....and there she was - in the bathroom...with my lipstick (the only one i have that comes with the free sample from clinque b/c everyone knows i am not a big fan of makeup) - she couldn't figure out how to twist it up - b/c when i found her - she had her finger down in the tube and then TRYING to put it on her lips. She missed - but it made my day to see her.

And yes - it actually snowed this year - and thanks to Uncle Stacey - he took pictures of Beth in the snow - b/c Lord knows it may be 5 years before we see snow again. Here - OMA and OPA are taking her outside...and yes - that is our Christmas tree - we just didn't get it moved inside b/c mine and john's furniture was in the way - we have since rearranged things so the Christmas tree fits INSIDE the house. But it made for some great pictures.

OMA said she really checked out the snow - she is quite the examiner.

She is tooooooo cute.

And yes - that is a lightweight Texas Tech jacket...but don't call CPS yet - i did make it to town after this incident to purchase a heavy coat for this cold winter.

House & Baby & White Trash

Here is our little girl...these PJs are just too cute...i wish we could spray her with something and she could stay this size forever!!!! I LOVE HER. This is her Halloween outfit...so yes - it has been quite a while since i uploaded pics....she had a great time going with daddy.

And in the Halloween spirit...myself and a few other teachers dressed up and did a dance to "thriller" in our pep rally - it was a lot of fun and the kids LOVED it....we are on you tube if you search it correctly - you can see the performance.

Here is our fireplace...is it looking so good....i can't wait.

Here is Beth pushing around her baby in the stroller...she LOVES to push that thing...she only loves riding in a stroller more.

Isn't she a beautiful little lady - even with chocolate on her face.

More pictures of our fireplace...i am just a little proud...can you tell?

Here is the Kid's Bath

Here is the guest Bath....notice the screws that my builder is using for spacers...but hey - he is cheap - and this is good for us.

Here is a picture of our bathtub.

Our garage doors came in!!!

Some of my cabinets came in...this Storage unit goes in the kids bathroom for their hamper...and the linens and such.

Here is a partial picture of our shower tile design in our master.

And Beth is awesome at riding rocking tractors and horses...she is having fun at Nanna's.

And we had a "white trash" party to go to ... so we went all out for the occasion.

Steph and I had a tad too much fun with the makeup...can you tell?

And Christi had a tad too much fun going all out with the furniture and stuff in the front yard...yes in town...in Santa Rita...and yes - people were driving by very slowly....i can only imagine what they were thinking....we had an awesome time...can't wait to find out what next year's theme will be?

And here is the birthday girl herself...how about that for a trashy outfit...way to go Christi.

And the infamous 5 girl picture....what a time.