It's snowing!

We couldn't believe our eyes when we woke up a few days before Christmas...there was snow on the ground! The kids thought it was the most magical day of their entire Christmas vacation. Unfortunately Nicholas wanted to wear sandwich bags on his hands because he didn't want his gloves to get dirty. Alissa wanted to eat the "ice" and Lexi had the time of her life. Just to see their eyes light up and enjoy what we take for granted (when it does snow) was gift enough for me. The snow lasted on the ground for a couple of days but the cold, freezing temperatures lasted throughout the New Year. Everyday they still look out and ask, "did it snow last night?" Well it was fun while it lasted. We are so ready for warm weather. We can only play hide and seek in our house so many times before all it becomes is a game of tag.

Ben's other love ;)

We started our own business in 2008. It's has had it's rough patches, dry spells, or whatever you want to call it, but we have placed it all in God's hands and has it has done quite well. During Christmas Ben was stuck in Altus, OK because of the bad weather. Luckily he made it home by Christmas Eve afternoon. Sometimes the business wears on us a little but it is moving along. Ben's popo always said the only time you start on top is when your digging a hole.

New Year...New Beginnings

WOW!

Well to start off, I lost my password, along with the fact that life caught up with me and I just plain fell off the planet with my blog! Let's just backtrack a little...

The kids have started yet another year of school. Sadly I only have Alissa left at home but she will venture off with other kiddos next year :( Alexis is now in 4th grade and do AmAzInG! Her last report were all A's and B's and her reading is improving by the minute. She is a very different person than 2 years ago. Yes, it has been 2 years (in May). She is really stoked about softball season again so I think she has found her niche. Nicholas is in Pre-K and is doing great. He has learned to right his name and has started reading simple words. Thank you Dr. Seuss! He has expressed an interest in karate so we are still debating T-ball this year. Justin is in the 3 year old class and has made us so proud. We are still working on his stuttering but it seems to come and go. Why I have no idea but he is dealing with it quite better than I thought he would. Out of all of the kids we WOULD have to be different. He is our only Longhorn fan in a household full of Red Raiders! Last but not least, we have Alissa. She is the most independent 2 year old I know. She makes me sad because I am so not ready for her to grow up, much less start school. I think I just might start substituting at the school just so I can be with them more ;)