Raptors vs. Spurs

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I have three very LUCKY little boys that will not even appreciate it until they are older! Aaron was back in Texas so we took the boys to watch him play in San Antonio. This game completes our tour of Texas Professional Basketball Stadiums ;) We have now seen Aaron play at all three stadiums...Houston, Dallas & San Antonio much to the delight of my people!!! This was by far the best though because they were all sporting custom made, signed, official NBA jerseys from the BIG man (7 ft. tall Aaron) himself! Seriously...how many kids can say that they get to go to these NBA games, score amazing seats, get VIP passes to wait after the game by the locker room AND wear custom Jerseys that a player had made specifically for you?!?!? I cannot wait until they are old enough for it to actually hit them :) Once again, "Mr. Aaron" is the coolest person my kids could ever have as a 'best friend' and truly the nicest guy in the NBA!!!

Christmas Part 2...

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Hooray...we woke up to discover that Santa came! The boys were giddy to discover their WiiU was not under the tree but rather in the fireplace! It must've fell out of the bag! We had a super exciting morning with more gifts than we can ever play with!!! I am personally a fan of the voice changing Transformers helmets!!! Santa did leave some rather questionable gifts :) Bow & arrows and inflatable boxing gloves can only end one way in this house...click to see :)

Christmas Part 1...

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We had the most wonderful Christmas with getting to celebrate two times! We let the boys open their brother gifts on Thursday night, had their class parties (and my last day of teaching!) on Friday then immediately got in the car and headed to my parents :) Kerry, Jeremy & the girls were flying in the next morning so we wanted to make sure we were there! Kelly, Chris & the girls, as well as DJ & Christy all came over as well and we all got to spend time with 7 cousins (Brian, Matt, Luke, Emma, Abby, Molly & Mackenzie) running around and playing together! We literally spent the whole weekend together just hanging out and it was absolutely perfect!!! The highlight was attempting to get all of them to sit together for a picture and all smile at the same time!!! With four girls 2 & under, plus 3 rowdy boys...you can imagine how this went :) Christmas Eve was the official present opening much to the delight of everyone except Molly...she literally slept through the whole four hours! We were all spoiled beyond belief and actually had to attach my Dad's trailer to the back of my car to get everything home! The night ended with a "hairy contest" with even Kerry & Abby joining in! DJ took the grand prize but the boys were runners up with their mustaches from Aunt Key!!! Their coveted trophy now sits in a place of honor on our bookcase :)

Not too big...YET!

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So my sweet 8 year old still is a true believer. Whether or not he has doubts, I am unsure. I am certainly not going to ask and he is too smart to question things aloud right before Christmas! I fear the questions may start rolling in right after the loot arrives, but for now I am enjoying my pictures of my three believers!! Enjoy...

Sledding!!!

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Five years later my kids still look forward to our neighborhood's annual sledding day! They bring in tons of snow, provide sleds, cookies &  hot chocolate and let the kids go at it!!! This year we had our friend's the Rinn Family join us. They have three kids...Riley is in Brian's class, Bryce is in Matt's class and their little guy Ryan is two. The kids all love hanging out together and had such a fun day sledding! It was 74 degrees, our a/c is actually on and the only reason they had on pants/long sleeves was for the muddy, mucky mess!!! Sledding in Texas....you never know what you're gonna get!

Lego Discovery Center & Six Flags!

 

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This past weekend we took the boys to Dallas for a weekend catered to them! Friday night we used our passes to go to Six Flags Over Texas. My guys LOVE this one as it has 3x the coasters as the one in San Antonio and some really HUGE ones! What a GREAT night we had...Brian reached yet another magical height and was finally able to ride Superman Power Tower, launching him and Daddy 32 stories into the sky with a smile on his face the whole time!!! Much to his dismay...Luke was just shy of the next magical height. He is so discouraged always being the short one left behind so him and I have a deal...if he can't ride, Mommy can't ride. While I do enjoy the rides with my big guys, my littlest guy loves having the knowledge that he's not always the one left behind with whoever is willing to stay with him :) Fortunately for us, the two teenagers working the old wooden coaster were paying zero attention so as Craig and the boys were pulling into the station they looked over to see me and Luke heading up the hill! Getting to be the one to experience all of these thrills with Luke for his first time is the most rewarding thing as a Mommy. Him squeezing my hand going up the hill and screaming "we made it Mommy" makes my heart skip a beat!

Saturday we surprised the kids and our resident elf "Zippy" had tickets waiting at the Lego Discovery Center and Aquarium for us ;) What a dream for my three boys! Matt's dream is to be a marine biologist and obsessed with anything ocean, particularly sharks. We have seen a lot of America's aquariums but had not been here yet so the aquarium was right up his alley! Brian is our Lego freak in the house and was beyond excited to spend the day among his favorite toy! Luke was just thrilled to spend the day with "his boys" being nice to him :) By far the funniest part of the day came when we walked under the blacklights! We have been battling the pink-eye plague since Thanksgiving along with Kelly's family...UGH! The boys and I have been on Vigamox pretty steadily as we keep sharing our disease. Check out the pictures of what Vigamox in your eyes smeared on your face looks like in blacklight!!!

After a fun few hours, we returned to Six Flags for FUN, Round 2! My kids are theme park junkies making the yearly gift of renewing our season passes by my parents the PERFECT gift for our family! And in keeping with Christmas...our kids solidly believe our elf is the coolest!