Tippy's Place

Was it worth it?!?!?!?

2009-02-07T22:29:00.001-06:00

Jeff and I love doing projects around the house. A new flower bed, painting... We always have a good time together and are so pleased to see our finished project. So, I had this bright idea to get a new light for our entry way. Not a big project, or so I thought!!!! I found the perfect light for our house and was so excited to get it up! So, Jeff borrowed an extension ladder from Danny and started. Once the ladder was up, we realized it was going to be more challenging than we thought! Our entry way is taller than 20 feet we found out! And the light was located a long distance from the ladder's reach. But Jeff was determined! He managed to get the old light down. And I begged him to not go on. It was the scariest thing I have ever watched! But, of course he had to finish now! So, he went up the ladder with the light fixture. He had to wire it while I hung out of a cutout holding the light (which was not too light!) After many scary moments, we just about had it done. He was attaching the chain, when all of the sudden my arms starting shaking and I screamed, "Jeff I'm dropping it!" My arms gave out and I dropped the light right as he screwed the last one in! The light went swinging, but it stayed up! He looked at me and I said,"I'm not really sure I like it?" Totally kidding with him! But if looks could kill :) So, needless to stay, this light will never be replaced as long as we are here! But I do love it :)

Gabe's Art

2009-02-03T21:25:00.002-06:00

Gabe drew this picture at school last week and I thought it was so cute! He drew a football team. Do you see the guy in the middle holding a football? Gabe said that was him about to throw a football to daddy :) So cute!

Cruising! Day Eight

2009-01-24T21:21:00.005-06:00

Our last day on the ship was spent at sea. The kids were getting a little antsy, so we signed them up for a pirate treasure hunt! The boys had a blast! Here are our two, cute pirates!

Our pretty girl at dinner :)

Grandad and Grandma

Kasey and Jenny

They boys and their banana splits!

We had wonderful time on our cruise! Lots of special memories with our family! :)

Cruising! Day Seven

2009-01-23T21:00:00.001-06:00

The last stop of our cruise was Cozumel. The beach was just beautiful! It was a lot more crowded than we had experienced at our previous stops. But it was a fun day! And grandad had a few suprises up his sleeve :)

Emma getting off of the ship

Our family

Grandad paid for all of to parasail!!!!! Even the kiddos :)

Gabe and Kaitlyn shocked us all! They loved it! They would have stayed up there all day if we had let them :) Here is Gabe and daddy getting ready to go up.

Gabe and Daddy!

Kasey and Kaitlyn going up! Kaitlyn said she felt like a butterfly :)

And here is what Emma thought of the whole experience :) She taked awhile to warm up to new situations. So, our girl hung out on the boat with us :)

Kaitlyn and Jenny

Mommy and Gabe

Here we go!

Cruising! Day Six

2009-01-22T20:51:00.004-06:00

The next day of our cruise we docked at Belize. We hadn't planned an excursion here. We walked around town a little, but decided to head back to the boat and spend the day at the pool.

Gabe at breakfast :)

We saw a show later in the evening. Gabe stayed awake for this one!

Cruising! Day Five

2009-01-21T20:29:00.001-06:00

Our second stop on the cruise was Santo Tamos, Guatamala. We booked an excursion to a private beach club. It was so much fun! The kids loved the pool and the slides! Guatamala was so beautiful. We had a wonderful day together!

Cruising! Day Four

2009-01-20T22:25:00.001-06:00

Our first stop on our cruise was Costa Maya! I have been trying to talk the family into packing up and moving there since we got back! Real estate isn't too bad yet :) It was just gorgeous! And not commercialized yet at all. We did not have a shore excursion planned for this stop. When we got off of the ship, the guys found a great deal with a local there. They took us to Tequila Beach where we had unlimited food and drinks. And that included some of the best guacamole I have ever had! They also had a beautiful beach with kayaks. Jeff and Kasey paid for Jen and I to have a massage. It was just the best day ever!

The kids had so much fun :)

They had a huge pool in the middle of the square. The kids loved it!

We got dressed up for dinner once we boarded the ship that night.

Every night, they made us a new little animal out of towels :)

Cruising! Day Three

2009-01-19T22:19:00.002-06:00

Day two was spent at sea. The ship had a kids' swimming pool and play area at the back. We spent most of our time there. It was very relaxing and everyone had a blast!

The kids pool had a pirate theme. So, here are Gabe and Emma shooting the cannon!

Gabe and Emma before dinner

Gabe was such a little gentleman ;)

Cruising! Day Two

2009-01-18T22:10:00.001-06:00

We arrived in New Orleans before lunch and everyone was so excited to board the ship! We had a little trouble finding the correct location. And had a couple little scares trying to navigate through New Orleans. But it was an eventful morning to say the least :)

They were so excited!

Gabe having lunch on the ship

Kaitlyn and Emma

Grandma and Grandad

Lifeboat drill fun :)

Dinner that night

Gabe was pretty tired

This was our room when all of the beds were made out! A very tight fit!

Cruising! Day One

2009-01-17T21:59:00.000-06:00

Jeff and I have had a Norwegian Cruise Line credit card for a few years now. And we were able to earn enough points for our whole family to go on a cruise this year! We were excited when grandma, grandad and the Martin family decided to come along!!!!! So, it was off to New Orleans for the kids' first cruise!

The boys were such great, little travelers! They worked on their transformers in the backseat for quite awhile! They are both obsessed with them lately. So, we heard lots of funny conversations about Optimus Prime and Bumblebee :)

And this is what they looked like after they were finished talking Transformers :)

We stopped at Fants Cafe for some really good seafood! Jeff looks really excited :)

Emma and Mommy at Fants

Grandma and Grandad

Grandma and Emma

Best buds!

Sweet cousins :)

Day One was actually a lot of fun! The kids suprised us all by being such great travellers!

Jeff's Birthday!!!!

2009-01-10T22:38:00.002-06:00

For the next six months, I can say that I married an older man ;) Until I turn 32 in July :) We had a wonderful time celebrating Jeff's birthday this weekend! We all love and appreciate him so much! He picked Mercado Juarez for his birthday dinner. And then the whole family came over to our house for cake and ice cream!

Jen and Kasey

Mom and Dad

Jackson, Emma and Kaitlyn

Luke

Crazy boys :)

Nana and Papa

Birthday Boy!

Amy and Jeff

Trouble! Just kidding! Danny and Jeff

Danny made a really sweet card for Jeff.

Amy made the most amazing birthday cake ever! She made a sushi cake! It looked so real! She even made a bowl of soy sauce and wasabi! Jeff LOVED it!

Can you see the little asparagus?!?!?

Jen, Brandy and Stephen

Singing Happy Birthday to Jeff

Right as Jeff was bending down to blow out his candles, this little stinker blew them all out!!!

So, here is Jeff pretending to blow out his candles :)

We have so many pictures of Jeff making crazy faces. So, Jen and Kasey made him a book of several of their favorites! Jeff loved it :)

It was a fun night! Happy Birthday Jeff!!!!

Where did it go?!?!?!?

2009-01-06T19:28:00.000-06:00

Notice anything different about our little Emma? She was so excited tonight to lose her first tooth! It has been loose since Thanksgiving. And tonight she bit into some bread and out it came! Our little snaggletooth! She looks so cute :)

Cotton Bowl

2009-01-02T19:42:00.000-06:00

Jeff recently got tickets to the Cotton Bowl from work. He was so excited to go! We asked our good friends, Aimee and Lonnie, to go along with us. They graduated from Tech. So, they are pretty loyal fans! Tech didn't win, but it was still a really fun day!

Best Buds!

2009-01-01T15:17:00.000-06:00

They have changed just a little... Don't you think!!!

Cousin Noah

2009-01-01T15:12:00.000-06:00

Almost made the Christmas card!

2009-01-01T15:02:00.000-06:00

This was taken way back at Gabe's birthday party. It almost made the cut for our Christmas card this year! What do you think :)

I love this picture!!!

2009-01-01T14:46:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year's!

2008-12-31T19:48:00.000-06:00

We were excited to visit the Harvey family at their new home in Midlothian for New Year's Eve! Wendy fixed a nice dinner and we headed outside for fireworks later! The kids were really excited! Todd thinks Gabe is a future fireman :) He is a little too brave around fire pits and fireworks! But it was a fun night with great friends! A perfect way to ring in the new year!

Hunter and Gabe

Jeff and Emma

Wendy and Todd

Jack and Emma

Jeff and Gabe

Our family

I couldn't resist getting this pinata :)

Emma loved Wendy's puppy, Sassy!

Happy New Years!

ICE at the Gaylord!

2008-12-30T21:09:00.000-06:00

We were so excited to go to ICE at the Gaylord this year! I couldn't resist putting matching sweaters on mommy and Emma :)

Our family at the Gaylord

Gabe loves all of the trains!

Emma in front of the gingerbread house.

Gabe's fake smile :) He gets that from his mommy!

I LOVE this picture of the cousins! We couldn't get Peter in there though :(

It was soooooo cold in there! 9 degrees!!!

Stephen, Amy and Peter... Peter was such a trooper!

It was a busy Christmas :)

2008-12-28T19:58:00.000-06:00

Jorgensons Six Flag Trip

2008-12-27T13:58:00.000-06:00

The Jorgensons made a trip to Texas for a fun day at Six Flags!

The group!
This was Emma and Gabe's first trip to Six Flags and they loved it!

The boys were so funny! Everytime they came around in this ride, we heard them having a serious conversation about Transformers :)

The cousins!!!

Noah striking a pose :)

Emma, GG and Jaydyn

Emma, GG, Jaydyn and Jeff

Mom and Rob

Aryn, Jadyn and Emma

Stacy, Rob and Jadyn

Gabe, Jadyn and Aryn

Christmas with the Zumwalts

2008-12-25T13:38:00.000-06:00

Christmas morning is always spent eating breakfast with Nana and Papa. We head over there after the kids open their stockings. It is tradition for Nana to make omelettas for everyone. They are like crepes which they roll up with fruit toppings and syrup. Soooooo good! But Nana is usually standing at the stove making them for over an hour! And she can't make them fast enough for her boys to eat :) So, this year she decided we would all learn how to make them. And give her a little break :) To be honest, I was very nervous. Jeff is obsessed with a few recipes of his mom's. And this is one of them! But I think I did ok :)

They are eating them!

Nana had a cute ornament craft for the kids to do.

Emma, Nana and Gabe

We all sang Christmas carols while Nana played the piano.

Emma and Papa

It was a special Christmas!

Santa came!!!

2008-12-25T02:11:00.000-06:00

Santa made a visit to the Zumwalt house! We got in so late the night before! But we helped Emma sprinkle reindeer food on the lawn :) But poor Santa. We didn't even leave him milk and cookies this year!

Christmas with the Smith's

2008-12-24T13:16:00.000-06:00

Every Christmas Eve, we celebrate Christmas with the Smith's! We look forward to seeing everyone on this special night! We celebrated this year at my Uncle Jay and Aunt Karen's house. Karen put so much thought into the kids' table. It was so special for them!

These two crazy boys brought their marshmellow guns!

Granny and Aunt Marsha

Sweet cousins

Clint, Peaunt and Dad

Me, Jen and Hanna Jo

The boys had fun chasing Clint with their guns!

Yes, this is my husband :)

Aunt Pam and Peanut

Santa came by for a visit!

We sang Happy Birthday to Jesus. Karen had made each child their own little birthday cake!

Jay read the Christmas story to the family.

We had a family talent show this year. That is why Noah has a mustache. I don't have pictures. But Jeff is working on video. So, I will get it up soon :)

It was a wonderful night! Thank you Jay and Karen for planning such a special celebration!

Our Christmas

2008-12-23T14:19:00.000-06:00

We always celebrate our Christmas a little early. We always make a special night out of it. I don't know why we forgot to take pictures of the dinner and Christmas story though! We had a nice Italian dinner. The kids love lasagna. Jeff read us the Christmas story. And then the kids opened their presents! Poor Jeff :( This is the only picture of him that night!

Emma and Gabe

Jeff got me a new camera! And it's pink! :)

Christmas Bread!

2008-12-22T19:31:00.000-06:00

This is the second year to bake Christmas bread with Linda, Amy and Brandy. We had so much fun last year we decided to try it again! Hopefully, this will become a Christmas tradition! Amy gets the fire going in the fireplace and brings out the record player :) The kids all remember listening to the same Christmas record since they were kids when Linda would bake for Christmas. Linda looks so cute singing and dancing to "Come on ring those bells" by Evie :) One day I will get it on video. I wasn't fast enough this year! But it is a fun day of baking visiting!

Brandy
Linda and Brandy

Amy and Linda

Emma and Luke

The bread rises in front of the fire.

Gabe and Jackson

That is going to be one big loaf of bread!

Emma and Jackson

Luke and Gabe having hot chocolate...

Christmas at GG's!

2008-12-21T21:54:00.000-06:00

We made our way north to GG's to celebrate Christmas with the Jorgensons! It is always really special to get together with everyone! There are 11 great grandchildren on this side of our family! And they are always so excited to get to see each other!

Everyone was so excited to see Kelly and James!

The boys - Noah, Gabe and Jaryn

Ms. Ashtyn

Me, mom, GG and Jen

All of the kids!!!

Mom

Kelly and Mom

Me and Aunt Debby

Jeff and I

Jadyn and Emma

GG praying with her great-grandchildren

GG and her 11 great-grandchildren

Zumwalt family

GG, Jen, KK and Noah

Melanie, GG and Jeff

James, GG and Kelly

Neuschafer Family

Stone Family

GG, Aunt Debby and Uncle Ken

Dad, GG and Mom

Mom, GG and Uncle Ken

All of us!

Santa came for a visit!

My mom and dad celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary!

Christmas with Grandma and Grandad

2008-12-19T15:00:00.000-06:00

We celebrated Christmas together with my mom and dad a little early. The kids all wanted to dress up for the special night!

Mom fixed a wonderful dinner for everyone!

We all read the Christmas story together. My dad found a version for children. It was really sweet.

We had a birthday cake for Jesus and the kids all sang Happy Birthday.

Emma's favorite present from Grandma and Grandad was a vet kit. Everything you need to take care of all of her animals! She loved the glasses :)

It was a wonderful night! Thank you Grandma and Grandad for all you do for your family! We love you very much!

Gabe's Christmas Party

2008-12-18T11:29:00.000-06:00

Jeff and I attended Gabe's Christmas party at his school! It was fun to see him interacting in his class! We love his teacher, Ms. Destiny. She is so great with the kids.

And the winner is....

2008-12-14T11:23:00.000-06:00

My sister won the award for the cutest Christmas card this year!!! This is the photo she used :)

The Martin Family!

The Cousins' Christmas Play

2008-12-14T11:17:00.000-06:00

We were excited to go and see Kaitlyn and Noah perform in their church's Christmas play! They are great little performers! And the play was so cute! It was called "A King is Coming to Town." Elvis, King Kong and King Tut all showed up! But at the end everyone realized the King was Jesus. Emma and Gabe loved it and are still singing all of the songs :)

Can you see Noah in this picture? They played a really sweet slideshow with kids from the church. Noah was dressed up as Joseph in this picture.

A day at Nana and Papa's!

2008-12-13T11:08:00.000-06:00

We recently spent the day over at Nana and Papa's. All of the cousins had a blast playing together! Drewbie
Emma, Luke and Jackson

Papa

December Photo Shoot

2008-12-13T10:54:00.000-06:00

Israel Friends

2008-12-07T09:26:00.000-06:00

Jeff and I were extremely blessed by my parents this past spring with a trip to Israel. It was life changing for us. I still need to blog about everything we saw. We went with my sister and her husband. And my parents kept four grandchildren for ten days!!!! God just really opened our eyes to the importance of Israel and it's people. It is a very special place! We went with about 80 people on a tour led by Chuck Missler. We were only with the group for less than two weeks. But we have developed some friendships that will last a lifetime. Jeff and I said it was a glimpse of what heaven will be like. When everyone's first love is Christ, the fellowship that happens is so sweet. We really enjoyed getting to know two couples that both live in Texas. T and Mikki live in Austin and Anne and Randy live in Aledo. We actually found out they live in the same neighborhood as my aunt and uncle! Both couples are just wonderful. We planned a little reunion recently to just catch up. It was so nice to see them!

Randy, Kasey, Jeff and T

Mikki, Me, Anne and Jen

Santa visits Emma's school!

2008-12-06T10:43:00.000-06:00

Emma's school had Santa and one of his reindeer come for a visit! The kids were very excited! The school hosted a breakfast with Santa and had all kinds of shopping also. I had the fun job of serving burritos all morning :) But it was worth it. It was a fun morning for the kids!

Bethlehem Revisted

2008-12-05T09:52:00.000-06:00

Kasey recently celebrated a birthday. He said he wanted to eat at Mercado Juarez and then go see Bethlehem Revisited in Waxahachie. We were so excited!

It was soooo cold that night. So, we bundled the kids up!

The kids loved all of the animals.

Here is a Roman soldier grilling the boys about why they were there. He asked if they were coming to pay their taxes. Everyone plays their part so well. A little too well for Noah! He was very concerned about the Roman soldiers! One lady told him they didn't have enough money to pay their taxes. Noah told her, "You know what I am going to do to those soldiers? I am going to beat them up!" She tried not to laugh! And every time a soldier came near Noah, he would give them the evil eye!

Emma working the olive press

Instead of a birthday cake for Kasey, Jen baked sugar cookies! She opened up the container to give everyone in our group a cookie. And one man saw them and told his daughter, "Wow, this place is great! They even pass out cookies!" He then reached in and grabbed several! It was pretty funny!

This production is so wonderful for kids. They are right in the middle of everything. So, it really makes the Christmas story come alive for them. The wisemen came through and said they were looking for a baby born that night in Bethlehem. A lady said she had heard one was just born in a stable. They said that they must go see if this was the Savior they were looking for. They asked Emma if she would like to go with him. And she nodded her head and followed them. Jeff was running after her! But it was so sweet. Here she is following the wisemen to the stable.

The birthday boy

What a fun daddy!

2008-12-02T09:16:00.000-06:00

Jeff wanted to surprise the kids by putting Christmas lights on their clubhouse. So, one night he told us he had to run an errand. Jeff snuck around to the backyard and started working on the lights. The kids and I were having a good time in the house. About an hour and a half later Jeff rings the doorbell. He told Emma and Gabe that they could bundle up and play in their clubhouse in the dark! Of course, they were so excited :) When they got outside, they said, "We need some lights daddy!" And Jeff turned on the Christmas lights! Lots of shrieking and screaming from two excited kids! They felt pretty special :)

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

2008-12-01T00:32:00.000-06:00

Zumwalt Christmas Tree 2008

2008-11-30T11:45:00.000-06:00

As a kid, Jeff's family always picked out a live Christmas tree every year. My family always had an artificial tree. So, for the first six years of our marriage, we had an artificial tree. I thought a real tree would be way to messy and time consuming. But Jeff was patient with me :) Every year, he asked if we could get a real one. I finally gave in about four years ago. He was so excited :) So, every year now, we go hunt for the perfect Christmas tree. We have found a really fun farm, we go to every year now. Mainstay Farm in Burleson, TX... We make a day of it and the kids just love it! I posted way too many pictures. But I couldn't pick between them... Too many good ones :)

Our fearless leader :)

Jeff and I decided that all kids need to have a good time is an old barn filled with hay! Our kids would have stayed here all day if we let them!

Gabe was putting daddy in jail :)

I thought the kids would be terrified of this maze. But they stayed together and found their way through! They were pretty proud :)

Disney on Ice

2008-11-29T11:28:00.000-06:00

My mom and dad treated us to a night out to see Disney on Ice! Everyone was so excited!!! They had us come over to their house first. Every year my mom goes shopping for the kids and gives them some special clothes to wear the month of December. This year she got the most beautiful party dresses you have ever seen for the girls. And the boys got their first suit!!! (Pictures coming soon) I don't know why I don't have pictures of the boys. They were probably off somewhere playing Transformers or super heroes :)

Grandma and Emma, so sweet :)

Grandad and Emma

There are the boys!

It was a wonderful show! Thanks for such a fun night mom and dad!!!

Thanksgiving at Granny's House

2008-11-27T21:39:00.000-06:00

This year our family headed to Duncan to spend Thankgiving with Granny and Aunt Pam! It was a wonderful day! God is so good! I am so thankful for my loving Saviour. For His mercy and grace that He shows me every day! And I am soooo thankful for my family He has blessed me with. There are so many godly men and women on both sides of my family. People that I try to pattern my life after as a wife and mother. And Granny is definately one of them. She and Pam are just precious and I love them both very much!

Jeff followed the kids outside and got some great shots of the kids! He is quite the photographer :)

Thanksgiving Indian

2008-11-25T23:24:00.000-06:00

My cute, little Thanksgiving Indian chief :)

Emma's Thanksgiving Lunch

2008-11-25T21:07:00.000-06:00

I was so excited to decorate Emma's class lunch table for their Thanksgiving lunch! We only had about 10 minutes to get everything on the table. So, it was a little hectic but so worth it! You should have seen the kids' faces when they came in!

Jenna was able to borrow this centerpiece from a friend of hers. Isn't it gorgeous!!! I don't know if the kids appreciated. But we thought it was perfect :)

We helped the kids make these placemats and they had a cute little turkey pot filled with trail mix.

One of the room moms had this adorable costume for Mrs. Singleton to dress up in. She is so cute and a very good sport!

My little pilgrim :)

Emma's Birthday Shopping Spree!

2008-11-19T14:55:00.000-06:00

Every year my mom and dad take Emma on a little shopping spree for her birthday! And then out to eat at the restaurant of her choice :) She usually comes home with lots of clothes for the fall and winter. But this year, she begged grandma and grandad for a special present she had been eyeing for awhile :) She looks forward to her special shopping trip with grandma and grandad every year!

Grandad picked out a couple of shirts he thought would be pretty on Emma.

But this is what she was so excited about!!! Thank you grandma and grandad for your thoughtfulness and attention you show to all of your grandkids! They always feel so special after spending time with you both!

Maggie

2008-11-17T14:51:00.000-06:00

This cute puppy is named Maggie. She usually peeks under the fence when she hears grandkids :) The kids love her!

Emma Turns Six!

2008-11-15T20:38:00.000-06:00

Emma was so excited for her birthday party to be here!!! I can't believe Emma is six!!! She picked a unicorn party this year. My girl loves unicorns!!! We had the party at grandma and grandad's house. It turned out pretty cool the day of the party. So, mom and dad started up the firepit and had hot chocolate for everyone! I made tutus for all of the girls. And they turned out so cute! I am addicted to tutus now! They are so easy and fun to make! I think I am going to make Emma a Christmas one :)

Best friends - Kaitlyn and the birthday girl!

They loved their tutus!

The cake!!!

Emma, Katy and Kaitlyn

I LOVE this picture!

Isn't this the sweetest picture! Grandad and his girl, Emma.

Emma on her unicorn!

Sweet Belle

Happy Birthday, Emma!!!! Mommy, Daddy and Gabe love you very much!!!

My Amazing Sister-In-Law

2008-11-13T20:07:00.000-06:00

Jeff's little sister, Amy, is one of the most creative and talented people I have ever met! She currently runs a succesful bridal jewelry business, Amy's Bridal Accessories. She is also a mom to FOUR sweet, little boys! So, to say she is busy is an understatement :) She always makes the most incredible fondant cakes for her family's birthdays. So, I originally asked if she would help me make one for Emma's party. She, said yes right off the bat. But, she called back a week or so later and said she was considering starting a cake decorating business also. And wanted to do Emma's cake so she could have some great pictures for her new site. And from there she went to town! She made the most beautiful, girly, four layered cake you have ever seen!!! Every little girl's dream come true! Emma was having a unicorn party. So, Amy made a unicorn out of fondant! There are pictures below... There was so much thought and detail put into this cake it was crazy! So, if you are wanting a special cake, you will have to give Amy a call! Her company is called Sweets Couture. She made Emma's birthday so special! We love you Aunt Amy! Thank you very much!

We visited Amy when she was in the middle of making the cake.

Aunt Amy and the Birthday Girl

Emma was fascinated!

Isn't the cake amazing!!!!

SO CUTE!!!

The unicorn is so cute!!! Emma just loves her!

New Posts

2008-11-05T21:10:00.000-06:00

I have gotten a little behind. I still have a couple more to do, but I have several new posts going all the way back to September :)

Emma's Kindergarten Picture

2008-11-05T21:09:00.000-06:00

Gabe's Loves School!

2008-11-05T20:32:00.001-06:00

Gabe has been attending speech at one of our local public schools this year. And he is absolutely loving it :) He loves to tell everyone he goes to school now like his sister :) His speech has improved so much over the past two months. We are so grateful for his sweet teacher, Ms. Peters!

Gabe playing with some of his friends.

Our big boy!

Gabe and Ms. Peters!

Gabe Turns Four!

2008-11-01T19:32:00.000-05:00

Our little superhero, Gabe, turned four!!! He is such a special, little boy! And we are so proud of him! He asked for a Batman party quite awhile ago. We decided to have it in a park. We thought it would be fun for everyone to bring bikes and scooters to ride. We had started planning his party and I was listening to a conversation he was having with cousin Noah. He told Noah Batman was going to come to his party! So, I thought it would be cute to see if we could arrange that :) I made the little boys Batman capes for favors. And I must say, they turned out pretty cute!

The Birthday Boy!

Kaitlyn and Emma

Here comes Noah :)

Gabe and Emma

Grandad

Grandma

This picture is hillarious! I had bought masks for the other boys to wear. Noone wanted to but Noah. He loves to dress up. But we hadn't figured out that the mask was supposed to fold. So, Noah looks pretty funny! But he didn't care :)

Emma greeting Papa and Uncle Danny

Gabe's birthday present

So cute!

Noah, Gabe and Brady

Batman arrives!!!

Gabe was so impressed!

Gabe meeting Batman!

Batman even brought a present!

It was a fun birthday party! Happy Birthday Gabe! We love you so much!!!!

Fall Festival

2008-10-31T21:11:00.000-05:00

My sister invited us to come to their church's fall festival this year. We were excited to spend Halloween with them!Gabe dressed up as a Dallas Cowboy! And this isn't the first time he has had a Dallas Cowboys helmet! When he was a baby, Gabe had to wear a helmet for about three months to correct the shape of his head.

Of course, Gabe fell asleep on the way :)

Emma was a zebra :)

Lake Mineral Wells Camping Trip

2008-10-24T19:07:00.000-05:00

Our family recently went camping with some friends to Lake Mineral Wells. It was a great camping trip! Lots of adventures :) A raccoon opened our coolers the first night and ate our hotdogs and chicken! Emma got a stomach bug the second night. We were up about seven times that night. But we did get to see the stars lots! It was really beautiful! But those things are what makes camping trips memorable, right? Hopefully this will become an annual event! Good friends and good times!

All of the kiddos

See our Christmas lights :)

Lauren and Emma

Mr. Brady

Gabe

My handsome fisherman :)

Emma and Belle playing with worms? :)

Brady and Lonnie both caught a fish :)

Gabe was a little sad he didn't catch one...

But he got over it pretty fast!

Sweet friends

Gabe and Brady

Belle, Molly, Lauren and Emma

The Zumwalts

Eagle Run

2008-10-23T21:11:00.000-05:00

Emma's school has an annual fundraiser called the Eagle Run. The kids ask people to pledge a certain amount per lap. We were told the average for the kids was between 25 -30 laps. So, Jeff and I pledged $1 a lap. Our little eagle really cleaned up with this fundraiser!!!!

The kids ran or walked for a straight hour! That seems like a lot for kindergarteners!

One of Emma's coaches started the run with all of the students behind her. It was so cute :)

The kids all had shirts on with 40 boxes on the back. Every time they completed a lap, an adult marked off one of the boxes.

Our little Emma ran the entire hour!!! I couldn't believe it! The only time she would stop would be to ask a friend what lap she was on. She would stop in front of them and they would tell her what number was marked through! She was determind to get 40 before the race was over!

She wanted me to take a picture when she reached 40! She was so excited! She ended up completing 40 laps by the end of the race!

And here is my son :) He thought the race was too long!

Texas State Fair 2008

2008-10-19T20:53:00.000-05:00

We were so excited to take the kids to the State Fair this year! We had a fun time seeing shows, animals and ate way to much fried food!

Big Tex!

We saw this fun race track setup for the kids. So, we waited in line for almost an hour for them to ride! When it was their turn, Emma was excited to have Gabe drive her around. But our poor son has no driving skills whatsoever!!!! He was ramming all of the other kids, running into the tires, going the wrong way on the track! It was the funniest thing we have ever seen!

Jeff had to stay on the track to rescue Gabe several times :)

After several wrecks, Emma finally offered to drive. And Gabe was happy to oblige!

Gabe and Emma LOVE the farm exhibit! The kids get to experience all of the work associated with working on a farm. Always a favorite for them!

Baby Jenny has a birthday!

2008-10-18T21:12:00.000-05:00

We all went to mom and dad's house to celebrate "Baby Jenny's" birthday this year! She will forever be "Baby Jenny" to all of us! I love you, Jen!!!

Neuschafers Visit

2008-10-18T20:30:00.000-05:00

Our sweet cousins, the Neuschafers came for a visit this past month! The girls were celebrating Fall break. So, Stacy and Rob suprised them with a visit to Great Wolf Lodge!!! Such a fun family :) We were very excited to be able to visit with them! The kids have such a great time together!

Emma, Aryn and Gabe

Gabe and Jadyn

Masyn - Isn't she a doll!!!

They had one big slumber party!

The cousins!

Emma really thought Masyn was her little baby doll! We had such a wonderful time with your sweet family! Come back and see us soon!!!

Dennan's Birthday!

2008-10-18T11:48:00.000-05:00

Emma's friend, Dennan, invited his class to a fun birthday party! Emma loves to bowl! So, she was very excited to be going to a bowling birthday party :)

Emma and Dennan

The kids played laser tag after bowling and these two girlie girls were a little nervous about the dark room and all of the gear. They chose not to play...

But they ended up having a good time running around watching everyone else play :) It was such a fun party! Happy Birthday, Dennan!

US Gymastics Show

2008-10-11T20:58:00.000-05:00

Jeff recently got tickets for his girls to go to the US Gymnastics Team show at the American Airlines Center! We were so excited! And the tickets were in the AT&T suite! Such a treat :)

Sweet cousins!

My pictures of the show didn't turn out too well. But the show was so amazing! I think I loved it more than the girls! Here is a shot of Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson.

It was such a fun night! Thank you, Jeff!!!!

Kaitlyn Turns Six!!!

2008-09-29T15:25:00.000-05:00

I can not believe sweet, Kaitlyn is now six years old!!! How is that possible! Kaitlyn and Emma were born six weeks apart. And have been inspeparable since! We were so excited to help her celebrate her special day! Jen planned a fun Little Pet Shop party!

The Birthday Girl!

Daddy & Doughnuts!

2008-09-25T20:45:00.000-05:00

Emma's school recently invited all of the daddies to come have doughnuts with their kiddos! Jeff and Emma were so excited to head out the door :)

Our sweet girl!

These two love spending time together! They are so much alike, it is scary! They both love life and feel so passionately about what they are doing! I am excited to see what wonderful plans God has in store for our precious Emma. And her daddy will be there every step of the way :)

So goofy :)

Of course, Gabe didn't want to miss out on doughnuts! One of his all time favorite foods! So mommy and her little man went to get some yummy breakfast!

I had to run into Walgreen's and he found this sucker. Pretty cute, right?

What do you think?

2008-09-21T22:24:00.000-05:00

So, I have been wanting to get my haircut a little different lately. And I am thinking about this style... Tell me what you think? Yes or no...