Happy Birthday, Momma

My very happy birthday with my sweeties (and some chocolate cupcakes!).

Snow Day!

It's been an unusually cold winter across the country, and for us here in southeast Texas, that means...

A snow day!  So we pulled out the box of boots, hats, and gloves that we used to wear a lot more often, and sorted it out.  Of course, now Ezra and Abby are the only ones who can wear the little boots and snowsuits.

Colorado and Wyoming friends and family, I can feel your laughter as you view the following pictures.  I know!  But this is as good as it gets around here, snow-wise.

Here is the snowman we managed to scrape together.  As some Casper friends commented when they saw this picture, everything is bigger in Texas - except for the snowmen!

And Ezra was so intrigued by the snow that he had to sit down at the picnic table and sample it.

Refreshing!

Before Building

It's almost time for a big change in our backyard.  The old Sunday School building and playground is making way for a new ministry building.  We'll miss the old stuff - Ezra even cried in bed the other night because he wanted his old Cubbie room back.  But it'll get exciting when the demolition and construction start.

Window Spelling

While trying out a new box of window markers to practice our spelling, we discovered a few pros and cons.

The pros: 

1.  Its fun!  No one minds practicing spelling words on a window.  

2.  It forced me to clean my windows.

The cons:

1.  Abby felt she needed to taste-test them.  

Overall, though, I suppose the benefits of window spelling mean we'll be doing this again.  But maybe during nap time!

Sunset

One of our beautiful sunsets we've had lately

Posing at the Park

A beautiful day at the park + pretty trees + good lighting means that everyone gets to pose for Mommy so she can practice her portrait skills!  I'll use the final post of 2013 to share some of my favorites.

Christmas Stockings

All was calm, all was bright...

... Until these cuties woke up, and then it was time to open stockings!!  One of our favorite parts of Christmas morning.

We ate a little breakfast, too.  Happy, sweet, and cherished moments.