Spurs Game! 3rd ROW floor seats!!

Everyone knows we love the spurs--but how cool is it that Matt got 4 floor seats to the game on Dec 23rd?!?! It was AMAZING!! I don't think i can ever sit in the nosebleeds again! ;) All the players were sooo huge up close, and we even saw Eva Longoria a few times. Yes, she is beautiful-and little! I could've taken her out if I wanted to....

Christmas Sunday

Of course we had to get fun Christmas sunday pictures....although, i'm not sure fun is the right word--you try and get a good pic of 11 people--including 3 kids. oh and we threw the dogs in for good measure! HAHAHA! Don't you just love how Kylie did NOT want to be in the pic with her parents?!?! and forgive my growing size in all the new posts--we only have 8 weeks to go till this baby gets here! can you believe that?!?!?

Catch up

Ok so i'm playing catch up now after the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over. My computer decided to crash about a week or so ago, so that's why i am just now getting to posting all of our fun pics from my family's visit. We had so much fun together! I am so sad their visits were so short!!! There's gonna be a ton of new pics and posts...so BEWARE!!
I'll start with a couple from our dinner out at Ruth's Chris for Matt's graduation/Charlie's birthday dinner, and from Matt's graduation day. (my parents weren't there for Ruth's Chris) CONGRATS Matt! We're finally out in the real world with NO SCHOOL! It's scary, and i'm not sure I like it all that much yet....

Kid Pictures

Krista-a good friend of mine--took some super cute pics of my kids a couple weeks ago! THANK YOU, KRISTA!!! Most of the time my kids are pretty photogenic-but as you can tell-- Brian was in exceptional form! I can't believe how well he did, and how much older he looks! Sydnee....let's just say, she was cold and wanting to do her own thing! So sorry, Krista! I am very happy with how they turned out--Krista sure has a knack for working with kids! :)

CHRISTUS holiday party

On Saturday night, Matt and I got to go to the annual CHRISTUS holiday party--thanks granny and grandpa for watching the kids!  We had a good time (well, mostly), and got to mingle with LOTS of people from Matt's work.  

Gingerbread house

We made a gingerbread house!  Well, actually, I just put it together--decorating is courtesy of the kids...i let them do whatever they wanted with it.  Surprising, I know! LOL! :)

Brian's 5th Birthday!

Brian is 5!  I can't even believe that 5 years ago on December 4th-this super cute little man entered our lives! He is full of energy and love and I couldn't imagine life without him! Here are some pics of him on his birthday morning opening presents, and then on Saturday (the 6th) at his "boys only with the exception of Sydnee" birthday party!  He got some great presents, and thanks to all who called and helped us celebrate his birthday!

Tree and ornaments

So the Thanksgiving and Christmas season is my absolute favorite time of year! I love putting up my tree and decorations, making fun holiday projects with my kids (thankful tree, painting ornaments, gingerbread houses and of course- THE BAKING), and having my hubby home more than usual. The kids school project this month is to make an ornament to bring to school to hang on the Christmas tree they have there. So we went to Hobby Lobby, bought a wooden train and a wooden snowflake and the kids painted!
Brian's birthday is this week (the 4th) and we'll be making a gingerbread house--so check back for more pics from that and from his party on Saturday!

Thanksgiving

Thursday for Thanksgiving we always go over to Matt's parents house, Sharon orders La Madeline's Thanksgiving feast, and we have a relaxing dinner. For the past 2 or 3? years we have had Ryan and Nicole over for dinner...a nice quiet affair you think?? Think again--this year they brought ROCK BAND! So much fun--even the grandparents got in on the action! LOL!
We did have a minor turkey incident--i'm not naming names, but the 2nd oldest person in the house forgot to turn the oven on to reheat the turkey! (it's not Sharon by the way!) HAHAHA Well, it wasn't ENTIRELY his fault--the oven went off because the cook timer was on instead of the regular timer. Oh well--instead of eating at 1, we ate at 3. It's all good! We were all so hungry, we didn't even really eat much since our stomaches had shrunk! HHAHAHA Really, I'm teasing--and we are never going to let him live it down!
It turned out better anyway, cause it gave us more time to play Rock Band! I really have to get me a Wii and get this game!

ps- the last 2 pics are from our Saturday Thanksgiving with Matt's extended family--sydnee of course is holding baby Max!

Sea World

Matt had some paid leave time available, so of course I made him take some days during Thanksgiving week when the kids were off school! He had fun- he knows it. Anyway, we went to Sea World on Wednesday and had some super fun! They have a ton of Christmas decor up, Santa was there, there was a Christmas shamu show and in the theater they were showing Polar Express in 4D! Now anyone who knows Brian, knows he LOVES trains-especially the Polar Express--so this was a MUST! I don't know who was more excited to see the show, me or the kids! It was cool-it even "snowed" in the theater! They got to ride the Shamu coaster 3 times-the line was short! We will definately be going in December when all my family gets here.

Rampage Hockey game

Matt got some sweet tickets for last Tuesday night's Rampage hockey game. We've never been to one before, so we loaded everyone in the car and off we went. The seats were AWESOME. Right up to the glass and next to the penalty box. We had so much fun! Yes, fights did break out....and it was so weird to see the refs just stand by and watch! Yikes! However, the fighting players did get sent to "time out" so at least it was a learning experience for my kids. Don't hit! HAHAHAHAHAHA