Christmas Catch-Up

I love the days after Christmas.

I leave all the kids' gifts out

and we just play, play & play!!!

Lego City (literally at our house!)...

Must be a future engineer, I'm sure...

Sweet little Bubs continued

to deal with his ear infections though :(

AND he only wanted to wear his

new Toy Story pj's from Grandmother!

Princess Pie couldn't WAIT to put

on this little darling that Aunt Lynna

got her for Christmas!!!

Her "American Girl" doll

got a matching one!!!

Lynna knows how to hook a girl UP;)

Janitor Hudson did a lot of cleaning.

As usual ;)

This cute thing even read over the break...

he LOVES to read!  I think his reading

level is higher than mine now!  ha;)

We also celebrated Baylor being in the

Alamo Bowl!!!  I get to wear my

green and yellow...but a "football"

shirt is as far as I can let my boys go! :( 

Troy cooked for us all on game night...
My parents are tried and true Baylor fans!!!

The Texas Na Na's attended the Alamo Bowl...

but we didn't get to go (BOO HOO).

That would be because I am married

to an ever lovin' Aggie and also

I had been running fever.  Still boo hoo.

The Na Na's will never, EVER

forget our first Alamo Bowl back in

'96 or so.  Good times, good times!!!

We all just texted back and forth

pics like this during the game instead;)

I love my girls so much. 

Even when we aren't together, we are. 

Gotta love some good ole Baylor spirit... ;)

And of course we love the
 Superman RG3 connection!!!

I mean we REALLY love it!!!!!!!!!!

Who doesn't love bath time with babies?!?

I love all the nekid-ness before & after (hee hee!)

and the silly little games we play

such as wrapping Hadlee up in a towel

and announching to everyone that

"It's a GIRL"...this night we were telling

Hudson that he was a big brother and he

was getting to hold his "baby sister"!

RIGHT before Christmas, Walker all

of the sudden became obsessed with

Halo legos?!?  Uncle Wendell came

through with a HUGE set...

we didn't know at the time that he

was really just playing a joke on Troy!

TONSSSSSSSSSSSS of pieces
and Walkman needed help with it!!!!!

Hello Hello Kitty Legos!:)

BUT the absolute biggest hit

from Christmas HAS to be the easel!!!

Do you even KNOW how many

games of HANGMAN we have played?!?

Whatever in the world do we do

with this member of the,

(thanks to Kelli G!)

Superman Club?!?

I put this pic on Trav's facebook

and he immediately wrote how

he wanted a shirt like this.

One week later, Kelli G

had one for Travis!!!  LOVE her!

Speaking of, we had our annual

Barkley/Pierce Christmas, too!!!

Ella Bella...I HEART YOU!

The "H" buddies!!!  ;)

I love this tradition so much!

Hold Kelli G and Me!!!

Where has the time gone?!?

CUTEST couple EVER!!!!!!!!!!

Let this be proof positive

that I am the first one to give

Hankers a baseball set!!!

I wouldn't doubt a career in the

Big Leagues for him! ;)

Love me some Hank!!!!!!!!!!

OH yes she diiiiiiiiiii-ed

get Haddie her first CABOODLE!!!

Sondays Camp here we come;)

I also had to take down all my

Christmas stuff.  Couldn't even

believe when I found this dart

in my tree (how could I forget our

tree decorating night this year anyways!)

The next two framed Christmas pics are the

hardest for me to put away.  They

just do so much good to my heart.

I need to find my favorite Huddy one now!

This was Walker's first

Christmas card picture (2002)...

This was our Princess Angel's first

Christmas (2006) in PaPa's rocking

chair and in a darling outfit

from God Mommy...

Then it was New Year's EVE...

Troy and I had a date night dinner

planned that night but Walker

had a fever so we cancelled of course.

Hadlee told me that daddy and I could

eat our dinner in the formal dining

room like we were out on our date!  ha!

She drew this on the easel to

describe our night...

that's Hudson in the bed because

he fell asleep really early

and that's mommy & daddy

kissing in the middle!  :)

Happy New Year, Huddy...

He was OUT at the dinner

 table by 7pm!!!

We watched Christmas Vacation,

had a kickin' dance party,

and Haddie Girl pulled out

the Caboodles and did my make-up!!!

VERY 2012 ish...

I LOVE having this girl!!!!!!!!!!!

There couldn't have been a better

way to ring in the new year

than with my little family.

Hadlee was out before midnight,

but Walker held strong!

We had lots of kisses to give

and get...even if some were sleeping!

Happy 2012!

Praying for a year of blessings

and miracles for those I love :)