Skittles

We got a puppy! She is the cutest sweetest little puppy ever. Her name is Skittles and she's a white poodle bichon mix. We just love her to pieces. The boys love to have her chase them in the backyard. They also love to giver her treats. Brant just wants to pick her up non stop. We have to tell him to stop, because he dropped her once, she was ok, but it scared me. 

Playhouse!

For Christmas we got the boys a playhouse. We actually got it from my parent's neighbors. Their son is now older and doesn't use it. It is the biggest playset I have ever seen. When Billy was putting it together it looked bigger than our house. But the boys have played on it nonstop since it is been up even when the weather has been so cold!! Our old playhouse Billy destroyed when we were moving. So I made him take extra care of this one.

Julio's Chips

Slade loves Julio's chips. He told us they are his favorite chips ever. On the chip bag there it says "guarantee you'll love them." Slade was so cute, the other day he looked at the bag and then looked at me and said "Yep, I love them."

A special letter

Brant had the mail man come to his school and talk all about the post office.  He learned all about mailing a letter.  Then, he got to make us a Christmas card and actually mail it.  He was very very excited about mailing us this letter.  He even told Mere that he had a surprise for his mommy and daddy and took her in the other room to tell her what it was.  When we went to get the mail the next day, he about had a heart attack.  He was so happy of his letter he mailed us.

Where is baby Jesus?

Brant had a Preschool Christmas Musical at school.  He had a line in the play, and he said, "Here is another shepherd." Brant is not one to be in the lime light, so he was on the back row for the performance.  He stood there with his arms crossed the entire time.  It was funny.  He just did not want to dance in front of everyone.  I love him so much, he just makes me smile.

John Tyler

Billy's team was picked to lose to John Tyler.  However, our Bearcats came out fighting and ended up just smashing the Lions.  It was such a great game.  We took Slade's best friend Cayden to the game with us, and they had a great time. They love to get on the field at the end of the game and play catch.  After our big win, we went and ate at Rio Mambo. The boys got a little silly. It was such a great day!

All I want for Christmas

Slade and Brant created a Christmas wish list for us so that we could use it when we went shopping. Brant of course could not write so we wrote it for him. We love how Slade wrote wrestling. 

Look a likes

We were sending Nana a letter for Christmas and the boys put their school pictures inside it. Then we got Billy's school pictures and we noticed that Brant and Billy had on the same color shirts and they had the exact same smile. It was too funny. It looked like a little miniature Billy. And Slade school picture looks like he has red hair like his daddy.

State 2014

Aledo won state again! We beat Temple 49-45!!! 

We had just such a great day. We left at 9 o'clock in the morning and got to the stadium at 10. I need to tell myself to calm down because I just could've got out of the car and looked at the stadium to see where the entrance was. But I was so nervous that I walked the entire distance around the stadium carrying Brant. When we got to the entrance we had to wait about 20 minutes In the cold and drizzle. The other team Temple, had lots of fans outside the stadium and they were all loud and shouting that they were going to beat us. When they finally opened the doors I had my mom walk with the boys and I hightailed it in to the stadium. I went to the Aledo side and found seats on the 40 yard line. Last year I remembered that you could take a picture and then tweet it with the hash tag #uilsate, and you had a chance that they would post your picture on the Jumbotron. Well this year the boys got their picture on the Jumbotron. I sent out a crazy picture with them making funny faces and it made the big spot on the Jumbotron. They were so excited. At the end of the game we tried to get down on the field because we had passes but the fourth quarter was so nerve-racking that we did not make it down on the field in time. The workers were not nice and kept on telling me we waited too late. We finally found an elevator that went down to the field and made it late but at least we got to take a picture with Billy. He was so mad that they weren't letting us on the field that he threw a fit to some of the workers. Go Aledo!!!

MoHawks!

Billy's football team has made it to the playoffs. We are two games away from state and Billy told the boys he would shave his head and a mohawk if they won Quarter finals. Well they won and so Billy had to shave his head. Well Brant saw him doing it and the next day he wanted a mohawk too. Now he is not too sure about it. Slade did not want to shave his head, he just wanted to make a mohawk with gel. When Billy was done shaving Brant's head, he said that he flipped out and started worrying that people were going to think it was silly at school.  Hopefully he can just wear a hat and not worry about it.

Slade and the dentist

Slade went to the dentist today for the 1st time. The office is really cool and has video games, movies, check boards, toys, etc. He was really nervous. He had a loose tooth and he was afraid they were going to pull it. He did not have any cavities!!!

Basketball

Slade is now playing basketball. We are trying to get him in as many sports as possible so he can try them all. He had his first practice last night. He loved it! His coach is actually in person we went to high school with. I can't wait to see how he does.

He has had so much fun at practice. His favorite game is dribble tag. It is where you dribble the ball and try to swipe the ball out of other peoples hands. Brant loves going to practice, but he is sad he doesn't get to play with him. So he just stands around and watches or sits on his ball and pays close attention.

Turkey Trot 2014

Every year we run the turkey trot in Alito. The boys will run the 1 mile fun run with me, And then they will walk the 5K with my parents. It is such a fun time and a great tradition.

Picture changing

Brant has learned how to change the wallpaper on my phone. He found a picture of himself sitting on the toilet and put it as my back drop. He told me he loves this picture because it's a picture of him taking a dump...

We love to wrestle and box.

The other day we were flipping through the TV and boxing was on.  Brant got immediately excited and ran and got his boxing gloves. Now every night we have to have boxing fights. One person will ring the bell which is from one of our board games and then the other ones wrestle. The one that rings the bell also acts like a ref and will tell them to break it up if they start hugging too much or if one of them goes down they count... It is really cute, and it is all they want to do. 

Willie Duck

Slade has a fund raiser at school and for every few items that you sell, you get a prize. He turned the piece of paper in  that told he had sold one item and he got a little stuffed animal duck. It is from duck dynasty so it has this little beard. He carries it around at night and then he has started to sleep with it. He even made me give it a hug and a kiss before he went to bed. He even wrapped it up in a little blanket and had it watch TV.

Brant and the pen

Brant decided to draw all over his face. He was in my room hiding from me. Then he came out and asked me how he looked. Then he got the pen again and drew on his stomach. He then told me that it was a football game. He is such a mess. But we love him tremendously!!

Fall Festival

Our church always has a carnival the Wednesday before Halloween. The boys have gone every year and they love it. There is tons of candy, bounce houses, and food. It is usually pretty cold, but we had a nice day of about 70°.