Andrew and Tom had fun designing, shopping, and making Andrew's Pinewood Derby car for Cub Scouts again this year! Boy they sure did learn a lot from last year... Last year Andrew's car never beat another car in any race. But this year Andrew's car took 1st in about 5 races! He was so excited! He also took 2nd place for Most Original looking car. What a fun morning at the races!
I love my boys! They are each so different, but yet they favor each other by the way they look. I love their uniqueness and how God blessed them with amazing minds and specials quirks. I am enjoying watching them grow up. I don't want them to grow up... but I am enjoying it. Lots of times I get frustrated and so angry with them... but it is because I love them so much and want the very best for them and want them to grow up to be Godly men.
One of our family goals this year is to get me to laugh more... So, my sister, Cassie tried her hand at it. She always likes to take silly pics of us. They are all pretty funny except the group shot... that is pretty darn good of my sister and me with our boys! :) Love you, Cass!
While I was finally trying to put Christmas decorations away Braden and Colton made up a game with the storage box. It was pretty funny!
I bought this Frosty the Snowman when Andrew was just 3 months old. I have taken Andrew, Braden, and Colton's picture with it each year. It was to show how much they have grown! I don't have to say much... Andrew and Frosty used to be the same size! Why do they have to grow up so fast? When I ask the boys who told them they could grow up... they always say, "God." I guess it is ok then since His ways are better than ours... :)
Just as we were coming down from the holidays... not even having all the Christmas decorations down yet... we got a call from Tom's Mom telling us the Tom's Grandma had passed away. Thankfully it worked out that all 5 of us could fly to MO to be with the family. We were so thankful for our last visit to see Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Ermeling last summer where the boys turned an ordinary cup of lemonade and a candy wrapper into a fun game and Great Grandma even got onto Great Grandpa for giving the candy to the boys. It was a good visit! We will miss you so much Great Grandma! Thanks for giving us the unexpected blessing of time with family in MO! We'll see you in paradise... Hope you are getting all the hugs that the boys keep praying for God to give you!
We were SO excited to have Nana come for New Years! We all eagerly picked her up from the airport and then headed home for a little Christmas celebration! Then it was off to Galveston for dinner at Salsas and then to Moody Gardens for the Festival of Lights! How fun to be together and laugh and eat good food and look at the beautiful lights... and then she fell... Yes, my Mom (aka. Nana) took a fall at the Festival of Lights and broke her arm and sprained her ankle. She and I spent most of New Year's Eve in the ER and made it home 20 min. before the ball dropped! Thankfully Andrew, Braden, and Tom were still up to help us celebrate. Anyway, Mom and I are famous for planning a million things to do in each of her visits and we had a list a mile long for this visit too. We were even going to be spontaneous and head to San Antonio for a long weekend. Instead, God, had other plans. We spent the week... together. We took time to watch movies, play with the kids, have long talks, cook together, etc... It gave me a chance to bless my Mom by taking care of her! We did manage to go back down to Galveston to eat at Rainforest Cafe and get a Volcano! and look for shells on the beach. Nana also treated the boys to Build-a-Bear at the Rainforest Cafe! Although the week DID NOT go as planned and was NOTHING we expected, we were so happy for her visit and can't for her to come back! :) We love you, Nana!
