Sunday, December 6, 2015

November 2015

Our good friends took us to a really cool place for my birthday. It was called, Taste of Texas, where they give you all the popcorn and pop you want while waiting for a table, then they take you to the "back" where you choose what cut of meat you'd like before cooking it up. It was a fun experience.
 
Mike surprised me with a gun! An HK 9mm. I actually like it a lot. Easy to shoot with not a lot of kick. I call her Millie! ;)
 The girls surprised me and went in on a Keurig for me! So awesome! I use it everyday!
Mike and I like to go to the gun range a lot lately. This time I got to try my new gun out though! 
 
 Mike and I went on a group date downtown to an escape room and ice cream. It was a lot of fun, and I figured out one of the clues! We were the only group to finish in time, out of two other groups that night! ;)
 
 
 Brooke has really gotten into chess. She loves playing it and wants to play it everyday. She's pretty good at remembering what each piece does too.
 Brooklyn has begged ti ride the bus everyday for a while now. so I finally caved and decided to "cut the cord" and let her. She loves it cuz she gets to sit by her good friend Mia. she just seems so much more grown up now.
  Livia got to go to a school dance. She's so beautiful!
 She went with two friends, Katie and Katie. haha - lol
Then we got to see Tara and Tamara who came for Thanksgiving!! We took them to Santa's Wonderland. It was fun, but not something I would do every year because it was pricey for what you got! But the hay ride we took to see the lights was really cool.
Sydney and Tamara rode a mechanical bull!! HAHA!!
All the lights were spectacular! This barn was covered in red lights!
We were excited to see snow again! Even if it was in the form of foamy bubbles! :) haha

Brooke is still convinced that this is the real Santa! They had a whole deal, where you pay a couple bucks to have the elves call your child's name and talk about things they did this year and then they take you back to sit on Santa's lap. It was pretty cute.

For some reason I must not have taken very many pictures on Thanksgiving. But it was a good day as well. Mike was pretty proud of this smoked bird he did in the BBQ. It was pretty good!
Our thankful tree this year.
Mike's gun that he built with his birthday money is finished. He's pretty excited about it. It's is for AR (Automatic Rifle) To me, it looks like a toy! Scary!
The young women and I finished our boxes to send where there are kids in real need. Its through a company called, "Samaritans Purse". They were cute.


Sunday, November 8, 2015

October 2015

 Sydney is still doing great with soccer, and has really improved.
 
 Brooke and I like to walk over to see these guys during her practices. They were going nuts over this guys corn one evening! I didn't know turtles liked corn. The giant rat things gross me out!
  Livia drew this awesome artwork which went on display at school.
 We discovered we had a little bit of a mouse problem! And I caught this little guy in my pantry, which started it all! SO GROSS!!

 Livia got to go visit Mike in Boston, and then New York! They had a fun trip; just the two of them!
 
 
 
 9/11 Memorial
 
 
 
  Central Park


 
 
  Brooklyn Bridge
 
 Livia hailing a taxi ;)
 Times Square
 
 
 I LOVE this picture Mike took.
 They drove to Rhode Island to look at one of the mansions in Newport. They said they were pretty impressive. They both had a really great trip. cold, beautiful, and great!
 
 

We decorated for Halloween.
 
 After school we went to Top Golf
 
 We ordered some donut holes that you inject with your chose of filling. They were so good!
 
 
 Played at Jody's for a little bit. Taylor and Brooke wanted to be matching little witches. SO cute!
 Sydney and her friend were matching little kitties..... with tutu's ?? :D
 
We went to our church's Halloween party, which was fun.
Fun Trick-or-treating pics. It's so nice to not have to worry about bundling up over/under your costume like we always did in Idaho.
 
 
 
 
 
As usual, WAY too much candy!