C & K's Christmas Card Photos

Before Thanksgiving, Kristen asked if I would mind taking some pictures of her and Clint (and Daisy!) so that they could use them on their Christmas card. Of course I didn't mind!...and so on Thanksgiving break, we set out toward the lake and took some pictures of the 3 of them. They are so easy to photograph and it was short and sweet! These were my faves...enjoy!

JA & V Come to Town!

Jared, Angela & Victoria came to town for a quick trip in November. They came down to visit her brother and swung by our house to sleep and visit. It was a very short visit, and I did not envy them making their drive in such a short time, but I was soooo glad they were able to come and we made the most of every little minute we had! :) They got to our house late Friday night and of course the boys had a good time playing with their new iPad 2 toys.

The next morning they woke up and went to see Angela's brother. When they got back, we headed to Old Navy because they were having a HUGE sale on all of their adult coats. They were all 75% off. We met Hillary and Martin up there and each of us got a coat, some of us got 2! :) *You can't beat $15 for a pea-coat. After we racked up with our great deals, we took them to a local Mexican food restaurant and the food was DE-lish! Then we headed off to go see Hub's office. Of course, everyone had to have a turn at drawing on the office table and the windows. Hubs has everything set up to be drawn all over and he loves it...So do his visitors!

After our trip to the office, we went and grabbed some ice cream and flavored waters. *YUM* We all headed back to the house so they could have a quick nap before making the trek back home. Even as a short visit, it was worth it! Come back soon, Mkay??

Redneck Race Weekend

The weekend of the races Hubs, me, Martin and Hillary headed down to Texas Motor Speedway. This year we left early Thursday to head down there and it was so worth it to not feel rushed the entire weekend. We relaxed and hung out all day Friday. Clint & Kristen got there Friday afternoon and then we headed on down to the racetrack for the truck race Friday night. The truck races are probably one of my favorite races just because there is a lot of excitement/bumps/wrecks and that makes it to be interesting and fun! We were all kind of rooting for Kyle Busch and that ended pretty quickly when took revenge and bumped another car to wreck them on a caution. He got kicked out of the race and the crowd loved it...booing him the entire way! It was sooooo cold that night and we were all bundled up trying to keep warm!

We met up with Rene, one of our other teacher friends who was at the races. We've been trying to meet up the last couple of times we've all been there and it hasn't worked out. I was glad we finally did, but we did not even get a picture! Next time!! :)

Saturday was another day for fun and hanging out before our race that afternoon. Martin brought his mini-bike and everyone had fun taking turns on that.

The girls!

Twinkies!!

We took one last group shot in front of the new RV before all the craziness began that night....

Oh and not to be forgotten, our 'silly shot'...

We did not go to the Sunday race and instead headed out that morning. We were really glad we did because that gave us time to get home and get things back in order before heading back to work on Monday. It was a really great weekend and we had a blast! The new RV was perfect for hanging out in and had just enough room for us all to squeeze in and have a spot to sleep. Can't wait until next race!...Or, the next trip! (*Hint*Hint* mom & dad)

Halloween

Saturday before Halloween we headed over to Hillary and Martin's house for some Halloween fun! I didn't really have a costumed planned yet so I ran to the stores in hopes to have some luck. I made it to KMart and they still had a little bit of a selection and they were on sale! I snagged up this 'flapper' costume to wear and it was perfect. I also grabbed this super scary mask for Chad! EEeeek!

Of course I grabbed a costume for Hill too so we could be twinkies! She was glad because she hadn't thought about her costume either. ;) Martin definitely won the prize for most creative and precise costume! He had been working on his costume for a while and got it just how he wanted it. I'd say it turned out pretty good!

Here's a sneak preview of some of the other costumes. There were more, but I just can't seem to find the pictures on my phone. :/ Here's Chris & Myriah and Buddy & Lindye in their costumes...

The next night was actual 'Halloween night' and we stayed home for our trick or treaters. Tye wore his new costume of the year...Tye the Shark! He really loved staying in and answering the door with us when the kids came.

He sat waiting most of the night by the door, you could tell someone was going to be walking up because he would get into his ready position...

It's a tough life helping hand out candy...;)

He was so funny with the trick or treaters. He loved the little kids and wanted them to pet him. But, the second he saw it was an older kid, he just turned around and went back in. haha!

The Pancake House & North Park Mall

The morning before we all left to go back home, we headed out for a WONDERFUL breakfast at The Pancake House in Addison. They had the most delicious hand-squeezed, fresh orange juice. We all got a few different things for breakfast and sampled them all. It was all very yummy! As we were leaving out, Victoria got a lady bug balloon animal bracelet and she was so excited about it!

We then headed over to the North Park mall to look around. They have the neatest statues, displays and fountains throughout their mall. There is also a beautiful lawn area where kids can play and run around. It really was so cool seeing something new and different each corner we turned. We didn't go into many of the stores because they were all very expensive brands but it was fun to window shop. We walked into a couple of toy stories and just looked around but didn't buy anything.

Notice the duck in the bottom of the fountain below. He stayed there the entire time getting pounded by the water. It was the funniest thing and everyone who stopped by would comment on it. That duck was really loving the water!

After we left the mall we said our goodbyes and headed back home. It was an eventful weekend but so much fun!!

Kristi & Ryan's Wedding

The same weekend we were with Jared, Angela & Victoria in Dallas we had planned to go to Kristi & Ryan's wedding. They are dear friends of Clint & Kristen's and so much fun. We were excited we could be there to share the happiness of their special day. I didn't bring along my camera, so we just snapped a few from Chad's iPhone. Not the best quality, but you can see how beautiful it all was. :)

It was beautiful weather for an outside wedding and it was so sweet. They had their own vows mixed in with the traditional vows. Kristi's personal vows were promises to Ryan...the best one was "I promise to let you check the score of the Rangers game tonight." hahahaha! Clint & Kristen were both in the wedding so they were tied up most of the weekend helping out and supporting their best buds.

We had a lot of fun dancing at their reception and then headed back to the hotel to hang out with Jared, Angela & Victoria again. It stormed hard late that night so we stayed up and watched it from our hotel room.

Ice Skating

After FreeBirds, we headed over to the Galleria for some shopping and ice skating! Chad and I had never been ice skating before so we were pretty excited, and very nervous, about trying it out! :) We got all geared up with our skates on and headed out to the rink. Victoria had been once before but was still pretty nervous about it.

We all got the hang of it pretty fast and were enjoying ourselves. It didn't matter to us, that people were spinning circles around us because we were going so slow. ;)

Angela was so proud of her little Victoria. She was loving it so much that she stayed with the boys to skate longer, while Angela and I went shopping. :)

As we were walking off, they cleaned the ice and had a display of Texas Rangers symbols all over the ice. Love our Rangers!!