Saturday, December 26, 2009

Kyle & Melanie in the SNOW!

Smokey Got SHOT!

Melanie Riding Her Horse

Kyle & His Scooter

Christmas Morning!

When you get kids together with a LOAD of new toys, there seems to be a select few that are THE TOYS! For Kyle it was his Electric Scooter, and his "RAMBO" type Nerf Gun. For Melanie it was her Lil' People Farm, and bath body paint. Although Duane & I were very sick, we had an AWESOME day! Duane made French Toast with cinnamon bread. I made a turkey with most of the sides. We had pecan pie & peach cobbler. And there was SNOW outside! It was a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas Santa!

Melanie is tucked in bed! She's eager to see if Santa eats her cookies & drinks the milk! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Family!

We're having a WHITE CHRISTMAS!

We're having a WHITE CHRISTMAS!

Playing in the Early Christmas Snow!

Kyle & Melanie Making Christmas Cookies!



Melanie & Smokey

What a pair these 2 are! You can't hear Melanie very well, but she made-up her own rhyme! She said "1,2,3,4,5 I caught my kitty alive." Weird rhyme, but she's got the right idea.

Kyle's School Christmas Party

They made a Christmas cookie, chex/trail mix, an ornament and a Christmas card. What a FUN afternoon!







Sorry

I haven't been able to post-Melanie & I are both sick! Cough, cold, headaches. Although, we are improving! But, Duane may be coming down with it now! BLAGH!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

I Think She's Feeling Better?

After sleeping nearly the whole day away and a second dose of Tylenol, Melanie seems to be playing a little, drinking more, and even eating-PIZZA! Lets hope she just had a 12 hour bug!

Kyle Started KARATE!

FINALLY-Kyle has joined something! We pushed him to do it, but now he is WILLING to go! Yeah! This is going to be so GREAT for Kyle! He'll be learning JIU-JITSU. AWESOME! We are so PROUD!!!

My Baby Is Sick!

She started with a low grade fever this AM, & lethargy. She's been sleeping MOST of the day. I think she was awake for a total of 2 hours today. Just long enough for me to take a shower, eat, read her some books & watch a little Barney. She hasn't eaten anything at all. She has only drank a couple of sips of Sprite-water, and had a dose of Tylenol. Thank GOD for MILKY PIES!

This Is What Happens When You Leave a 2 Year Old Unattended for 2 Minutes!

Melanie took over the cat food bowl!

I Love Having Animal Friends!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The Icecream Truck at Wal-Mart

Melanie absolutly LOVES this ride in the "fun center" at Wal-Mart! It cost .50 cents to ride...if anyone wants to donate to our fund that would be GREAT! Just kidding!

Can You Tell We're Having Cold Days

Will she be a tattoo artist? I'd still be proud!



Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Hosting My First Thanksgiving

I guess it went pretty well. It was a whole lot of work and a whole lot of FUN!Thank you everybody for coming, thank you everybody for helping. It was nice to see everyone and it was a great weekend.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Monday, November 16, 2009

Fun Times at the Park With Our Friends

A Butterfly

About 2 weeks ago, Kyle found 1 of those HUGE catapillars that Melanie played with a few months ago. Well, he put it in a bug catcher, and it formed a cacoon. It should "hatch" anytime. According to the web, it can take anywhere from 2 weeks to a month. We're very anxious!

Duane & Kyle Bonding


Sunday, November 1, 2009

Happy Halloween-2009!

Happy Halloween friends & family! Kyle carved our pumpkins this year. He did a GREAT job! His skeleton costume looks pretty AWESOME too! We didn't dress Melanie in her Bumble Bee costume-too hard with the tights...all she does is roll on the ground. Not as easy as it looks. But she was festive anyway. We saw our friends Logan (dragon), Bella (the princess-doesn't her name sound like a "princess name", and Bentley (Batman!) This is what Halloween is all about! What a great weekend.





Downtown McKinney-Trick or Treat





Sunday, October 25, 2009

Kyle's Got the MOVES!

Which T.V. show should Kyle audition for:
America's Got Talent? or So You Think You Can Dance?

Friday, October 23, 2009

Just In Time For Halloween! BLAGH!

Look what has appeared in our home...just in time for Halloween! GROSS! Thank goodness Melanie was taking a nap at the time I plotted to catch and kill this heeby jeeby thing!


What Would Our Days Be Like Without Smokey?



I Miss Summer