Christmas, 2015

Doesn't Christmas feel like forever ago? Really it was only about 15 days ago, but my neighbors stare at my lingering decorations and outside lights as if 6 months has passed. I'll get them down, eventually. Besides, I can't take it all down without having posted on my blog about Christmas, right?

So here it is...

1) We had some pre-Christmas fun: pancakes with Santa and sugar cookie baking. 

I would cry too, Henry. 

 

2) We opened our family presents. Emerson's big gift this year a tricycle. He loves it! He can't quite reach the pedals (oops), but likes to push off the ground with his feet.

3) We then traveled to Oklahoma to celebrate with my family.

Cousins, cousins everywhere! 

Matching jammie boys.

Cousin picture. The only two not cooperating are mine, of course.

 Merry first Christmas, Henry!

4) We took a cold trip to the mountains on Christmas day. We drove up Mount Scott, fed prairie dogs and then ate Chinese food. You know, like a normal family.

5) Then of course a trip to my family would not be complete without seeing a pet hedgehog (not pictured) and some chickens.

Emerson could not contain his excitement, but was still too afraid to actually touch one.

Henry had no fear : )

 

6) And lastly, we got to make a bonus stop in Dallas to see several of Jesse's family. 

Now that that's done, I can take down my Christmas decorations and focus on my sweet baby turning ONE! Stay tuned for that...

October Travels, 2015

It's that time of year...time for beautiful Fall weddings! We had two weddings on back-to-back weekends. Location wise, they were far apart, but we embraced the travel and enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

First stop was Tulsa, OK. Jesse was a groomsman in his college roommates' wedding. And I knew the bride from PR classes in college.

One of the best parts of this trip was getting to spend time with my brother, Ty, and his family.

Emerson's cousin, Jack, is only 9 months older than him, so it was so much fun to watch them play together.

We took full advantage of our car space and loaded all the kids (and adults) to an aquarium and tour downtown Tulsa.

Only picture of all four cousins.

At the aquarium.

 

My favorite picture of these two!

Trip number two was to Virginia for Jesse's cousins' wedding. We loved the cooler temperatures, beautiful Fall leaves and spending time with family. 

Family photo time!

Pops and Gramma with all their grand kids.
This was the first time all the grand kids had been together.

Trying to make the kids smile means adults making funny faces too : )

With Aunt Molly.

A special treat was the fact that my college roommate lived very close to the wedding site, so we got to stay with her and her husband for the whole trip. Loved catching up with her.

Touring the Air and Space Museum with Aunt Leah and Uncle Evan.

Nothing like a little light reading and chocolate milk with Pops :)

Henry's first carousel ride. He liked it!

Ah, fun trips, but we are so very thankful to be back in our own beds...for now, anyway :).