Saturday, January 14, 2012

Basketball Season Begins

 After a successful season of coaching football, Matt decided to coach a season of basketball. After 2 practices, he wasn't sure what to expect today at their first game.
 The Jazz are ready for tipoff.

 Noah hustled and played great. He had 4 points and at least 1 assist.
 Coach makes sure that all the kids are having a good time.
The Jazz WIN their home opener 46-10! 
Every kiddo hustled hard. There were a lot of red faces in the post game huddle. This should be a fun way to bridge the gap to the Spring football season!
Way to go Jazz!

Celebratory ice cream at Yo Yo Yogurt!

Hungry, Hungry Elephants



I couldn't get her to smile at me. You can see she was on my shoulders so she could see over the crowd. She was holding on for dear life. I promise she loved it. She wouldn't let me leave. We watched these four elephants eat apples and bananas for 30 minutes.

Friday, January 13, 2012

What Every Daddy Wants To Hear

While Mommy and the boys were cheering for the Stars, Daddy was having special time with his little girl. As Mattie was getting ready to take a bath, she looked down at her tights and noticed they were dirty.

M: Uh-oh, they're dirty. Can we wash them?
D: Yes.
M: Can we wash them in the bath tub?
D: No, we can put them in the washing machine.
M: (getting super excited) Oh Daddy, you're a GENIUS!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Date Night With My Little Men

At a hockey game, of course!
And where there's hockey, there's dippin' dots!

(Daddy had playtime with his girl. They played castle and dancing princesses. He didn't take a picture. Imagine that.)

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Texas Stars Hockey On The Glass!

 They LOVED it!
 Our Burritt friends were at the game, too, so Aidan came down and sat in a seat next to the boys.
 And his parents, Tom and Kristin, made it on the Kiss Cam!
Bummer that the Stars lost in overtime.
The bright side? There's another game on Wednesday.
This Momma gets to take her little men on a date.
Can't wait!

A Long Overdue Week In Review

Unintentionally, I went on a blog break.

I spent the last week trying to get back into the swing of kids going back to school and husband going back to work after 2 weeks off. I taught 5 Jazzercise classes, Noah started basketball practice (with Matt coaching), Mattie went back to dance class, Christmas had to be put away, new stuff had to find a home among the clutter, my brother had surgery, and Matt had long nights at work. Oh, and trying to meal plan for the week after eating awesome food for 2 weeks straight? Impossible. And did I mention that I was fighting a sinus infection all week?

I hope Papa and Great Grandma aren't too mad at me.

We did try to take advantage of the weather this past week and get outside:



Mattie loves bubbles and her princess bubble wand.

The boys couldn't wait for the weekend, when they could play video games again!
They also had a weekend full of hockey. Saturday night they had boys night out with dad going to Plucker's for dinner before the game. Tonight, they are at another game, and here is a pic of the boys by their seats:
Matt upgraded them to the glass for tonight's game.
They were pumped. This pic was taken on Matt's phone. He took the camera, so I should have some more pictures to blog after they get home tonight.

Other noteworthy weekend happenings: I started working on my 2011 project 365 blog book (I ended up with a picture 305 out of 365 days). And the Houston Texans won their playoff game!!! :)

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Final Few 365s

December 28th: Grandma's Crew
Wednesday, we drove to Houston to have lunch and mini-Christmas with my immediate family. The cousins got to hang out, open presents, and then we headed to the park for some outside fun! Then it was off to Brenham for a Cothern Country Christmas.

December 29th: A Serious Operation
I don't have many pictures from the present opening chaos, mostly I was videoing. After tearing through gifts in 10 minutes flat, the kids went on to try everything out at least once. Grammy gave Noah his very first Operation game.
December 30th: The Cothern Militia
 Nothing makes Christmas in Texas more complete than getting to shoot guns!
Hey boys, we got your back:
Shooting skeet at the Reeve's place in Brenham.

And since I failed to take a picture on the final day, guess all I have left is 
HAPPY NEW YEAR!