Let it snow

Last weekend we woke up to the first real snow fall of the year and it wasn't more than 30 minutes before the kids had their snow gear on and were headed out to play.  I am so surprised by how much Luke loves the cold and snow.  He's going to be the heartiest of us all by the time we head south.  

Want some?

Teaching her how to make a snow ball

See. He was in Heaven.

Still my baby.

This one was a little hesitant

He stayed out there forever just playing by himself. 

 and Kirby.

Then we came in and made this.   Which was way too much work for this momma.  Maybe next year will be easier.  It was a fun winter day.  

Oh Christmas tree

Last year we weren't able to keep with tradition and go "tree hunting" because of Michael's schedule and the weather, but this year was a success.   This has to be one of my favorite Christmas traditions we have started, I just wonder what it will be like chopping one down in shorts when we are back in Texas.  :)  For now I'll enjoy true winter weather for the season.   Not that we're having a ton of snow this year though.

3-0

Say it isn't so.  Not the big 3-0.  :)  Michael's birthday was last week and we celebrated "Michael style," per his request, and went pheasant hunting with a bunch of his friends from the residency.  He had been asking for me to go hunting with him for quite a while too, so I tagged along, and I have to admit it was really fun.

Here are some pics from a fun day.  We also went out for dinner with friends on his official birthday but I failed to take any pictures.  Happy birthday, Michael.  You are loved by many.  Especially us.

Luke insisted on having a party for Michael so we did it up right with balloons and streamers.  We love birthdays in this house. 

Busy October continued...

The next weekend was my turn.  My 10 year high school reunion and the 100th year celebration of the Theta Zeta chapter of TriDelt (my college sorority) fell on the same weekend so there was no way I could pass up on reuniting with so many friends from high school and college in one weekend!   So Kendall and I packed up and flew to Texas. 

Friday I left Kendall in loving hands

and drove on to Austin with my sweet friend and old roomie, Molly, where we got to relive our roomie days by staying at Rachel's house. :)  That night we ate yummy tex mex and went to our pledge class reunion.  So fun.  It was a blast to reconnect with so many old friends where it felt like nothing had changed except everything had.  Jobs, husbands, babies....Whoa. Life moves fast.   :) 

 The fun didn't stop there.  We got up Saturday and drove back to The Woodlands where I regrouped, spent a little time with my fam and got ready for more reuniting.  I went to dinner with some of my best friends from TWHS and then got to see even more at the party.  So so fun.  

That night Kendall got some quality time with DeeDee, Billy and her cousin, Blake (I love that they are so close in age)

 The big kids were well taken care of by Michael.  I got these pictures while I was away...

 I'm pretty sure they weren't missing me much  ;)  

It was a fun weekend for all.  

Busy October

After Michael and I got back from London we had a busy couple of weeks of travel that can't go undocumented.  First, Michael took off for a conference in Dallas and made a quick visit up to OKC to meet our new nephew, Ike (Jono and Sandra's new baby boy).  Your crazy cousins and Aunt Kim can't wait to meet you over Christmas!

He also got to meet Samuel Estrera (his dad is Michael's MED brother, Ken) but failed to take a pic.  So instead, and because I can hardly stand how awesome this is, here's a picture of their cute family

 And after a quick turn around, Michael headed to Madison, WI for a Badger's football game with some good buddies.

Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween and though the weather wasn't exactly perfect, it cleared up just in time for a chili party and trick or treating with some sweet friends.  Luke and Langley Grace were super excited this year and thanks to Michael's love of dressing up we went with a family theme of super heros.  

Even Kirby participated but didn't cooperate enough to make the family pic. 

The Dads

 A couple Captain Americas

 Rounding the troops before trick or treating

 The crew minus a lot of moms and babies

 Buddies

 The dads took the kids trick or treating this year and I have to say, this mom did not miss the mayhem and the cold.  

 Can we say sugar rush?  Sweet DeeDee sent us our annual cookie bouquet and the kids were ready to dig in even after all of the candy.

It was a fun day.