A House Divided

One day last week, I told my family that even though they were not a fan of UT, that I was and I wanted to wear some of the Longhorn clothes!! So Dan, being the nice guy that he is, got me a beautiful burnt orange sweatshirt for Christmas! What a funny surprise. However pretty it is, I did get a lot of "ugly" comments from the boys today! ha ha!

I still like Tech better, but had to have a taste of being a Longhorn fan too!

♥ Yoli

We wish you a Merry Christmas!!

We will be celebrating our 15th Christmas together this year! Merry Christmas hunny! ♥
It was so fun shopping for these boys this year! Drew asked for Lego's and Zach, well, he didn't ask for anything!!!

We went out at dusk one night to "Buffalo Wallow" park to take some Christmas pictures. So, that is a buffalo statue with us, (incase you were wondering)...I can't believe how tall the boys are! They are really growing up!

And Merry Christmas to everyone from Dan's family!! We can't wait until baby Ryon gets here in Jan/Feb!!! (a little smile from Zach and Drew was too much to ask!!)
Merry Christmas family and friends! Christ's birth, what a wonderful time of the year!!

♥Yoli

Great weekend!

This busy weekend is over and finished with smiles!! God is good! Like our very different gingerbread "pineapple"? We ♥ it!!
Lights finally made it on the house!!! And they look great! Thanks Dan, Zach and Drew!! Each boy took full credit for them, but I think I know which "boy" did the most work!! ;)

I got a quick pic. with one of my new good friends Kara!

Here is her daughter, Brianne, as Mary in our churches big production. Brianne was thrilled because she got to hold a real baby!! It was soooo sweet. ♥

And the biggest praise was the boys made it through a long weekend of preforming every night (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) for the program!! At first (Friday) the boys were a little upset about this "program" stuff. But each night, they got ready (in about 5 minutes! I love boys!!!) and went happily and tonight Zach was already talking about being in it next year! ♥ Thanks for your prayers for us! We made it!

I hope your weekend was as bright as mine. Fa La La La La!!!

♥Yoli

Well, this Friday it happened. Yes, it actually snowed here and school was cancelled!!! The boys had a blast playing in the snow!! Yipee! Here Drew is throwing a snowball at the door! ☺
I thought I would add a few of my favorite ornaments this year. This little ice cream cone was one the boys made years ago at MOPS. Those MOPS kids were so creative!!

I found these "Mom's favorite" ornaments in a magazine last year! It was sooooo funny when the boys opened them...(and I found the big screen TV with "dad" watching football last year after Christmas at Hallmark! Too cute!)

This one says "Youngest Child - Mom's favorite"

I found this nail polish at Hallmark too (after Christmas!) I ♥ those after Christmas prices!!

And Kelly (at Kelly's Korner Blog) taught me how to make my regular ball ornaments dressy! Thanks Kelly!! ha ha!

Tonight we met our Sunday School class out at the Christmas of Lights parade! It was very chilly! The parade was okay, but fellowship and dinner after ward was GREAT! Here is my sweet new friend Kara and her bundled up daughter!

I ♥ these boys!!

♥Yoli

Lots to be Thankful for...

We are thankful we were able to go to Arizona for Thanksgiving this year. We had a great time!!
Here are a few pictures of our time together!

These are a few of my favorite "toys" from my childhood! Zach has my puppet "Molly" (that got renamed to "Paul") ☺ and I am holding my favorite life size doll "Amy". Mom made it for me when I was in elementary school! ♥
The boys enjoyed playing the Wii together!!!

We made some fun crafts!! And even Dan enjoyed it! Yay!

(above) Yoli's; Drew's; Dan's; Zach's; Grammy's

(above) I am thankful for Dan! ♥ And I am thankful for my brother!!!

I am thankful for my mom! She seems so happy and much healthier in AZ!!!! PTL!

Dan got to carve the turkey!

The dinner table!! Everything was very good!!!

And back in Odessa, it's SNOWING!! Too bad school wasn't cancelled! I had the whole day planned if it was!! I hope it snow's all day!

♥Yoli