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

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone has a good one!

♥ Yoli

New Moon (The Twilight Saga)

This movie was sooooo good. It just reminded me how much I love ♥ this series. It is sooooo fun seeing the book brought to life and it looks just like I thought it would in my mind.

While I do love Edward, I can't help but love Jacob more. So, I'm team Jacob.

Tonight as Dan and I were talking after seeing the movie, he reminded me that I have not finished the last book yet....soooooo I don't know what happens to Jacob! Oh My!
Guess it's time to pull the book back out and get caught up.

Again, thanks to my Aunt Loyce, Misty and mom for passing this series onto me!
Oh and did anyone see Stephanie Meyer on Oprah? I loved that interview! It was fun to know just exactly how Twilight came to be! At first it was a dream about vampires, then it became a fantasy she just keep going with! And she didn't tell her husband at first because she just knew he would think she was crazy! Vampires were the farthest thing from her mind! She said she was in the "middle of raising small kids", alittle bored with life and this fantasy was just that...a fantasy!!

Thank God for creative minds!!!
xoxo

Keep your eyes on the Road

It was a great day to go shoot some targets! Dan let Zach drive on the dirt roads! "Keep your eyes on the road Zach!" (He is not driving in this picture. We were parked!)I was a "typical" mom with her son driving! "Zach slow down!! Eeks! Zach!" Zach said "Sorry mom that I am not an expert at driving!!" I had to smile at that one.
Dan was very calm, kind and patient with him! Thank God for Dad! ☺ Actually, Zach did a great job. This was his first time driving using the gas and breaks. WTG Zach! ♥

Here is Zach with his .22. Even I like shooting with this gun! There is no "kick" and it's really quiet!
"BullsEye!"

My hunky hubby! ♥

And of course, Drew got to drive some too. Zach drove us in and Drew drove us out. They both did great!

Here's a short video of Zach driving!! It looks like Zach is driving fast; he's not. Going about 20 mph!!

♥Yoli

Halloween Night 2009

Help! There is a Halo Spartan in my car!!
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Master Chief (Spartan) taking off with the Viking!!

Trick or Treating at Grandmommy's (mostly Tricking!)

~Ding Dong~

Making the get-away....

Now Grandmommy is wondering "Who rang my bell?"

Found YOU!!

I don't think the boys will ever outgrow ringing the bell and running at Grandmommy's house!

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Looking for coins in hay (at another local church festival) I think they found about 50 - 75 cents each! ha ha! They loved this one though!

I think this face sums up the night! It was a great one!

YYoli

Pumpkin Fun

We got started on our pumpkins with great enthusiasm! But quickly found out that it is hard work cutting pumpkins (without Dad and the right tools!!)
So being that I am the only one who even knew what I wanted my pumpkin to look like, I am the only one that finished. I ♥ my pumpkin!!

Stay tuned for the exciting finish!! ☺

And a Happy Happy Birthday to my wonderful Mom and my wonderful Aunt Loyce!! We love you both!!! xoxo

♥ Yoli

It's A Small World - Cultural Day @ school

Every year the boys school has a themed "Fun Day" scheduled the Friday of Red Ribbon week. It usually falls right before/on Halloween. One year was Historical Day and the boys dressed up as President Washington and President Lincoln. This year is dressing up as a different culture. I had NO IDEA until this week I saw this poster Drew has in his room and said "Drew, you could be a Spanish person from Mexico!" To my surprise he agreed!!! He wanted a big sombrero and a poncho...now, to find one, and I didn't think it would be too hard!
And it wasn't!!!! Arriba!!! Arriba!!

Zach on the other hand, took a little longer deciding what to be...but he decided on a person from London...I luv it!!

(below) this picture was just too handsome not to put in!!

Whew, all this costume preparing has made us all need a siesta!!

YYoli

Fall Festival

I wanted to share alittle bit of the fun from the Fall Festival! That Dan, he cracks me up!
YYoli