Weekend Getaway

We needed a getaway this weekend so we made last minute plans to go play at the ranch in Hempstead.  We invited the Gilbreaths to join us and also let everyone in Trevor's family know that we were planning on going and that they were welcome to tag along.  We also invited Mal and Rob out since they are so close to the ranch now.  Everyone ended up taking us up on our offer so we had a fun full house!  It was cool outside, but not too cold, so we spent the whole weekend playing outside.

Running around on the hay,

swinging,

having races,

playing croquet

and horseshoes.

Making s'mores, 

taking baths in the sink,

and posing for pictures.

It was the perfect weekend getaway before the big freeze hit.  Love having weekends to spend with the ones we love!

3 Years Ago Today...

Was the happiest day of my life!

 

New Years

We spent New Years at the ranch again this year.  We had lots of fun friends join us, but sadly I was not good at taking pictures so I can't prove it :)  Baylor had a bowl game in Houston right before New Years so a lot of Trevor's college buddies and their wives were able come after the game.  And of course all the  usuals were there too :)

We stayed pretty active playing volleyball, horseshoes, ping pong, washers, shooting guns, fishing, and riding the four wheelers.

We also had some good food and drinks!

And had fun spending quality some with some great people.

And of course Ruby loved all the attention.

If New Years weekend is any indicator of how 2011 is going to be, I think it's going to be a great one!

Christmas 2010

We spent Christmas with Trevor's family this year in Houston.  We were able to leave for Houston on Wednesday and got to stay there until Sunday.  It was so fun to be able to stay there for a while and not have to try to cram everything into a few days.  We were blessed to get to spend a lot of quality time with the fam.  We got to run some last minute errands, do a little shopping, celebrate Ruby's birthday, eat some yummy food, and go see a movie all before the Christmas festivities began.

Christmas eve we went to the Christmas eve service at church and then out to our traditional Chinese dinner with friends.

We woke up super early on Christmas morning to start the day.  Following with tradition we all woke up and sat at the top of the stairs for a picture before we all race down the stairs to see if Santa came!

 
We spent the morning opening stockings and watching everyone open their gifts.  Bethany is the best at playing Santa and passing out all the presents!

Ruby had lots of fun running around and taring up wrapping paper.  Here is our festive Ruby the the red-haired reindeer:

Soon after we finished opening gifts the rest of the family all came over.  All of the cousins except for one were able to be there for Christmas this year!  We spent the rest of the day catching up with everyone, eating tons of yummy food, watching basketball, and celebrating Christmas!  

Clayton got a remote control helicopter this year so we all had fun playing with it.  Ruby, however, was not a fan!  She was curious about it at first but then we started chasing her around with it and she quickly  decided she needed to take care of it or it was going to take care of her.

The last pictures that I took on Christmas were of our little family warming up by the fire and being festive :)

We had a very merry Christmas this year!

The next day was Trevor's Grandpa's Birthday so the whole family came back over to celebrate.  We grilled some burgers and had brownies and ice cream to celebrate.  He laughed the whole time we sang happy birthday and when we were finished he said he was laughing so hard because we were horrible at singing :)

We were sad to leave this party but it was getting late and Trevor had to work the next morning.  But, it was a great way to end a great holiday! We sadly said all our goodbyes and got on the road back to Corpus.

 

Ruby's 1st Birthday

Our baby girl turned 1 on Christmas Eve!  We celebrated her birthday at her grandparents house in Houston.  She spent most of the morning resting up for her party.

For her party we invited our friend Jennifer and her puppy, Abby, over to play.

Ruby and Abby were fast friends.  First Ruby showed Abby around her grandparents backyard.

Then they quickly turned the party into a pool party.

We finally coaxed them out of the pool and took a walk to the park down the street.

Then we came home and opened presents.

The rest of her day was spent locked up in the laundry room while the fam went to the Christmas Eve service at church and then out for our traditions Chinese dinner.  Poor baby!  But we finally came home and let her out to play before going to bed early so Santa could come :)  I think she really enjoyed her 1st birthday!