Tuesday, December 4, 2012

November 2012

A Beautiful Month of Great Weather, Fun Fall Activities, Football on TV, Family Time, and Memories made!  Another month has flown by and what a great month it was.  Davis is almost 2 and will be here soon. 
Our month began with Mammy coming in town.  Caleb, Daddy and Mammy built this cool Ferris wheel out of Tinker Toys, since Caleb had such a fun experience on a real one last month.
Thanks Mammy for coming into town, it is always a joy to have you around.
Caleb wanted to wash Mommy's car-they all were soaking wet by the end of it
There were too many good ones to pick just one, so a collage it is of Davis having fun spraying
Daddy is such a good sport!
As you can tell, I too got wet.  Was not too happy about the camera getting wet but a great picture and the camera was fine.  Davis' face is a classic, "I Want" Tantrum of an almost 2 year old!
Playing football
Great Action Shots
I think this one just barely missed me
Davis is getting really REALLY opinionated about his clothes and often looks like this (or is wearing no clothes on at all - just a diaper)
A play date with Katrina and her kiddos
A Tearful Look-got to capture these hard moments because I know they won't last long (or praying they won't and want to cherish them)
And a gummy grin
Avery has discovered her tongue and she looks like this A LOT
Avery has a new play mat and the boys love to play with it too
Avery asleep with her arm up
Caleb got a great hair cut at Snip-Its and had fun claiming his prize
Sweet Braysen had his 3rd birthday at Pump It Up and it was a BLAST!
Caleb and the birthday boy!
All grins
and more
Caroline had a Princess Birthday Party for her 4th birthday in her backyard and Caleb felt it was only necessary to dress up as "Prince Charming" but it was too hot for his white button down shirt.
Little Miss Avery Kate on her first of many 11 hours 25 minutes of sleeping through the night.  Praise the Lord-we are all a new person!  She is a great little sleeper and has continued through vacation to sleep from 7 pm to 7 am!! Yeah!!
Caleb was playing outside and found a giant limb on the ground, he picked it up and said, "I'm going to help Daddy." And he proceeded to carry it out to the ally.  Such a big boy!
Davis found his lotion and lathered up his body and hair!
Caleb walking with his class and obeying his teachers rules of holding his bubble in his mouth and that he did! 
Caleb's school at their Thanksgiving Program! He did such a great job and was so excited to show us his surprise of being a Turkey.  Caleb is the tall one in the white shirt between the Y and the T. His class sang, "The Turkey Pokey", "Apples and Bananas", their memory verse Galatians 5:22-23.
In the below picture, Caleb is in the front row, in a white shirt, just to the right of the Y in Happy.   This year, Caleb is going to school on Tuesday and Thursday.  On Thursday, he gets to go to Spanish, so all the students also sang, "Jesus Loves Me" and recited Proverbs 3:5 in Spanish.  They whole school got up and sang "If You're Thankful" and a jamming song of "Awesome God!" We are thankful for a great school that he goes to!
Avery getting some Daddy time in Austin
Avery met her Auntie Meg for the first time.  Megan and Julie were best friends in high school and beyond.
Avery had so much fun, she fell asleep
Some Mimi time
We went to visit Julie's 92 year old Grandmother
Great Mimi's 7th Great Grandchild!

Some cute snuggly pictures on Great Mimi's bed
Ahhhhh!
Avery meeting Uncle Willie
Some fun playtime at Mammy and MeDad's house (and yes - Davis is wearing a diaper in this photo)
That is our whirlwind of our November with our growing and fun-loving kids. 

Sunday, December 2, 2012

A Thankful Day - 2012


We had a really nice Thanksgiving week/weekend in Austin.  It was the "Wenning Thanksgiving", so our home base was Mammy and MeDad's but we were all over central Texas for much of the week/weekend.  We had a lovely meal at the Cowden's on Thanksgiving day and I am just so sad we didn't get a group picture.  It was so great watching Caleb and Davis play with their cousins, we wish we were able to do it more often. 
The beautiful table that was set up on the back patio because it was a warm day-Crazy Texas weather
The details on the table
We are thankful for Avery
Luke and Lucy enjoying a cool drink on a warm November day
Caleb jumped on the trampoline ALL day!
The official Tasters of the day-Davis will eat just about anything!
MeDad and Jack throwing the football
Thankfulness Turkeys
Davis learned a few tricks from his cousins to slide down backwards
He slid down again and again
Catching some serious wind
The aftermath of sliding a bit too quick
The Kids Table
YUM!!!
Caleb's Turkey
Static Electricity
We made a quick trip to Georgetown to see Julie's family-Always a joy to see them!
Papa
 
Aunt Jen 
Avery got to meet her cousin's Uncle Mike and Aunt Liz on the their other side of the family-but they are like family. 
We have so much to be thankful for and are grateful for all the family and friends that make our lives so rich.  We are grateful for a Sovereign, Merciful, Eternal Father that loves us fully!  Thank you for being a part of our life and our blog!
(We will post more on our week in Austin in the November post coming soon)