Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! Brian's supposed to be working all weekend, but negotiated Christmas night off, HOORAY! So, there will be a lot of lounging and sleeping going on, and maybe just a little celebrating of my birthday ;).

7 years and counting (11/26)

Wow, I'm sooooo behind, but in my defense it's been a little crazy around here with starting a new job. Anyway, our anniversary landed on the day after Thanksgiving, and we were able to go celebrate thankfully due to family still being in town and watching the kids. It was wonderful! All we did was go out to dinner and get some Christmas shopping done, but it was nice to do it kid free. We tried out a new Italian restaurant (super yummy) called Pompeii Italian Grill. My mouth is watering right now just thinking about it. Everything just tasted so fresh! Anyway, I can't believe it's been 7 years! We've gone from this:

To this:

OK, more like this:

to this:

Sorry for the gross kissy pictures ;). Yeah, I've put on a few (OK a lot) of pounds, but I still love this man so much it makes me kinda teary just thinking about it! I couldn't have chosen a better life and eternal partner and amazing father for my children. I'm such a lucky girl!

Riverwalk Lights

So the day after Thanksgiving, we went downtown to the Riverwalk to see them turn on the lights and watch the parade on the the river. It was actually a very unique idea decorating their boats for different companies to "show off". I loved it! To actually get down right by the river, you had to buy a ticket for $20 (what a joke!), so we found a nice little spot uphill and watched it while Landen danced to all the music.

A view of the lights from a bridge.

One of the floats, I think that's Santa.

A better shot of the Santa float

Landen taking a breather from his dancing.

A quick little family picture (Abrie was sleeping)

Veteran's Day (11/11/11)

One of my favorite things about living in a "military town" is that there are so many things that people do for the service members. Veteran's Day weekend was jam-packed full of things to honor the veterans. It's still weird to think sometimes that Brian's a veteran, because he's so young, but there are so many younger than Brian that can claim the same title! Anyway, on Veteran's Day, we ventured down to Ft. Sam for a free concert. They also had tons of booths with yummy food and activities for the kiddos. Since the concert was a bunch of country music, and I'm not a fan, I took Landen to play at the activities while Brian and Abrie hung out with his buddies and watched the show. Here's a few of the things Landen did: (and sorry the pictures are taken at night)

Who can resist a bouncy house?

And of course there must be balloon animals and face painting!

Landen asked for a "monster". He wanted a monster balloon too, but the guy said it would take too much time (I think we got in the wrong balloon line because he was kind of a grump, and the girl making them in the other line was making much better quality ones!)

Landen also got to taste his first funnel cake....yum! He of course could care less about food! It was a fun evening, and very patriotic (even if I didn't like the kind of music ;). I'm very grateful for my veteran husband and brother, and the many other friends that have served our country by putting their lives on the line! I have so much because of them!