February

February is over halfway over and I feel like we're sometimes so busy that I forget to take pictures. I've got to be better! Still, there's lots of fun stuff I've documented lately.

We celebrated Superbowl Sunday with a potluck fajita lunch with our church buddies, then we had the Dixons over to watch the game! Amy and I love trying out new Pinterest recipes for the big game :)

I made this shirt for Aidan to wear on 100th Day at school. They had to put 100 items on a shirt and I chose a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pom-pom design I'd seen on Pinterest.

I love going out with friends and family! I met my cousins for dinner one night, then met my friend Courtney for lunch, then we had dinner with Daniel's co-worker and his family (his daughter Paisley is Avery's age).

The kids celebrated Valentine's Day at school on the 13th with class parties and lots of Valentines! Then we went out with Daddy that night (but I forgot to take pictures).

My sweet Aunt Jeri, Uncle Reggie, and Cousin Meredith decided to come see us on Valentine's Day to see Aidan play basketball, and Avery cheer! They also got to see our house that is being built, and we took them out for a delicious Tex-Mex lunch. It was so fun to see them!

This and That

Nothing major has been going on here, we've just been keeping busy with school and activities! Cookie Season has started and Avery has done an amazing job selling cookies!

Cookie, Gigi, Jeff, Grandpa, Nanna, and Kathleen all came to town on the same day! They all got to see Aidan play basketball, and Avery and Sage cheer.

Aidan has made the Honor Roll two semesters in a row!

Avery was Star Student for her class last week.

Some cute extras:

Upward Basketball and Cheer

The kids have started a season of Upward Basketball (Aidan's 4th) and Cheer (Avery's 1st!) and they are loving it :) Aidan is on a team with the same coach he had in kindergarten, and Avery is on a squad with Cousin Sage and her friend Margot. Aidan's game times vary but Avery cheers at all the 9:00 games and has to be there at 8:40. Good-bye, Saturday morning sleep-ins until March :( The girls did a great job cheering courtside, then they performed a couple of cheers at halftime. Aidan played great...he scored 7 baskets and made 10 rebounds. Go Rattlers!

Cotton Bowl

Daniel and I had tickets to the Cotton Bowl on January 1st, so in exchange for Cody and Amy keeping our kids that day, we offered to keep Sage, Logan, and Ellie the night before for New Year's Eve, so the kids had a pajama party and enjoyed lime sherbet floats and had a great time playing!

The next day was cold and rainy, but we made it to Cowboy Stadium where we got to hang out in a field-level suite with Marcus and Jenna, and some people Marcus works with. There was catered food and drinks, and we had a great view! Ken Starr, the Baylor president, even came by for a photo op. We also saw Robert Griffin III a couple of suites over! Too bad he wasn't close enough for us to meet him.

We had fun laughing with the Brookses, and I also got to see several of my KD sorority sisters at halftime!

There were a lot of exciting moments before and during the game. The Kilgore Rangerettes performed beforehand, and there was a hilariously awesome play in which 390-pound lineman Laquan McGowan scored a touchdown. Definitely the highlight of the game, as in the last few minutes we lost our lead to Michigan State and the stadium was soon filled with green and gold disappointment. But all in all, it was a fantastic day. I couldn't have asked for a better way to ring in 2015! Sic 'Em Bears!!

Merry Christmas!!

We had a nice Christmas Eve brunch with Cody, Amy, Lindsay, Jason, Sage, Logan, and Ellie! We opened the first of our Christmas presents with them and had fun just hanging out as a family:

We then went to a candlelight Christmas Eve service at Lavon Drive Baptist (associated with the kids' school) for some beautiful Christmas music which I LOVE every year! Afterwards the kids helped Grammy make Christmas cookies, Otto the Elf left them some pajamas, and we read some Christmas books before bedtime!

Santa stopped by our house and was very generous! Aidan got a Wii U that he's had fun playing (I think Daddy is benefiting from this toy too!) and Avery got a Frozen lego set. Frozen was definitely a theme this year :) They each got several other cool things and so did the rest of us!

I also had a GREAT Christmas birthday this year! My mom made my favorite meal of chicken fried steak, rice, gravy, and fried okra. She also made a cake which Aidan decorated, and Avery baked me a "delicious" "cookie" with her new Easy Bake Oven ;) Then Daniel surprised me by making reservations at a sushi restaurant downtown! I have never been able to eat out on my birthday so this was a first! And Papi treated us all to dinner. I'm so thankful for these five wonderful people for making my birthday so special, and the rest of my friends and family for their sweet calls and messages!