Cute Videos

Dada was recently out of town 2 weeks back to back...this was the longest the kids had been away from him. So, this video is from the day he came back into town...Dawson was pretty excited about 'Dada Time'

This second video is of Dawson singing one of his favorite songs "Take me out the the ballgame." He is such a cute little singer!

Christmas Train

Granna & Gramps treated all of us to a wonderful Christmas train ride Thanksgiving weekend in Austin. It was Wonderful!!! We were all super excited...it was a 'first' for all of us. It was an hour train ride to Bertram, where they were having a christmas festival, and then an hour train ride back. We had a great time & I think I was more excited than the kiddos!on the train before we lefttotally amazed when we started moving

This has to be one of the sweetest pictures I have ever seen. Andi with Gramps

The kiddos riding ponys at the festival

Heaven

Dawson has a 'Bible for me' book that Aunt Hettie got him last Easter, that tells the Easter story. He really likes it & asks lots of questions everytime we read it. Lately he has been talking about it alot and telling everyone about how Jesus died on the cross. Well, this is the conversation we had the other night:

-After finishing the book:
Me: Dawson, isn't that great that Jesus died for you so that you can go to heaven someday.
-He looks up at me, his face falls apart & his little eyes get all teary...
Dawson: But, I can't go to heaven Mama.
-Putting my arm around him...
Me: Awww Baby...why do you say that?
Dawson: Because I can't fly.

Who knows how long he has been worried about this?!? My sweet boy is just too smart...has to think everything through. After I explained to him that Jesus will help him fly to heaven, I think he was all better. This was officially a 'Mama moment'. You know, the kind of moment where you want to laugh & cry at the same time & try to hang on to your kids for dear life.

Official Halloween pics

So, here are the kiddos official Halloween pics....they turned out soooo cute!!! Always on the move...He was too stinkin' handsome!

Sunglasses

Dawson loves his spiderman sunglasses. In fact, he slept with them last night & wore them all day at school today. Here are some cute images of the kids playing when they first woke up this morning. There is also a cute video.

How cute is dawson's face in this one?

This is his spiderman impression

Beautiful weather

We have been having some georgeous weather lately, and the kids & I have spent alot of time playing in the backyard. Here are a couple cute shots of them swinging.I love this image of Dawson

Andi letting me know she was ALL DONE having her picture taken.

Halloween 2008

Dawson was TOTALLY into halloween this year! He has been wearing his costume everyday for the last couple of weeks. He loves for him & Andi to match, so it was great we found a cute matching set that he liked. The had a wonderful time at all the different festivities we went to this year. The boys in Dawson's class play fighting...too cute!
Superheros swinging

How cute are they trick-or-treating!!!! They were too stinkin' adorable. (I know, I am slightly biased)

Soccer Fun!

Here are some pics of Dawson at soccer practice. It has taken him a little while to 'warm up' to his coach & team, but he is having so much fun! His team picked the name the LIONS, and the last pic is of them doing their team cheer. (you can barely see the tip of his red hair)

Andi's 2 year old pictures

This morning, my Dad & I photographed Andi for her 2nd birthday. I could not be happier with them!!! They turned out exactly like I wanted. My sweet Dad, I found out later, had even taken a vacation day to be able to do this!!! We took her to the Chocolate Bar & Candylicious to coordinate with her cute outfit. This outfit is her Daddy's absolute favorite, so I knew we had to take pics in it! She had a wonderful time...only problem was the sugar overload...no nap happened today!

New York Trip!!!!

Derek & I got to take a 3 day trip to New York this last weekend. Derek has a job site close to New York City that he was already scheduled to be at, so then I joined him from Thursday-Sunday. We knew it would be the perfect time to view the Fall scenery. I did my research & found the best places to go. The next couple of blogs break down the trip. We squeezed SO much into three days it is unreal, and I took over 1000 images! But, it was a trip of a lifetime...

New York in the Fall

This was by far, the highlight of my trip. In fact, this is something I have wanted to do my entire life. Those of you that know me well, know that I LOVE leaves & trees. Okay, Okay...so I might be obsessed with them & taking pictures of them. We drove all around the Hudson Valley Territory stopping everytime I saw a beautiful tree. I even got teary eyed several times over how beautiful it was. Here are some of my favorite images from the day.Me enjoying the trees...one the rare moments I put the camera down. Derek snapped this picWOW!! The colors were amazing!!!When we walked up to this tree, Derek told me he felt like he was in a Willy Wonka movie. It just looked way too UN-realistic.A self timer photo: oh, to have Derek on video propping the camera up on rocks & sticks, running over to me across a log over water, then trying to look as peaceful as the scenery!This was where I felt like I was dropped in the middle of a Thomas Kincaide painting

Bear Mountain Bridge

I could have spent days here...I will be back, however.