Kyle's Game

Last Sunday Kyle had another basketball game. I stole these pictures from my sister-in-law, Natalie's blog. Her camera takes much better pictures in the gym than mine does. Kyle getting ready to take the ball out.

Running hard...

Kyle is #4....Coach Daddy is #25

Look at him all ready...he's even got his hands already up in the air.

My sweet, sweet nephew

Celebrating Renee's 30th

Wednesday was Renee's 30th birthday, so we helped her celebrate by meeting at Roca Bar. We all had a great time. Ben & I tried a new pizza we hadn't had before and it was awesome! I definitely want to go back and order it again. It was called the Piggy pizza if you're interested. It had BBQ sauce, pulled pork, pineapple, onion, banana peppers and provolone cheese. I didnt' have my camera on me, so thanks to Renee for letting me snatch all these pictures from her blog. Renee, Me, Hannah, Ben, Brittany, Joe, Kyle

Us girls had to order this coffee drink that we all love

Best Buddies

Hannah & Keelin kept us entertained with their dancing. They are soooo cute together!

Kyle's Game

Our Sunday of basketball resumed today. Kyle played great! As always, I'm so proud of him! There he is....#4.....getting ready to take a shot during warm-up.

Another shot.....just a little short of making it in

waiting in line to take a shot during practice

Defense

Coach Ben giving some direction during the game

Hannah & Hazel always have fun playing together during the game. She gets so excited when she sees Hazel walk in the door. Today they sat and played Barbies together the entire game.

Game Night

Lastnight we had my parents, Jason, Natalie & Christian over for a Game Night. We fixed tacos for supper and played Smarty Pants on the Wii and Scattegories. Scattegories is one of our favorite games to play when we have Game Night. Now I have to tell a funny story on my Dad:) As many times as we have played this game, for some reason, he can never remember how to play. Once again, we assumed he understood, so we started. Now for all you you that has played Scattegories you know that Round One...Question One is a Boy's Name. Our letter was 'R'. This means that you name a boy's name that begins with the letter R and move onto question 2. When we got ready to reveal our answers......that's when the first big laugh of the evening occurred. My Dad had thought of ELEVEN boy's names that began with R. He just kept going down his list naming boy's names. Then there's always lots of laughs as people try to defend their reasoning of why and how they came up with some answer. Thanks everyone for a fun night!!! Jason & Natalie brought Rice Krispie treats. Here's Hannah & Christian having a picnic with their treats. The Rice Krispie treats were a hit because they went home with an empty 9x13 pan!
Kyle & Uncle Jason

Hannah & Christian wanted to play a game of their own. Here's Aunt Natalie trying to help them get the Connect Four game all set.

Epiphany Party

Friday night was our Epiphany Party at work. We always get together after Christmas because it seems to work with everyone's schedule much better. I was so happy so many of us were still able to make it on Friday even though we had been out of school for a snow day. Once again, we had our party at Hornville Tavern. Renee's in-laws own this restaurant and are soooo good to us. The food was absolutely delicious!! I definitely hope to make a trip back again very soon! Our Annual Picture

Lisa, Abbie, Jamie, Brandi, Brittany, Renee

Ben and I

Snow Day!

Thursday & Friday we had our first snow days and were home from school. The kids couldn't wait to get outside and play in it. It really wasn't much snow. There wasn't enough to really even build a snowman or anything. They still had fun, though. I'm all ready, Mommy!
Kyle came downstairs....dressed and ready to go out!

Trying to make a snowball....the snow was just a little too soft.

Really.....I thought it was WAY too cold out; therefore, they weren't out long and neither was I!!

Castle

Recently Kyle found this castle in a craft book I have. He decided he wanted to make it for his Legos, so with a little help from his Daddy that's exactly what he did.

I think he did a pretty good job on it.

Chuck E Cheese

Last night we went to Chuck E Cheese for our school fundraiser night. The kids (and myself & Ben) had so much fun! An addition had recently been added onto the restuarant and they have 42 new games. This fundraiser evening is always one of our favorites because the kids have so much fun running around with their friends from school. Chuck E. sporting his Cougar basketball tee

Hannah with her buddy, Cydney
They were riding the rollercoaster ride together

Kyle playing the new bowling game - this was his favorite game

A GREAT Ending to our Break

Kyle had a basketball game today and he had lots of fans to cheer him on. Mamaw & Papa Pickerill, Mamaw & Papa Broeker, Mamaw Emilie, Uncle Mark, Uncle Jason, Aunt Natalie & Christian were all there to watch him play. After the game, Jason & Natalie had us all over to their house for chili. It was a great ending to our Christmas Break. Thanks, Jason & Natalie for having us all over. The food, as always, was DELICIOUS! Hannah & Christian enjoying their popcorn at the game

Christian proud of his bow

The kids all playing together

You can just tell how much fun these two are having by just looking at the look on their face.

Kyle getting Christian with the dinosaur. Christian thought this was so funny!

A FUN New Year's Night

New Year's Night - Tammy, Steve and Conner came over and we hung out and exchanged gifts. It was fun to get to hang out with them and spend some time with Conner.

Hannah adores Conner - she's constantly patting on him or giving him kisses. There's plans for their marriage already, you know.

Conner really liked his steering wheel we got him. It makes lots of noise and lights up.

Kisses from Tammy

Ben and Conner hanging out

Trying to take Steve down