Meeing Braeden

Braeden Thomas Shobe was born on March 4, 2017.  We went over to Austin last Thursday to meet him.  He was just adorable and so little! 

 

 

 

 

Scott and Tyler went with Brett to the Dell Match Play, a golf tournament.  Molly and I stayed with Carman and the kids.  We got in lots of Braden time and playing with Vienne.  She is just adorable too.  She was very playful and is such a happy little girl.  She loved watching Molly.

 

 We look forward to seeing them again in May. 

Spring Break

We had Spring Break a few weeks ago.  I took the kids over to Houston Saturday-Tuesday.  We stayed with my in-laws and had several things planned.  Saturday when we drove in, we met up with my friend, Kathleen and her two boys for lunch.  After that, we just hung out with Harry and Mary. 

Molly reading to Mary and Portia

Sunday morning, we headed to the Houston Zoo.  A cold front had come in and it was 47 degrees, but we still had a good time.  The reptile and snake area was Tyler's favorite.  I think Molly's favorite was watching the elephants get baths.  We all enjoyed the cougars who were playing.

 

 

 

 

 

These two cougars kept chasing each other, it was fun to watch

 

After the zoo, we had to get pizza from Pepperoni's. It was delicious!

Sunday evening, I got to go to dinner with Dana and Deanna.  No picture though.

Monday we went with Dana and her son, Grayson to NASA.  It was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed it. 

Moon Rocks

This is the Apollo 17 Command Module

 

Tyler was as thrilled as ever to take picture

Molly and Grayson going through a take off

We went on a tram tour of the training facility and to rocket park where we saw the enormous Saturn V.

 

Tuesday morning, we met my friend, Jennifer for breakfast.  Then we met back up with Kathleen and her boys at a really cool park. After playing for over an hour, we headed home.

The boys didn't want to pose for a picture, but this is the 3 of them on this cool thing that they loved.  It'd move from left to right and go really fast.

 

All in all it was a fun few days.  We got to go to some cool places, I got to see several of my friends, and we spent time with Harry and Mary.  The rest of Spring Break as just spent at home playing with neighbors and friends. 

Blue Bonnet Pictures

The blue bonnets are blooming again and are so pretty. Molly's been asking to take her blue bonnet pictures, so we finally went today. 

 

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

I had lunch with the kids today for Valentine's Day.  Really, I have lunch with Molly once a week, but I bring her a special lunch once a month.  Tyler only wants me to come when I'm going to bring him lunch, so I just eat with him once a month.  He makes me feel so loved!  Anyway, today I ate with each of them and then tonight we ordered pizza for dinner. 

 

 This is the Valentine I sent out 5 years ago.  Just look at them!

Our 90 degree February Day

Last Friday it was 40, cloudy, windy and just cold, at least cold for us here in Texas.  Today was 90 degrees.  Molly took advantage of it and played in the sprinkler. 

 

A cool front is suppose to come through tonight though and it will be low 40's in the morning and in the 70's for the next few days. 

Christmas

I realize I am super late in posting about Christmas, but I figure better late than never.  We were up in IL for Christmas and we had a great time.  The kids had lots of cousin time.  When we arrived Wednesday, Zac & Bailey spent the night.  Then Thursday afternoon, we headed to Kim's and the kids stayed there for the night.  Kim took them into Val's on Friday and they spent the night there.  Scott and I met back up with them on Saturday for Christmas Eve at my Grandma's.  Bailey and Kyla spent the night Monday night after ice skating, and then Tyler spent the night at Kim's again on Tuesday night.  They were thrilled with all the cousin time.

 

 

 

We had a great time on Christmas Eve at my Grandma's.  It's always good to see my Aunts, Uncles, and cousins-some I hadn't seen in so long.  That evening, Tom and Brittany came over and we all watched Elf.  It's Molly's new favorite movie and my parents had never seen it before.

Christmas morning, the kids opened some gifts I had sent up there.  Then we went to church with my Dad. Tyler and Molly helped pass our bulletins.  That afternoon, the rest of the family came over for gifts and dinner.

Molly's mermaid blanket

Yes, Tyler got a hatchet.  We didn't technically buy it for him.  We got him an Apocabox that is from Creek Stewart-the survivalist he likes.  We knew there was a chance that a tool or knife would be in it. I just wasn't expecting a hatchet.  Tyler has been trying to get us to buy him one for a couple years, so he was thrilled.

Molly really want to go ice skating while we were there, so we did that on Monday.  All the cousins came too and we had a lot of fun.  The kids all fell, but they'd get up and keep trying.

 

 

 

Monday afternoon, Scott and I went out to lunch with my friend, Elisa and her husband.  We had a nice time catch up with them them.  Scott and I went out that night for a quick bite too.

The weather wasn't bad at all.  It was in the 20's and 30's.  The snow even started to melt.  Before that happened, Molly had to make a snowman. 

 

 

 

It was great to celebrate Christmas with my family this year.  Everything went well and the week just flew by.