Fun at our neighborhood park

the little engineer was tired! Yesterday Ryan told me he was going to live right next to his work because his house was going to be next to a train track. He will walk to work and drive the train he says.

Trevor's granddad's 90th birthday where it was proclaimed that Jan 23rd is Joe Burt Day in Bryan, Texas. This was great fun!!!

Christmas!!!

Oh, so happy, I love eating the candy out of my advent calendar!!!


OH SO MAD, Ryan ate my candy!!!!!













We had a really nice Christmas! We made a birthday cake for Jesus, and Ryan was the lead designer on that project. He wanted a star, but not "that one" the one with the "big pointy thing" We had fun doing this little project. We got to see Grandpa, Gammie, and our Aunts, Uncles and cousin in Houston before Santa came the next morning. After Christmas morning church, we headed to Bryan to see Mimi and all the cousins, aunts and uncles there! And a shout out to UNCLE WIN and AUNT JULIE for spending most of their Christmas eve putting together the trampoline...thanks!!!



















































Snug as two bugs in a rug, i mean trundle! Kaitlyn now goes and gets in his bed...jsut about every night. Some days he is ok with it, and others he is not wanting her in there. The good thing is, if she gets scared, she just goes in there now and he sleeps right through it. If she wanders to our room, its a different story as she climbs all over us.
























Check out our cousin Keeton! I think he might be missing something...

December wrap up

Sorry I havent posted in a while! Lots happened in December - of course Christmas and it was great seeing all the family and friends! We got to do something really cool and go ride the Polar Express in Palestine, Texas at the Texas State Railroad. It was a BLAST! They san
g, served hot chocolate and rice krispie treats, and we got to see Santa at the North Pole and bring him back to the train depot. On the way home, we stopped in Diboll at the History Center where they have a train the kids can get in and even pull the wistle. Im sure the entire town heard Ryan pulling that wistle over and over!
Christmas pictures coming soon!

Pics from the History Center in Diboll, Texas










































The kids even got a bell from Santa...jsut like the movie!




Best pic we could get infront to tree!



Ryans buddies at school doing a book exchange at Christmas party.





Kaitlyn loves Kindermusic!

Ryan-isms

The newest pic of our bike rider!

Kaitlyn gets a mani at Lucie's spa party

The tree is up, the lights are hung in the yard, and we are asked hourly when Santa is coming. Kids are doing a good job at keeping laughing these days. Ask Ryan what the wiseman are bringing baby Jesus..."Gold, myhrr, and frankenstein." They have these little advent calendars we got at Michaels (I think I am there everyday), and first thing every morning he hunts for that day and opens the little door to reveal a new choclate in his "advil" calendar as he refers to it. No matter how many times we talk about advent, its still an advil calendar.

We recently did our family photos and they turned out FANTASTIC! I was so pleased with how the kids pics turned out! http://sandybank.smugmug.com/gallery/1429796#117937959

Trevor deserves and Emmy for the performance he put on to get the kids to smile...ask him about it!

I had 7 cakes to do over the last 3 days...BUSY in the kitchen! Lucie had her family party this weekend and will have a spa party tomorrow at Hip Hop Lollipop. Im finishing up the final touches on her make-up themed cake. you can see it here soon http://www.twogirlsandacake.blogspot.com/

Kaitlyn is still her sweet busy little self. Her hair is getting longer and she is growing taller EVERY day! She surprises me with the things she says telling me which letter she has with her alphabet cookies, singing and using long sentences. Ryan is still very much into trains and wants to watch the Polar Express all the time! Check him out singing...








OH and an update....he learned how to ride his bike without training wheels tonight!!! We are so proud.