Miss Colorado

Melanie attended the annual Miss America Pageant watching party.  This year she represented Miss Colorado….of course as a skier.  It was a great time.

Welcome New Year

Farewell 2010, here is the last beautiful sunset of the year.

“Here's a toast to the future, A toast to the past,

And a toast to our friends, far and near.

May the future be pleasant;

The past a bright dream;

May our friends remain faithful and dear.”

~ Anonymous ~

New Year’s Eve Party

We celebrated New Years in a low-key fashion by having a video game party in the living room.  Here’s a picture as we neared midnight, as you can see there are two down…

Dallas Museum of Science & History

The Monday after Christmas we visited the Dallas Museum of Science & History.  We enjoyed the “Dinosaurs Unearthed” exhibit as well as an IMAX Movie ‘Sea Monsters – Prehistoric Predators”.  It was a great day!

Christmas Blessings

We had a very blessed Christmas in 2010.  John’s Mother, affectionately known as Grandma O., was able to spend the holiday with us.  On Christmas Eve we enjoyed a Christmas Eve service at the local Episcopal church followed by a ham dinner, with chocolate mousse for dessert.

We then shared a special Christmas story which helped us understand all the symbols of Christmas.  The boys enjoyed the tradition of opening one gift on Christmas Eve.  We then set out cookies & carrots for Santa and the reindeer.

Dylan had lost a tooth on December 23rd, but had decided to save his tooth and put it out on Christmas Eve as well.  So we hung his tooth in a tooth pillow right by his stocking and put out cookies for the Tooth Fairy as well.  Our house was visited on the same night by both Santa & the Tooth Fairy!

The next morning the boys woke up early and were excited to see that Santa had indeed visited. 

He filled their stockings and left them all a X-Box game.  Oddly though, we didn’t have an X-Box.  When Dylan opened his game, he discovered a message from Santa detailing a treasure hunt.  After following a few clues the boys were led to their treasure – An X-Box!  They were very excited.

John enjoyed getting a jersey for his favorite NFL team – The Rams.

Here are some pictures of our blessed Christmas day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all of the appropriate accommodations had been made…

Our trip to the North Pole had been made

 

Sugar Cookies Had Been Baked

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Eve Dinner Had Been Served

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The boys were snuggled down into their beds

Fire Hazard

Raising three boys is bound to be lively and riddled with danger.  One Sunday evening in December I kept smelling a strange burnt smell in the house, but couldn’t quite identify it.  This continued for hours and left me wondering where it was originating from.  Finally while brushing the boys teeth I looked up to find a wool hat on top of a light bulb above the bathroom mirror.  Yikes!  After fishing it down I realized just how near we were to burning the house down.  {SIGH}.