Kicking off the New Year!

A little late....but

I just had to post this picture of Ethan. It was his first day of Pre-school and it happened to be picture day too! Happen to come across it, so I thought I would post it!

President Hinckley tribute by Glenn Beck

Last week we headed down to Canyon Lake for a fun filled week with Peter's parents and his sister Mo. Unfortuneately the weather was pretty miserable, so we didn't get to explore much of the area. We did however manage to sneak in a day of sight seeing in San Antonio and of course the "girls" spent a day at San Marcos doing what we do best....SHOPPING!(That place is amazing!) It was really good to spend time with family and Chloe got some more fine tuning done on her walking. She did in the process acquire some serious bumps to her head, but she still kept going! Now she is a "walking" only little 13 month old and her personality seems to grow by the day!

Chloe and I enjoying the River Walk!
Chloe enjoying the view of the lake
My attempts to unpack when we got home!
Check out my giant bruise thanks to the sleigh coffee table.
Can't go to San Antonio without making a stop at the Alamo!

Sibling love!

Ethan and Chloe have discovered that they can snuggle on the couch together and watch tv. This has become their morning ritual while mom gets things going!

Awesome gifts!

Well my dad surprised us with a wonderful Christmas gift! We still can't believe he hand carried it all the way from South Africa, but we really appreciate it as it is absolutely beautiful! Of course there were lots of other great goodies inside papa's suitecase!
You got it, a beautiful Persian rug to complete my entrance hall!
Ethans spiderman robe was a huge hit and he even got to wear it to pyjama day at school!

Visitors!

2008 came oh so quietly, but brought with it lots of visitors. My dad visited from South Africa for 2 weeks and the kids loved hanging out with their papa. Chloe with her ever increased drive to walk marched papa around the house until they both got tired. As a result she is now a non-assisted walker and roams the house getting into whatever she comes across!
We took Papa out for his"46th" birthday to Cheddars, one of his favorite restaurants here in Waco.


The day after my dad left Peter's parents arrived and have spent the last few days with us. Today we are all heading down to Canyon Lake which is an hour north east I think of Austin. We will be there for about a week so I will have plenty of pictures to post when we get home!