Saturday, December 26, 2009

Why we went with a collage this Christmas


I don't think I need to explain this much more.

Tanner is Nine!




Happy Birthday, Tanner! What a fun boy to have in our family. Tanner scored with a new t-shirt, some money, a game cube game, a game boy game, and a charger for the game boy to get it back into play. He got blueberry bagels, juice, bacon and eggs for breakfast "in bed." (It ended up at the kitchen table.)

Tanner likes:
Little Caesar's pizza
cake and ice cream
Hershey's milk chocolate bars
red and black
screen time
#5 - cause my # for football was 5, and I did good that year
light saber (from Eldon)
football

Tanner doesn't like:
salmon


Tanner's Birthday at Museum





For Tanner's birthday, we went to the newly updated
Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History.
Quinn was on a scout camp-out,
but the day was open for the rest of us to celebrate Tanner's special day.
They did dino dig:
it wasn't as much fun as Tanner had remembered it, but there were also lots of people there, too.
The kids explored the light room, craft room, and tinkering.
We also watched an experiment using liquid nitrogen (I think).
We saw "Animalopolis" in the Omni Theater IMAX.
Tanner and Connor made a chocolate cake on Sunday for us to enjoy.
Happy 9th Birthday, Tanner!!!!!

All I want for Christmas.....






....is my two front teeth!!!!


I have had so much fun teasing her about missing her two front teeth for Christmas.
Sweet, smooth smile!
Love that little girl.

Santa knows where we live








He came over on a Wednesday evening,
just before the older boys left for scouts.




Merry Christmas!!!!



Tinkertoys







Aren't Tinkertoys the best?

And, of course, neighbors who will play tinkertoys with you!

Connor cello concert




We enjoyed going to Connor's orchestra holiday concert before school let out for the holidays. He was nervous. He played very well. We are so proud of him. He is very diligent in his practicing, usually practicing in the morning before school. Tanner tore paper into bits during the concert, and I got the chance to have Allison sit with me (heaven).