BOSCH TRIAL RUN

Homemade bread...just saying.

CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL

Dain and I have been trying to be more creative with our dates lately.  So, when I saw a groupon for this Chinese Lantern Festival I was so excited.  

I was lucky enough to have this guy as my date.

Those are floating lantern boats.

This was made entirely of China plates, bowls and spoons.. 

Here's a closer look.

This one is tiny glass bottles filled with different colored water.

AMAZING.

DISHWASHER PLAY

Drool...need I say more?

But the real reason I took the picture was to show her playing with the dishwasher.

I think all kids have a fascination with the dishwasher at some point...don't they? 

CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY

Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman and snowman and snowman and snowman.

Happy First Christmas Baby Love.

Dade didn't want to cooperate with the picture taking this morning, so this is all I got.

Tissue paper is the best.

I hope I never forget this moment.  Grayer, at the time, would go around doing this Mike Wasowski move from Monsters University. All the while making the tongue clicking noise too. 

A little dress up goes a long way.  Pure excitement.

On to Oma's house.  Aislyn is waiting her turn.

Eva and Gray doing the same.

These moments of waiting sometimes felt like forever.

Luckily Clove's present wasn't wrapped.

She still rides this thing everyday.

I love her.

The amazing thing is, I love this one just as much. Somehow your heart just keeps growing.

A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT

Donkey Head...YUM

We crawl...everywhere.

I just had to take a picture of this. Have you ever seen anything so adorable in your whole life?

One of Clove's favorite hideouts.

You can see why.

I'M NOT TIRED AND I'M NOT SICK

Middle of the day.

Middle of the living room.

But, I'm not sick and I'm not tired!

ICE STORM

I tease Dain all the time that it's never colder than 70 in Texas.  The Ice Storm of December 2013 proved me wrong. 

This is why it is called an Ice Storm.

When you look at the roof it doesn't look too bad, but that's because it all blew off into the corner by the garage.

You don't need a ladder when the mound is 3-4 feet tall.

Needless to say, we couldn't get our cars out of the garage for a few days.

THANKSGIVING - CLOVE FAMILY STYLE

One of my fondest memories growing up is going to Greenhorn to have a picnic lunch while riding the 3-Wheelers and shooting guns.  

Not so sure Clove feels the same way I do.  She hated having these headphones on. We spent the rest of the time sitting in the truck.

These little ones didn't mind as much. 

Yup, that's Dade getting instruction from my niece. He was a great shot.

Grayer on the other hand didn't want to participate.

Luckily, it didn't take much convincing to get this one into the shooting.

If you look really closely you can see AZ running down the same hill I used to.

Now on to AZ's turn.

This is Dain asking Grayer if he wants a turn...NOPE!

Yup, future Annie Oakley here.

Ah, Cornish Christmas, how I love you.  This was the first year we took the kids. I think Dade liked it.

A sight for sore eyes.

The view from my parents back porch.

Gingerbread houses with cousins.

Yes, that's Dain working on one of his one, pretending to help Grayer.

Aislyn did her own.

As did Dade.

This little Love got a ton of attention from cousins.

The final creations.

Love being home for the holidays.