Happy New Home Owners!

The Lord has blessed my family greatly, and I am so thankful.  We have been able to achieve the American Dream.  We bought a house.  And we don't even have to move! 

We were able to buy the house that we have been renting for the last few years.  We know all of the goods, bads, and uglies.  We also know what we are going to paint, fix, and replace right away.  But we are happy and feeling the goodness and kindness of our Lord.

There is a reason why I love these two so much

It is because they are so loveable!! 


Kathleen was reaching out to give her big brother a hug, and then tricked him into slobbery kisses.

Middle of January already?

Well, I guess we better get a Christmas post posted then.

Kit Kat

Garrett

We went walking around looking at Christmas lights with the Hartmans.  But it rained.  Garrett got wet and didn't like it.

We went to Twain Harte.

They love each other

Big smile from Kat

Garrett liked Twain Harte's park

Kat on the porch

Christmas morning

Monster Jam

For Christmas, we gave Garrett tickets to the Monster Jam monster truck rally.  We felt like such successful parents when he jumped up and down on Christmas morning.  Last Saturday we went to the show and it was worth every penny (even the stinking 20 bucks for parking!)  Garrett's favorite part of the night was the freestyle tricks.  Laura and I even had more fun than we would have ever guessed.  All 3 of us can't wait to go back! 

Arriving at Angel Stadium

Checking out the pit

Momma and Garrett discussing the finer points of Monster Truck madness!

Showing off Grave Digger

Really, he did have fun.  He has a churro, for cryin' out loud.

Captive audience

See, he had fun

Jump!

Late night pick-me-up

Grave Digger, he also won the race

Loving it

And here is a video showcasing the night's excitement:

Kids in Kat's room

Here is another:
It is from Aug 2013

Here is one where Kat was learning to crawl.

Making amends

We watched a few videos today with Garrett and realized how poor of a job we have done of keeping up with videos of Kat.  So stay tuned as I make an effort to correct that oversight.