Fristers

At this point, these two are really great friends.

I'm sure they will have their differences but I hope they are always close.  

And, maybe one day they'll take their for real babies on a stroll.

By then, I hope Abby won't try to wipe her nose on her sister's sleeve.

Texarkana

Is it Texas?  Is it Arkansas? 

This is where we spent a few days for Spring Break.  You can see our cabin here on the edge of the water.

 We spent a fair amount of time at the playground.

Even Brad was inspired.

Kids tossed lots of stuff into the lake.  

We made s'mores at least 3 times.

Caught a few fish.

And went go-carting.

It was a fun-filled, slightly ghetto, memorable trip.

Love spending time all together.

Chop, Chop!

I had to chop Abby's hair.  I didn't know if I wanted to because she has a bit of curl but, in the end, I did and I'm so glad.  I think 3 year olds with a bob haircut is about the cutest thing.

Seeing Abby likes this reminded me of little Anna when she was 2 years old.  That was about the time we moved to Tulsa.  Oh, how time flies!

Jenks Basketball

Both boys played basketball this year.  

For me that meant 4 practices a week and 2 games on Saturday. 

It was busy but really fun too.

For the girls it meant lots of coloring and duck, duck, goose.

Here's Grant passing time at Parker's practice with his homie, Gunnar.

Here is Grants team.

I guess it was so busy I overlooked getting any pictures of Parker and his team.

He played really well and learned and developed more of his skills.  It was great!

Lemonade Man

Grant is obsessed with lemonade.  Often I find "Lemons" scratched on my grocery list by his little hand.  He will squeeze his own lemons, add a very tiny amount of sugar (he likes it tart), and stir it into some water.  Here he is teaching Abby the ropes.

Abby enjoyed the process but is not a fan of lemonade yet.

Anna's snowflake cake

Anna requested a snowflake cake for her birthday as it is in January.

This is what I came up with.

Gingerbread 2013

Making gingerbread houses has become one of the favorite Christmas traditions.  The kids talked about it for weeks.  We saved it for Christmas afternoon this year.

Brad's masterpiece.

Armed and dangerous.