Catching Up

I can't believe it has been so long since I have blogged. The longer it has been the more I have dreaded having to play catch up with all we have done and with all the pictures we have taken. I figure I probably can't put it off any longer and it will just be harder to summarize everything. So this post is going to cover our trip to the Dallas Zoo, Halloween, Elyssa and Joshua's 5th Birthday and Christmas.

We went to the Dallas Zoo in October and had a great time. It was a beautiful day and we all had a lot of fun.

Machella studying the zoo map so we can decide where we want to go and so we don't miss seeing anything (especially the elephants for Elyssa).

I love this picture of David and Joshua as we are leaving the Zoo.

Halloween was fun this year. Joshua was a cowboy and Elyssa was Tinkerbell. David and Machella decided they were too old to go Trick-or-Treating this year and Donnie was out to town so it was just the two little ones and me knocking on doors and we had a blast.

Elyssa and Joshua turned 5 at the end of November. Donnie's parents and sister, Jennifer were visiting for Thanksgiving so we celebrated it early. Elyssa and Joshua really wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese this year and it had been forever since the last time we had gone so we decided to be brave and go for it and it turned out to be a lot of fun. I can't believe that Elyssa and Joshua are 5 years old and that they will be going to Kindergarten in the Fall. They definitely aren't "the babies" anymore (even though we still find ourselves referring to them as that).

We actually didn't take a lot of pictures this Christmas but I had to share my all time favorite Christmas picture of Elyssa and Joshua sitting in front of the fireplace on Christmas Eve.

Well I think I am pretty much caught up and hopefully I can stay more up-to-date with the blog. We wish everyone a very Happy New Year and we are truly grateful for all our wonderful family and friends.