The Last 30 Days

A lot has happened the last 30 days. A month ago Elyssa and Joshua celebrated their 6th Birthday. They had a great time and are getting so big. Every once in awhile I find myself referring to them as "the babies" but it is definitely getting less often. They are doing great in Kindergarten and it has been great having them in different classes. They see each other at lunch and at recess and I can tell that they are excited to spend time with each other when they get home from school. They are so cute together and play so well together.

 

This last month Donnie and I celebrated our 16th Anniversary. I can't believe how quickly time has gone. We were able to spend a lot of time together over our Anniversary Weekend and it was a lot of fun. Donnie patiently spent over 5 hours in two days waiting while I went shopping and tried on clothes and I gave him a homemade gift where I came up with 192 reasons I loved him because we have been married 192 months. I feel so blessed to be married to my best friend.

This last month was also Christmas and we all really enjoyed spending time together. One new thing we did this year was that we went to the Texas Motor Speedway race track and drove around and looked at the large light displays they had set up. It was tons of fun and will definitely be something we do every year.

It was also fun on Christmas because it actually snowed. All the kids went out in it but Elyssa especially spent as much time out in it as possible. It was pretty much all melted by the next day but it was fun while it lasted.

We were slackers this year and did not get Christmas cards out. It is a shame because we actually had taken family pictures a few months ago. Since we didn't get them out I thought I would just include them here.

We hope everyone has a very Happy New Year!