a month in iphone pics....happy 2011

Wow, the holidays are over, back to school and life, starting another tax season... and learning to write 2011!

January has really been uneventful for us, which is nice after the fun holidays. Derek is in full mode tax season and Michael and I have just been hanging out. I had to take off on Wednesday of this week to take him to the doctor. He had had a cough for a few days that just wasn't going away. Thank goodness I took him because the boy had an ear infection too! Geez. But, we did have a good day with just us hanging out. We went to get him new shoes before his appointment because he kept telling me his shoes were 'tight'. lol. Thank you Grandpa & Meme for the Christmas money...this boy now has shoes that aren't too 'tight' and he loves them!!

One weekend, Juice & Pa came down. He loves taking 'pichures' especially with Juice's phone cause he can see himself! This is my handsome boy ready for church that day....

Silly boy eating breakfast before school one morning. I've had to learn how to get ready super fast and get him ready too. Since it's tax season, Daddy goes to work early and comes back to get the boy to take him to school. But, he loves getting to eat breakfast at his table and not in the highchair!

Michael is getting super smart! He recognizes cars (well, any white Tahoe or Suburban is Mommy's car!), recognizes streets and especially where you turn to go to 'am-maws house'. And let me tell you....if he wants to go to 'am-maws house' and you don't turn down the right street....he gets ticked off!!! One morning, Daddy was taking him to school and I had to run over to 'am-maws house' before going to work. I was in front of them and when I turned, Michael asked daddy 'where's momma'? Daddy said 'she's going to work'. Michael then told him 'no am-maw's house!!!' and began to throw a fit because he wasn't going to 'am-maw's house'!!!!

So, his last haircut was in October when we went to the Zoo in Abilene!!! Wow...it was time! I had an appointment, so I took Michael with me (and grandma for help!). He got his hair cut while I was under the dryer. He of course loved sitting in am-maw's lap and eating all the snacks he wanted!!

We spend our afternoons playing with play dough (making play dough choo choo trains), playing basketball outside or inside and just having fun....waiting on daddy to come home.

Some days we go outside to farm or fight some fires...



The stockshow was a few weekends ago and Michael's friend Cy came to town. We decided to take the boys up to the barn to see some animals. They were too funny. They ran around and loved seeing the pigs, sheep, steers and goats.



Silly boy getting clean....

We love our afternoon snack time discussing the day and what he did at school.

We went to church the other night to take directory pictures. They were really behind so we took the boy to the nursery for entertainment. So much for the hair do for pictures!

The other morning, the electricity went out about 6:15 and didn't come back on until about 8:15. Getting ready for school in the dark....not fun. Michael on the other hand had great fun with the flashlight!!

Needless to say, it's been a beautiful January! We've played outside a lot. And the boy does love him some basketball!

Today, Grandma & Granddaddy asked to take the boy to a Red Raider basketball game. He was super excited to go with them. And he's super lucky that his Uncle Bruce knows how to get a cool picture with the Masked Rider!!!

family trip

Derek and I talked a while back that we'd like to go on a little family vacation before tax season starts and we don't see our daddy until April 16! We had some free flights and a deal came up to go to Vail, Colorado, so we jumped on it. After Christmas with my family, we left early that Monday morning. We actually stayed in Avon, which is between Beaver Creek Resort and Vail. We knew we weren't going to ski, but it was fun playing in the snow anyway. Michael enjoyed it and was a super good boy the entire time! He only threw a fit when we had to get out of the swimming pool at the condo!!

This is right when we got there....he wanted to go outside, so we went to the balcony, where he is saying 'cold'!

Sweet boy all bundled up...

Touching the snow for the first time!

Ummm....nope....it's cold!!

I do heart me some of this boy!

Derek and I talked about how we took more public transportation in 4 days than either of us had in our whole life! On the other hand, Michael loved riding the bus up to the mountain!!

Outside of the bus stop to go up to Beaver Creek....

My boys in front of the bear at Beaver Creek...

After no naps during Christmas at Juice & Pa's....this boy slept for about 2 hours on the shuttle from the airport to Avon, then that night for about 14 hours!!! He was one happy boy at breakfast!!

Yes, we were representing Tech at breakfast!! :)

Family photo at Beaver Creek....

Checking out the snow at Beaver Creek...

Stopping for some hot chocolate!

Not quite tall enough to sled or tube....

but tall enough to ride the gondola up the mountain...

just to play in the snow...

lots of fun at the playground at Beaver Creek...

It's not everyday that you see a live reindeer walking down the streets...

He wanted me to take his 'pishure' in front of the ram!

After nap is when he got to go swimming....so excited!!!

Wednesday, we decided to go to Vail. It was snowing big time and freezing!

He was so funny with the snow hitting his face....

Snow in Vail!

My boys in beautiful Vail...

And the most fun part of the whole trip was cleaning off the bench in Vail!!!

The last night, we went across the street to a little pizza joint. Michael got spaghetti and LOVED it!!!

Do you think we like our technology!?! Daddy on his iPhone, Michael on the iPad and I took the picture with my iPhone! We were waiting on the shuttle back to the airport on Thursday morning...

Sleepy boy on the shuttle to the airport...

After about 3 hours in the Denver Airport....still waiting for our plane, wondering if we can leave in a snow storm!!

The plane finally got there, but then we were delayed again because of visibility in the snow storm. I was beginning to think we were going to be spending the night in the airport with a 22 month old!

We finally got to get on the plane and we sat right on the wing. This is us waiting in line to de-ice! Seriously. I've never flown in a snow storm and never had to de-ice a plane!!! For some reason, neither one of us were nervous about getting on the plane or flying.

We finally got back to Amarillo (where it was super bumpy landing because of a wind storm). We got back to Juice & Pa's to spend the night about midnight. What a great trip (all except the last part). I guess....here's to Tax Season. Love you Daddy...we'll see you on April 16th! :)