Lights

Rob put our Christmas light up today. It was sunny and cold. Perfect! Hudson paid Lawson 2 stuffed animals to play a game of baseball with him. (because we needed a pitcher, batter AND umpire. (And Rob of course was busy.) At one point, Lawson said "ok, that's it." To which Hudson replied, "Keep playing Lawson...I'll pay you another stuffed animal." Really?! What is goin on around our house!!

We breaked for hot chocolate!

(Hudson has quite a way with the camera these days! Ha!)

Welcome Christmas!

Jesus, we celebrate your birth!

Thank you for joy, peace and hope you bring!

And so the Christmas Season begins...

The kids could not WAIT to open the Christmas boxes and reunite with their favorite ornaments and decorations!

Lawson loves to just sit and look at the ornaments. I think its really cute!

She has had this tree since she was 2. This year had to pretty much decorate it on her knees!

Hudson worked hard on his tree to seperate all his ornments by type and then group the different types of ornmaments together on the tree. So, red morotorcycles are in one place, black guitars and in one place, basketball ornaments in one place. etc. I have never seen a tree decorated like that! He said it makes his tree "stripey!"

Hudson and Lawson usally fight over who is going to put the star on top. However, Hudson discovered this year that our star has a bit of glitter on it...so now he doesn't want to touch it. He cant STAND glitter! I think it's his Kryptonite!

More pics to come when all our pics are compete!

Thanksgiving - Texarkana

The Buies on Thanksgiving Day 2011

Lawson and Hudson are at the age where they are pretty good at posing well for pics. But, every now and then they come up with their own ideas for the pics. As payment for all the times they cooperate with me...I try to be flexible and go with some of their ideas. The pose in the photo above is a Hudson orginal.

The Buies with Brady and "Balerie" (Valerie)

The kids colored turkeys before we ate lunch.

The big meal! Steph and Eddie and their girls were with their family in Little Rock. :(

My mom works on this meal for hours!!! And although its ridiculous that it takes so long to prepare all these dishes...they really are delicious! We had turkey, dressing (its my favorite part...and I look forward to it all year!), green beans (that have brown sugar on them and taste like candy!), sweet potato casserole (which I can now eat about a spoonful of....makes me feel grown up!), mashed potatoes, fruit salad, and yeast rolls.

The kids enjoyed their dinner with a movie in the living room! It looks nice and orderly...but they ate for all of 5 mins and then apparently there was a wild stuffed animal alligator who was attacking them and they were running around screaming???...

What do you do after a big turkey dinner? Take 2 dogs and 6 kids on a walk! It seemed like a great idea...but we realized quickly that we were a slow moving and high maintenance group...so we just kinda walked back in forth and in circles in front of my mom's house. The kids had a blast! It's always the simple things that are a hit! (and probably what they remember most!)

Lawson and Hudson have come alooooooong way in overcoming their fear of dogs! They were coompletly good being outside with Sparky...even when he was running around off of his leash. This is a first! I remember Thanksgivings when they wouldn't even go outside if he was outside...even in his kennel!

And then we even managed to squeeze in a game of soccer before heading in to watch the Cowboys. Of course, my dad outfitted them with goals and everything!

Here was my attempt to keep all the little ones quiet so we could watch the Cowboys. It worked for a few minutes! :)

Thanksgiving - Little Rock

Oh, what fun we had spending a few days with Rob's family in Little Rock...despite torential rains! We were there for 3 days...and it almost rained the entire time we were there. And by entire...I do mean entire. We started off with some bowling. The kids really had a good time and they each won a game...so that worked out good for us all!

Lawson and Morgan spent an entire morning working on a fuse bead project.

Hudson took everyone on in some serious air hockey matches.

These three spent every waking moment together the entire time we were there.

They built a tent on the bunkbeds and were sitting in the complete dark watching a movie in their fort.

And being well rounded children, they logged some time exercising...rotating between 3 different stations.

We did manage to play outside a bit. Hudson had a blast riding his bike through the puddles!

And dog walking is one of my kids new fav past times. So, if you have a dog that needs walking...give them a call!

I don't really have words for this one!

Geting to climb trees was definately one of the highlights.

They wer up in this tree for at least an hour!

This was the first time Lawson and Hudson have ever climbed trees..pretty sure it won't be the last! They loved it!

Love these two sitting in the same chair while playing on the computer! They logged quite a few hours like this.

We had a delicous Thanksgiving meal...that I forgot to photo. The kids enjoyed eating it in the living room, on TV trays watching a movie which allowed the adults to enjoy a nice quiet dinner!

Before we knew it...it was time to pack up and head to Texarkana to hang out with the Gibbs side! What a great start to the week!

Hudson's First Pre-K Performance...Almost

http://youtu.be/p_wn9ggOEtM

Hudson is 8th from the left...on the back row...wearing a red shirt.

This was a rehersal at his school. He has worked on these songs for weeks getting ready for the big performance. You can't see him too well on this video...Rob shot it on his phone when he was volunteering up at school one day. Unfortunately, he came home early from school sick with a stomach bug on the big day. So, I was glad that Rob captured the rehersal.

Lawson - John 3:16

Hudson - John 3:16

Oh Lawson...You're so cute!

Lawson just randomly got on the computer and typed this out yesterday and then posted it on her door. I asked her why...she said so if people come to our house....they can know all about her.That girl is just always thinking!

2011 School Pics

Awww....just look at them! So big! And SO stinkin' cute!