January Randoms

The last Saturday of Spring Break was a beautiful day and we decided to venture out a little all the way to Bella Vista.  I had heard about walking trails that led to a waterfall on the Tanyard Creek trail.  I was more entusiastic about going than the rest of my crew...until we got there.  The kids had a blast!  There were unlimited rocks to be thrown into streams everywhere and all kind of water puddles and streams to walk through!  And although La and Hud are getting a little older, today proved they are still kids at heart!

The picture doesn't do it justice...but the waterfall did not dissapoint!

It's kinda a miracle that no one fell in! 

A few days later...this happend....

the Big 41 for me! And Brady!  My mom found some fun throw back pics of us growing up...on our shared day!

All I can say is:  hair-check!  red nails-check!  big eyebrows - check!This 80s girl had it going on!

I had a great birthday...even though it fell on one of the busiest days of the week...we managed to squeeze in a party!  Rob picked up Outback Steakhouse on the way home and had it waiting for me when I got home from taking Lawson to tumble. 

And of course we had cookie cake!  My fav!  And mom sent me this pic from my 10th bday when I had a cookie cake.  Maybe that's where it all began!

I love seeing pics that Lawsons' teachers post from school.  Love getting a glimpse of what her day is like.  And isn't she the cutest kid?!

Lawson's cheer team is working hard for competitions coming up in March and April in Kansas City. 

I cooked a pork roast one night and literally just threw it on plates for dinner.  When I sat down....I was like "this is magazine pretty!"  so I took a pic.  I always feel a little pride when I get up at 5:30...leave the house at 7 with everyone's lunch boxes packed...work a full day...hit the gym...run the kids to practices and then serve a home cooked meal to my family.  Certainly doesn't happen everyday....but I feel like a good "mom" when it does!

Robbie and Hudson watched all 6 Star Wars movies to catch Hudson up so that they could go see the new Star Wars movie.  They said it was really good. 

Hudson has started basketball practice.  His season starts on Jan 30. 

Although the season has been relatively mild, we have had a few frigid mornings this month and a few snowflakes!

My new nephew, Tyler Joseph, was born on December 16.....2 months early!  He weighed 4-15.  He is still in the NICU....doing great...just working on getting strong enough to eat.  He has a feeding tube right now.  We are praying for him and hoping that Brady and Valerie will be coming home very soon!  Wecome to the family sweet Tyler!

Twice this month this has happed...a sibling game of basketball.  One Sunday it went on for like 2 hours and did not end in a fight!  Not sure weather to feel happy or worried...because this is definately out of the norm!  And even though the rattled the second floor of the house until every nerve I had was shot....I let them continue because they were having so much fun!

Hudson's first basketball game of the season!  He is #11 for the Eagles!  They won 16-12.  He scored 8 points, had 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal!  Way to go Hud!  He had a lot of fun!

After the game we had lunch and hung out on the square for awhile.  It was a warm winter day and the ice rink had water an inch deep on top.  We sat and watched and cringed as we saw people fall down.  They were soaked!

Little Rock Christmas

I love that we get Christmas in Little installments for several day!  So, here are some pics from our Christmas in Little Rock. Judy served us a wonderful meal...ham, green beans, delicious rice and pineapple casseroles and rolls and butter from Roadhouse!  Yumo!

Then we opened presents!

Followed by desserts!  No photos to prove that! 

Lawson was able to hook up with her friend Anna while we were in town too.

We went bowling, went to a retro arcade, watched movies and just had a great time hanging out in Little Rock for a few days!

Days After Christmas

We had a fun time hanging out at Mimi's and Doo Dads house for a couple days after Christmas!

Love that we almost always get to celebrate Reese's birthday with all the Gibbs crew!

After lunch and presents, the girls took off to get pedicures while the guys napped and watched football at the house. Win win!

Happy 9th Birthday,Reese!

Christmas Day

The long awaited Christmas Day! 

Again, the "no-earlier-than 7am" wake up time was placed in effect at our house!  And at 7 am Hudson came into our room wanting to know if he could wake up Lawson and see what Santa had brought! (Good thing we had called our little Santa Hunter off last night and made him go to bed so Santa could safely make his deliveries!) Remembering that before phones or messaging devices and when our bedroom was on the other side of the house from the kids, we used to have them bang on the wall that was shared between their room and ours to let us know that they were up and headed to the living room to see what Santa had brought!   Because we wanted to be in their to capture their reactions! I think that is what you call "old school"...that was like so " 2009"!




Santa did not dissapoint!  Lawson got a new bike, a vera bradley duffle bag, a new stuffed animal from Clear Water Marine Aquarium, Lokai bracelets and American Girl Doll clothes/accessories.

Hudson got a new nerf gun, a video drone, playstation games and a Golden State Warriors hat with Steph Curry's autograph embroidered on it!
Christmas is SO beautiful and SO messy!  Anyone feel me?

It was a beautiful Christmas morning so we went out to watch Hudson fly his new drone and went on a bike ride to try out Lawson's new bike!

Then we got dressed and packed up the car to head to Texarkana for more Christmas with my side of the family! It was a 5 hour drive for us from Bentonville to Texarkana.  The kids handled it like Champs.

Landry and Ashley were amazing hosts for our family Christmas get together this year due to the fact that mom had been helping Valerie and Brady in Houston until 2 days before Christmas Eve!

We read the Christmas Story every year and the kids act out the story with mom's custom nativity characters she made 30 years ago!  They are the cutest things you have ever seen!  Love, love, love them!  All the clothes are custom.  All facial features are hand stiched.  She poured hours into these figures!

The kids always really enjoy this...but I won't lie there are usually a few tears over the role they have been assigned!

Then we have birthday cake and since "Happy Birthday to Jesus"!

Then we open presents!

Then the playing commenced.  The girls put on makeup and costumes and planned a show.  The boys looked for ways to spy and chase them.  Just the usual!  Hudson did a few of his magic tricks.

Fun family pics!  Love "naughty" Reese in this pic...pretty sure she learned this face from her dad!

Love this one of me and Ash trying out our new shaws/scarfs mom gave us for Christmas so I thoguth I would throw it in too.  Steph had one too but she was busy on Gibson duty and didn't make the pic. 

Check out the wild Christmas Weather we had this year!  It was a long, full wonderful day!