Disney on Ice

Disney on Ice was quite the adventure. Needless to say... we were running later than planned due to unplanned car shopping. So we convinced Marty (who hates the thought of paying tolls mind you) to drive on the toll road to avoid downtown Austin. As we were reaching the end of the toll road and already in South Austin, I realized I forgot the tickets at home! One quick U-turn later... we were cancelling our dinner plans and headed North on the toll road back home to get the tickets. Quick stop to get tickets, trip through a drive thru for food and back on the toll road again. ~$14 in tolls later we made it to the south side of Austin and off the toll road. We managed to get to the Alamodome 10 minutes before the show started and that included getting dropped off at the door. Oh... but the adventure did not end there. We get in the arena area and there are people in our seats. Whoever the brainiac was that labeled the rows R10 and 10 needs to be fired!!! After getting the others to their correct seats, we were pretty much home free. The kiddos were very mesmerized... Marty and I were in complete shock of the food prices and we managed to get back home toll free. All in all a very good time and a night we will more than likely never forget! Nice blue mouth Madi! :)

Drew completely mesmerized!

Happy St. Patricks Day

When I was growing up St. Patrick's Day meant green pancakes and green milk. Good thing Grandma & Grandpa were here this year to kick me into gear and actually do this with Madi and Drew as I have been meaning to for a couple of years. Here are the kiddos with their festive green breakfast!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

While Grandpa & Grandma were visiting... we were able to celebrate Grandma's birthday with her. Very good friends of our family from all the way back to the days when I was little were able to visit us too. We went out to the Oasis to celebrate. It was a gorgeous March day which was well due after the oddly long and cool winter here. What a great time we had!

SNOW DAY!!!

We had a true snowy day for the Austin area today. Madi and Drew built a snowman that was actually decent size for this part of the country. Unfortunately I couldn't find my gloves so this was as big as my hands could stand. :-) We also made snow angels... they threw snowballs... at me before I left for preschool and apparently at the windows when I was gone. Here they are rolling snowballs...

(Sorry -- this post is out of order... one day I will add the pictures in correctly)... This was our first snowman attempt. He wasn't quite as big and sadly... after 20+ years of living in Wisconsin and building snowmen... I totally forgot how to make one. Good thing I figured it out before the second one that was above. Madi wanted a third but Drew and I were pretty well "snowed" out. Good thing this only happens once in a blue moon here! :-)

Here was the snow coming down by our house... Most had melted when this snow came in. The snow earlier in the day that I didn't get pictures of had some of the biggest snowflakes coming down that I had ever seen. CRAZY!!!!

New haircut & My sweet little Brewer fan

Thanks Auntie TT for the super cool shirt. It is so fun that Drew is such a big Brewer's fan. He is loving his #99 shirt!

Drew was all excited to get his haircut. He wanted it cut short. We were so used to Drew having his hair the other way... I am sure it will take a little getting used to.

Precious Moments

Funny enough this is not an unusual moment... just the first time I managed to capture it. Often times when Madi and Drew are stuck in the same bed, Drew ends up using Madi as a pillow. This was at Grandpa and Grandma's house... Believe it or not they had a huge bed to lay in and Drew still ends up using his favorite pillow. So cute -- I will miss these days when they are gone.

Christmas Eve and Reindeer Food

Grabbed a quick snap of Madi and Drew before we left for church on Christmas Eve. They were so excited that it was "snowing" outside.
We came home and ate dinner and then went to put reindeer food out. It was so cold and I am amazed Drew still had pants on. I have learned that my kiddos hate wearing pants, long sleeves and sweatshirts. They are defintiely Texas kids. Only problem... Texas has been COLD this winter.