Samuel's swings

Nine years ago December 13th my sister and brother - in - law had a baby boy named Samuel. He died in the womb due to a cord death. He was perfect. The whole thing is like nothing I have ever experienced, but I am so thankful for all of it. Their strength has shown so much to me. Shannon and Jerry are awesome. It is so hard to have a child die, but they are the best parents to the three other children that they have and I know Samuel is so happy that they are doing so well . I know that the whole experience touched people's lives in ways nobody knows. They got these swings in memory of him for their church. We had so much fun when we celebrated his 9th birthday and dedicated the swings to him. How awesome!!!

Samuels Swings

All the cousins had a blast at Samuels swings dedication. We are so thankful to be part of this family!!

More fun at Brewsters. Somehow I always manage to save these backwards. This is Hailey and her friend Brady.

Brook!!! We love her. She is so much fun. Brooke and Brady's dad is in the band.

Henley and her cousin Carley. Henley wasn't going to come, but then found out Carley was coming and decided she needed to be there too. The love to hang out when they can. We should do more with them.

Last Saturday night we went to see Five Card Draw at Brewster Street down town. They are friends and we had a blast.

Hailey and her friend Katie

Henley

Bruce and his cousin Darren. We were so glad they came out and we had a blast with he and his family!!!

Getting in the Christmas spirit!

Harley, Henley, Megan and Marin all walked in the Children's Christmas Parade last Saturday. Grandpa took them down there and walked with them. We all had other things to do, but they had a blast with grandpa!

My friend Kim had a Christmas brunch Saturday morning. It was a lot of great food and fun.

Sweet kiddos!!

It is so hard to get a good picture with all these kiddos. They are the best!

The End Product YUMMY!

Apple Pie!!

I'm thankful for help making yummy apple pies!!! The kids had a blast. I think they ate half of the apples dipped in the sugar, brown sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Can you say DOGFOOD!!!!

So tonight I tell Harley, Henley and Megan (my niece) that they have to feed the dogs all together. Well....I carried the dogfood in and for some reason Henley held it the wrong way!!! All over the kitchen floor it went. I told them all that I would pay them two dollars each if they would clean it up. The kitchen floor is all greasy! Gross!!!!

Just Fun!

One of our friend's parents won some of these gorillas and the little girls wanted them so badly they went back and won some for Henley and Harley.

Wurstfest!

Who is the TURKEY?

Bruce and I have taken the kids to this fest almost every year of their lives. It is just a fun get-together where we listen to music, eat German food and some drink a little beer. You will notice in the one picture of me just like any mom I am basically holding everything. Oh well what good would moms be if they couldn't get it all done!

Beautiful Canyon Lake

We headed up to the hill country last weekend to relax and go to Wurstfest. We stayed at a friend's lake house. It was the most beautiful day. There are tons of deer that are like pets all around. The kids had fun feeding the deer. We went to a little flea marked on a corner near the house and found these beer glasses and thought they would be perfect for Wurstfest.