Baby G turns 7!

Guess it’s time to stop calling him “Baby G.”

Grant had quite a whirlwind of a day.  We started off by meeting Nana at IH*P for pancakes and a few presents.

Jenna went with Nana for the day while the rest of us headed down to the Big D to meet Gran and Pawpaw and Uncle Matt.  My parents surprised Grant with tickets to see the H*rlem Gl*betr*tters.  He has always loved to laugh and just recently started to love basketball, so it was the perfect present.  He loved every minute of it!  His brothers did too.  Cole watched the last season of the Am*zing R*ce with us, and one of the teams were from the Gl*betr*tters, so Cole thought it was so cool to see them in real life.  I left my camera in the car, so my pictures are the best I could do with my phone.

Grant’s choice for lunch was Mexican so headed over to the nearby El F*nix.  (I haven’t eaten at El F*nix in years, but y’all…did you know they have the best chips EVER?)  My parents didn’t want to make a scene by bringing Grant’s presents into the restaurant, so we loaded up in our car to watch Grant open his gifts. (It was 28 degrees, for cryin’ out loud!)

Zhou Zhou Pets!  David and I hate them already.

Finally, after picking up Jenna from Nana’s house, we headed home for some hot soup, a cookie cake, and the final presents from us.

Happy Birthday, my sweet Grant!  You have been a joy since the day you were born.

Movin’ On Up…

My Sweetheart studied his little heart out all through the Summer and Fall for the fire department promotional exam last October.  The exam consists of 100 questions pulled from six thick textbooks.  Did I mention these are MASSIVE textbooks?  David studied and read them all several times and did great on the test.  His grade, combined with seniority points, scored him first place on the promotional list (!) and a promotion to Driver the day before Christmas.  Hurray!

The fire department had a little ceremony to recognize his promotion on Tuesday, and Jenna and I were proud to attend. 

Congratulations, Sweetie!  You earned it!

(One of these days, I’m gonna get Photoshop to edit out tell-tale details, but in the meantime, please overlook my oh-so-subtle edits.)

Big Top Fun in Little "d"

Saturday night with no plans and a burning desire to get out of the house...What to do, what to do? Our inspired idea? Head over to the rinky-dink mall in our town to "ooo and aww" over the pets at the pet store and to let the kids try out the circus acrobat jumping contraptions in the center of the mall. (I totally want to try this out myself, but not on Saturday night with a big audience.)

G-man was the last to get up his gumption to try it, but I got the best pic of him. His smile never left his face and he screamed, "Awesome!" after each jump.

Jenna was the first to brave it, but she was terrified after the first jump. She still has a few sensory aversion issues, but I'm so proud of her for trying it. Little Miss didn't have the muscles to bounce an ounce, so David had to pull her down and let her go like a rubber band each time.

Mason had a ball and wants to have his birthday party here with a couple of friends. Sounds like a good idea to me.

I took these photos with my little Cannon camera I keep in my purse, so I didn't have the best shutter speed for this. I love how Mason is sorta disappearing in this photo like Michael J. Fox in the Homecoming dance scene of Back to the Future. Come on, McFly! Kiss her already so Mason doesn't fade from existence!

**Note...Cole was at a Jr. High sleepover. Pray for me, cuz he's gonna be cranky with a capital C tomorrow!

Snow!

We just had an amazing White Christmas, and we were blessed with more snow.  I know most folks don’t blog about every snowfall, but it is big news around these parts, so here are a few pics…

 

And here is Jenna’'s first snowman.  (Love the amrs growing from his head!)  Doesn’t she look proud?