Amy turns 4!!!

A couple of weeks ago Amy turned 4...can't believe she is getting so big! We had a little party at our house for her... 

Brett and Grams...

Family picture time...

And one with the pups!  Note, the party theme was CARS :)  Amy's favorite thing in the world! 

Opening presents...under Flash's watchful eye...

Cake time!  Tyler carried it for her!

Brett enjoying his Cars cupcake compliments of Mimi!

Amy eating her special cake!

Ryan loved his too!

All the kiddos! 

Aunt Meredith came down a day earlier to take Amy on a special date!  They started at the mall and of course had to ride the carousel!  Then they left Brett with Mimi and headed out to the Children's Museum!  They had a great time!  Amy is still talking about it!!!

Christmas!!!

This year we were in Amarillo and we had such a fun time!  All of the grandkids and great-grandkids were at Oma and Opa's...such a fun time! 

The kids (mnus Jake) putting out their stockings for Santa!

Brett got a tricyle from Santa! 

Amy got a race track from Santa...all she asked for...such a girl!

Brett and Aunt Courtney! 

Auntie made us all hats for playing in the snow...
The girls...

The boys...

We woke up on Christmas morning to snow!  So cool!  We all went out for a little bit...

Oma picking on poor little Matt...

Jake and Mimi warming up...

Brett had to sit by Opa the whole time we were there!  Here they are at Christmas dinner!

Amy and Uncle eating...

We left Amarillo and stopped by Dallas to have Christmas with Matt's family...

Amy helping me open my presents...

Brett got some tickle Elmo hands...they were a hit!

Aunt Meredith and Uncle Brandon got Amy a Mickey Mouse jacket...it is awesome!  She only wears it like this, so she can see Mickey!

Such a fun Christmas...after we got home, we had Matt's extended family out to our house to celebrate, but I forgot to take any pictures that day! 

In December, we went to the Zoo to have breakfast with Santa...It was cold, but such a fun day!  Brett loved it all, except Santa! 

Making a little craft...

Checking out the animals...they look so big here...

Elephants!

Waiting to feed the giraffes...it is so cool!

Carousel!!!

We also went to the nutcracker with the Gist girls...The girls were all so sweet and I think really liked it! 

Amy didn't want her picture taken...obviously :)

Here we are before we headed out...Mimi and Courtney went with us!

Meanwhile, Brett went with Grandpa and Daddy to AutoRama...and had a ball!

Amy and Brett's school also had their Christmas program...they were so cute!  They had to wear pajamas to the program, Amy HAD to match Brett...I was in a race the day before to find matching ones!  But we succeeded!

Brett's class sang and danced with their hippos!  So cute and he got to bring his hippo home!  It is still in his bed!

Here is Amy...she was a little nervous, but sang along!  Very precious!

Brett still not a fan of Santa! 

Last Fall...in a nutshell!

So the blog has definitely been lacking lately, so I will recap our fall quickly! And completely out of order, but I am too lazy to attempt to fix that...

On Thanksgiving, we met up with the Gaffords and Babers before the tu game...a stopped for a quick picture...

Then we cruised in to the game with the Landrys!  Pretty cold, but we had fun at the game...until the last drive :(

So way back in September, we went with the Landrys to the Dominician Republic...it was fabulous!  Six days of relaxing, swimming and hanging out...very relaxing...

Matt and Jeremy went fishing one morning and caught a couple of big ones!  Courntey and I sat by the pool!

We did go on a "Moon Rocker" excursion...it was pretty funny...Jeremy and Courtney's would die if they didn't gas it and Matt flooded ours out in a huge mud puddle...pretty fun times :)
The Landrys (yes, the helmets were mandatory)

How we spent most of our time :)

In October, Amy went to her first Aggie game!  She helped the Ags btho Baylor!  And she and Daddy had the best time! 

Not sure what the pose is...

Watching the band with Jeremy!

And on the field after the game!  A little sad because the other kids had footballs...

Big and Rich were at our Christmas party and no one had a real camera...so a cell phone pic of Courtney and I...

Yard Work?

Back in December, Matt and Amy went outside to do "yard work"...apparently yard work is fun when there are tons of leafs!  Amy had the best time in them.  Brett did too, but I forgot to get the camera back out after he woke up from nap...

One of four piles that were this big...

 Action shot...she seriously had the BEST time :)

 And also awesome...riding in the tractor trailer during pick ups :)

 Even Mommy got a turn :)