Happy Valentines Day!

From D and his sweetheart, pictures taken by the fabulous Chera!

Most snow in MY lifetime

Feb 11th and 12th, 2010 will be remembered for a long time here in North Texas. We got about 12 inches of snow!! That's more than I've seen in my entire lifetime! So...what do you do when faced with a messload of snow, and a 5 year old? :) Why, you go PLAY in it!!! We got out of work early on the 11th, so Beth and I, plus the 3 boys, hit up a huge hill.

"I LOVE this, Mom!"

A kind man and his daughter let the kids try their toboggan.

D and Miss Beth making snow angels

Showing off those new stylin rain boots

Building a snow man!

And finally, we made snow ice cream, yummy!!

Mommy/Son Valentines Playdate

Despite the COLD and the wind, we braved 2 hours at a park to have some fun! My friend Casey organized a Mommy/Son Valentines Playdate, and it was a blast! A very talented chick brought some yummy and adorable cupcakes, and then we let the kid's decorate cookies as well grilled hotdogs and let the kids run wild on the playground.

The cupcakes!

Time for cookie decorating!

D was so proud of his finished product!

The Dallas Zoo

We hit up the Dallas Zoo with some friends!

D loves the white alligators

He was a bit nervous around the elephant, since it was making quite a bit of noise.

The penguins stayed close to us

LOL Mackin on one girl and takin her sister down in the process

Sneak peek of Chera pics!!

Here's a sneak peek of the pics that Chera took of D (and a random one or two of me too) in Deep Ellum. Love them!!! I can't wait to see the rest!

And this is D and her daughter, who he just LOVES. *heart*

Day 3 of the OKC Trip

Our last full day in OKC. We hit up the Fireman's Museum there, but on the way, I happened to spot quite an unusual cloud formation. Apparently there had been some aircraft go through the clouds and with as cold as it was, well, I'm not sure of the rest of the explanation, but it just looked crazy cool!!! After the museum, back to the house, to bake my dad a birthday cake since we would be leaving early the next day. And finally, we went to go watch my dad's soccer game, and then back to the house for some cake! A great day!

How neat is this??

D's such a poser...

Off to the playground outside the museum...

And climbing on the firetruck that was out there...that's my bro way in the background...

Yay for tire swings!

Mmmmmm the best part of cake making, licking the beaters!

Time to sing happy birthday!!

Get all the candles!!! Happy early birthday, Dad!

Day 2 of the OKC Trip

New Years Day...a new year, a time for family, fun, and lots of lights!

My dad put D to work shoveling snow while we waited on lunch to be ready, and for my half siblings to join us!

After lunch, it was playtime...yeah it was quite a dogpile!!

And then...Super D!!!

A bit later we went to look at Christmas lights and saw these...gorgeous!! I had to snap some pics...

New Years Eve in OKC

So for New Years Eve this year we headed to OKC to see my dad. We stayed til the 3rd so there will be more pics to come, this one is just about New Years Eve tho. We drove through a nasty storm to get together, but it finally cleared out, and was just freakin cold the rest of the way! They had a blizzard over Christmas so there was still lots of snow hanging around! D had a BLAST playing it, and so did we, esp getting HIM with snowballs...lol After some playtime, we went to the OKC Thunder vs Utah Jazz game. We were invited to join some people my dad knew in a suite, and the OKC Thunder mascot Rumble came to join us for a photo op! D was in heaven! He had been watching for Rumble the whole game up until then!!! When the game was over, we headed into downtown OKC to get ready to watch the ball drop and the fireworks at midnight. Happy New Year!

D on the dino he got

Snow time!

Uhoh the snowball fights have begun...

This was D RIGHT after my brother told him to go get Liz!

Payback sucks!! lol Run, D!

Totally not expecting this one!

"He got me!!!"

"Ok I'm about done with this cold stuff"

"Thunder UP!"

D with Rumble, the mascot

My dad, D, my bro, me, and Liz (my dad's wife) after the Thunder BEAT the Jazz!

All bundled up to head outside in 26 degree temps

Liz and my dad, such a cute couple!

D is ready for some fireworks!

Aren't they gorgeous! There were some really neat looking ones too!