The kids and Santa Claus!!

We took the kids to meet Santa Claus last night and they were so excited about getting to meet him!! They wanted to tell santa what they wanted for Christmas and Kayla even gave him a BIG hug when it was their turn to see him. They did so great for the picture too. Last year they cried since they didn't know this stranger, but now they talk about him and they did wonderful!! We had to wait in the mall for 2 hours just to get the picture done, but it was so worth it to see the kids faces when they actually got close to him!!! Kayla was a little upset that she didn't get her Cinderella like she asked for, but she also doesn't understand the whole Santa Claus thing yet, so we had to explain that Santa will bring presents to our house on Christmas Eve for her to open on Christmas day!! Anyway I think it went well considering how long we had to wait with two 3 year olds! They did really good!!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas this year!!!! It is only 2 weeks away!!!

Christmas tree decorating 2009

Every year the day after Thanksgiving we always go and pick out our christmas tree and decorate it. This year was much more fun than the last since the kids are older and were excited about picking out our tree. They told us which one they liked at the store and then we got home and by looking at these pictures you can see they were excited about putting it up and hanging ornaments. Enjoy these pictures and memories we have made together as a family.


Here is Larry taking the net off that they wrapped the tree with at the store. The kids watching from below was too cute!!
Larry putting lights on the tree and the kids followed him around the tree! Cute!!

Helping mommy decorate the tree with all our ornaments. They were so excited to get to help.

Finished the tree and they were inspecting all the ornaments that we hung!

I couldn't get them to actually look at the camera, but maybe one of these days I can sneak a picture of them together in front of the tree!

Now we just can't wait to see what Santa will bring us this year!! Merry Christmas to everyone!!

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We sure did and we have so much to be Thankful for in our lives! We had lots of yummy food and great fellowship together as a family. Larry had to work at the firestation, but we got to spend a couple of hours at the station with him, so that was good we got to see him. Here are a few pictures from our day. Enjoy



Dickens family group picture. We were missing some family that couldn't make it, but we wanted a group photo for memories.

Davis Family picture minus Larry since he had to work.

Daddy showing the kids the water hose on the fire truck. They loved that!

Daddy and his babies!!

Thanksgiving Feast at Pre-school 2009

Thursday 11/19/2009 the kids had their Thanksgiving feast at school and parents were invited to come if they wanted so since daddy has to work on Thanksgiving this year we decided to go see them. Here are some pictures that I took of them during lunch.

They all had little leaves with their names and what they are thankful for.

Here is there teacher Ms. Lorrie. The kids really like her!

The tables were so cute and all decorated!

All the kids eating!

Here are a few pictures of their classroom.

11/23/2009 when I picked the kids up from school they had little turkeys that they made out of toilet paper rolls and they got to color on them. They were so cute!! Of course the kids did not want to look at the camera together so I could get a picture of them together.

The kids are really loving their school and have so many new friends!!

We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We have so much to be thankful for in our lives!!

First day of school!!

Today Kayla and Cooper started pre-school. They are going to a christian school that uses the "A Becka" curriculum. They will have bible time twice daily which I really like!!

I was most concern with how the kids would go in and how they would act when I left and surprisingly they both did great and didn't shed any tears, neither did mommy!! They walked in and said hi to their teacher Ms. Lori and both put their back packs down. Cooper went to sit at the table and a cute little blonde headed girl came up to him and said "do you want to play with me" and Cooper just said yes and stood up, but then he looked at me and came over and gave me a kiss and told me bye!! He was the one that I thought I would have a melt down with, but he did great! The little girl told him it was play time and they went to play with toys. Kayla just stood by me and after Cooper told me bye, she looks at me and says " don't leave mommy" with her little eyes. I just assured her it would be fun and ok for mommy to leave and told her to not cry because she said she wouldn't and that she would be a big girl!! She gave me a hug and kiss and went with Ms. Lori and I left. There were no tears which made me very happy!!

I know they will have a great time at this school and will enjoy getting to interact with all their new friends!! This is a big change for them as they have been either at the baby sitters house or at our house on mommy's day off, so now they will be in this school environment and will have activities and playground time and learning new things to help them develop and they will have structure which is what they need more of right now!!

I am so excited to go pick them up to hear about all they did today!!

As I am typing this, I just got a call from the school nurse and she told me that Kayla was playing on the play ground and got a bump on her head. She was not sure what she hit, but Kayla was not crying and they had some ice on it, so she just wanted to inform me of what happened. Kayla is my accident child, so I am sure that this will not be my only phone call from the school on her!!

Well that is it for now!! I will update to let everyone know how they are doing in school!!


Also, we want to say a big Happy Birthday to uncle Chris!!! He turned 24 today!!!! We love you Uncle Chris!! Hope you had a great day!!!!!

Kayla & Cooper's 3rd birthday party!!

Today we had the kids birthday party at the Texas Avenue Park in Webster Texas. It was a beautiful day even though it was a little warm! We had a great time and the kids had a great birthday party with all our friends and family!! Here are some pictures from the party! Thanks Aunt Lexis for getting some pictures for me!!

Here is our Birthday girl!!!

Here is our Birthday boy!!!

Grandma and mommy worked very hard on the cakes!

Kayla wanted to eat the candy from the table! Yummy Pizza!! This is our little friend Zachary who we met at the NICU Reunion this year! Thanks for coming to celebrate with us Kim & Zachary!!! Here is our NICU buddy Rees who we met while in the hospital. Pops getting some kisses. Daddy was sticking his tongue out at Aunt Lexis! Our Princess!!! Pinata time!!!

Cake time!! Cooper was singing along with everyone!! Too cute

Cooper showing us he is "3" now.

Kayla was getting tired, but she wouldn't put the candy away!!!

Present time!!!

Our friend Rees got Kayla and Cooper these Masks and they are having fun with them already!! Thanks Rees for coming to celebrate our birthday with us!!

The kids had a great birthday and a great party and we are so happy and thankful for all that could come and celebrate with us!! We enjoyed the day and were so happy that we had nice weather!!