Thursday Golf Day in Texas

Just a shout out to Keri Doolittle.  Almost all of these pictures are hers.  They looked lots better than mine.

Friday golf day!  Twins sort of!

 Easton is ready to go!

 Texas golf course in the winter!

 Fire ants.  Keri warned us if we saw this but with a mound to stay away!

Ryland and Easton are for sure golf better than a lot of adults.  Myself included.  I started out great but after about 2 holes straight downhill!

   

 Katie and the boys!

 Mark and Keri!

 Katie and me!

 Nice swing Katie!

We were slowing up the people behind us.  I was AOK with going back to the country club!  I was sliding down fast.  I knew the straight hits wouldn't last.  Keri, Easton and I headed back for a snack so there weren't 6 of us golfing.  Big sacrifice on my part. NOT.

 There are iPads on the bar for anyone to use.  Easton was playing a game!

Afterwards we went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch.  This is some special beer Katie was drinking but I can't remember why it was special.

Home again.  Ryland got a geode kit for Christmas.  Smash open the geodes and there are beautiful crystals inside.  We all had fun smashing.  

 Ryland shared some with me so I could show my class.  I love stuff like this!

And so it begins.  The 4 days of putting the puzzle together.  We all participated for sure.  The pieces looked so much alike you would have to find a little difference in something on them and then group them.

 Intense!

That puzzle was driving me nuts but I could not walk away for long.  Every time I said no more I was back at it before I knew it!

Christmas Texas Style

Shout out to Keri Doolittle for the pictures she shared.  Thanks Keri!

And the stockings were hung from the chimney with care in hopes...

Here we go!

Love the face!!!!

Dad showing Easton how to use his new bow and arrow!

Oh, before we started, Keri had us each go into our rooms and look for a crown or a tiara!  Each had an envelope attached to them.  Guess what was in the envelope?  Tickets to the Medieval Dinner and jousting match!  Fun way to receive a gift!

Lots of happy faces!

So I played a little joke on Katie.  I purchased an ornament like this for Katie in 2011.  I got her another one in 2012.  She nicely told me that I had purchased one for her the year before.  I didn't remember at all.  Well, this year I decided to get another one and pretend that I didn't remember again.  Look at how nice she was when she got it out of her sock.  Big smile and said nothing.  Just thank you!  I waited for an hour or so before I told her that I did remember that I got her these for the last two years!

Princess Katie!

A gift from the Doolittles!  Love it and it is hanging in our house now!

Two wonderful gifts.  It's Good to Be Alive lyrics and picture with Jason Gray.  Ryland got Katie a cross.

Now they are golf ready!

From the Lathrops!  MONEY!

Spy kit!  Love the shades Easton!

Some of us were more skilled at this game.  We put this on our heads and tried to throw the balls in the basket ourselves.  I could not get one ball in and everyone else was able to do it.  Not sure why!

Here come the magic tricks!  Ryland got a magic set!

We all had to close our eyes!

Mark is behind this blowing up the punching bag!

 Mark tried his hand at some magic.

Time for some snacks!

Not sure what this is all about!

Ryland wanted this puzzle!  890 pieces, 3D puzzle of Big Ben!  We had to take out a bunch of pieces with red dots on them that were not part of the puzzle.  Why they weren't taken out before they packaged the puzzle I have no idea.  We filled a gallon size plastic bag with red dot puzzle pieces.  Ryland lost interest after the red dot removal.  This puzzle is a story!

Presents gone wrong?  The battery for one scooter didn't come until after Christmas.   So testing out the other one!

Mark did good, I just about crashed.

So did Ryland!  Mark was right there to save him.  They were a little big for these guys.  Next year they can ride them!

Spider man crawls up the walls.

Ham for dinner and poppers.  We each got a hat, small gift, and a sheet with jokes and trivia on them. We shared our jokes and Easton could pop up with an answer instantly as we were pondering what the punch line might be.  He was even right once.  So funny to hear what he came up with!  It was a really nice day full of family and fun!