Porch Lizard

And here is a photo of our front porch pet...the lizard. They love sitting on the palm trees or aloe vera. Sometimes they are very hard to see because they change color from a very vibrant green to almost chocolate brown. Strange little guys.

Tiny Ballerina

Annabelle is taking a ballet/tumbling class now. She totally loves it. Here are some pics of the tiny ballerina in motion.

Happy 2011!

Wishing all our family & friends a Happy New Year!
Hoping that 2011 has lots of fun, adventure & changes in store for us. I'm sure it will!

This lazy Sunday Annabelle and I are baking some sugar cookies and relaxing. Should be another wonderful sunny South Texas day!




 Happy New Year everyone!
We love you!

Gearing up for the Holidays!

 We're gearing up for the Holidays down here. It's been a warm November & early December but thankfully the weather cooled down into the 60's and 70's today, perfect weather for doing some outside decorating. Our tree is now up, snowman is in the yard & lights are on the shrubs. I don't think I'll ever get used to this extremely warm weather in December! Happy Holidays everyone!

Annabelle's 4th Birthday!

The Birthday Girl!

I can't believe my baby is already 4! It seems like just yesterday she was a tiny baby.


This year we decided to do a princess theme party with a candy buffet and a blow up princess tent. Annabelle was SO excited since this was her first "real" birthday party with friends at our house. The weather had been beautiful for the past few weeks, we were looking forward to having the party in our backyard but unfortunately when we woke up on Saturday it was gray, soggy & gloomy out so we had to move part of the party to our garage which is tiled - that worked out really well for us! Annabelle had a great time with her friends, we ate cake, played games and let the kids play all over the house. It didn't rain during the party so the kids did get to play on Annabelle's swing set. Here are some pics from the princess party.

The Candy Buffet

Singing Happy Birthday

Castle in the Party Garage

Eating Cake

Playing!

The Cake

Opening Gifts

Balloons & Flowers

Busy, busy, busy

Since preschool started the last few weeks have just been a blur. We've been busy doing a whole lot of nothin'! I did get some of the Halloween decorations up and took a cute photo of Annabelle in her pumpkin costume (which she HATES), oh, & I had to bribe her with one dollar to get her to wear the costume :). Temperatures are getting a bit cooler down here & the next few months should be much nicer than the summer months. I do miss the Kansas/Oklahoma fall & winter! Oh, & here are a few other things I miss:
• Snow
• Coats & Mittens
• Sweaters
• Taco Bueno!
• The English Language
• Arbys
• Family & Friends Close By
• Hot Cocoa (really no need for it down here!)
• SMALL bugs (our roaches are four feet long I swear!)
• Crispy Fall Leaves (Palm trees just aren't the same!)
• Snow Boots
• Braums
• Fast Driving on Roads & Highways
• Being in the Majority not the Minority
So funny the things that I miss, and the list for things I DON'T miss is probably twice as long :). After living here for over a year now I think we are adjusting well & making new friends. Annabelle is enjoying preschool (even though she is the only white girl in her class) she totally loves it!