Ice Skating - Round 2

So, to fill in the gap between fall baseball and basketball we took another round of ice skating lessons. While he will never be an Olympic skater he is definitely getting the "hang" of it and improving in his skills. Here are pictures from his most recent round of classes. Oh, and, in case you were wondering, it is quite cold in an ice skating rink during December.... brrrrrrrr!!

DD Construction & Remodeling at it again...

Those of you who know us well know we spend a lot of time working on projects. Well, as you know, not all of those projects are our own. So, over the long weekend we also helped my parents with a little project at their house. The goal was to remove a 35+ year old sliding glass door from the master bedroom and replace it with a window. No one has even seen this door in at least 20 years so it certainly won't be missed. Here are a few pics from the momentous occasion. The project is close to completion, waiting on Lowe's to get that siding in and still need a little trim work on the inside but definitely an improvement over that leaky old door.





Even Chris came along to help out - without Kathy, brave brave man...

December is here, already???

Hard to imagine that December is already here. Over the long weekend we decorated the tree and house and are getting ready for our big trip (mentally anyway). To let off a little steam the "boys" rode the 4 wheeler in a field near our house. I got a few pics to share. They had a lot of fun and Michael sped up just a little bit more each time he went over the big bump - he's a daredevil, wonder where he gets that from?

Native Lands Field Trip

On election day the Sloan School took a break from politics and sent the 2nd and 3rd grade classes to see the Native Lands exhibit. It's an interactive exhibit which includes African, American Indian, Cowboy and Animal shows. The kids were very excited about the trip. I tagged along and here are a few shots of Michael and his buddies from today. It was a beautiful day!

Commander Cody

For Halloween this year Michael chose to be Commander Cody from the new Star Wars - Clone Wars movie. He's obsessed with Star Wars, among many other things. We had a full day of it with the party at school and run-of-the-mill trick-or-treating that night (with a quick wash of the costume in between). As you can see he made quite a haul.




Even Mom got into the spirit this year...

Cowboy Fever

Today we took Michael to see the Cowboys play in their last season at Texas Stadium. The opponent was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Although Mr. Romo did not play it was still a good game with the Cowboys coming out on top. Michael had a great time and was a little in awe of the whole experience. Here are some pics from the visit - go Cowboys!!

Brandon's Football

Today we finally made it to one of Brandon's youth football games. All of Brandon's games start at 8:00 a.m. which has been hard with baseball usually starting at 9. But, we finally got there on the last regular game of the season. I took a couple of pictures of the boys and, of course, they insisted on a goofy one so I'm going to share it - boys will be boys after all...












Of couse, Brandon's team won the game - go Dragons (Gold)!