Neighborhood Santa

On Friday the neighborhood had a Christmas block party. Turnout was excellent and Santa was there! Sean was a little shy of Santa.

Jingle Bell Run

On Sunday Mom ran the 5 mile YMCA Jingle Bell Run downtown. Dad and Sean were there for moral support (until they escaped the windy and rainy weather by going to the Flying Saucer to watch the Texans win their 4th in a row by beating the top ranked Titans.)

Sean loves to dip his chips

Friendswood Christmas Parade

On Saturday Friendswood had its annual Christmas Parade. Very cool. The streets were packed with spectators and the parade was long.

This electric truck looked like Maytor from Cars to Sean

Sean was totally focused on the parade

What is coming next?

Snow in Houston!

On Wednesday night it snowed in Houston! It tied the record for the earliest ever snowfall in Houston - and, of course, we usually go 10+ years between actual snowfalls here.

Grandma (a Yankee) is excited too

Snow on tropical plants

The backyard...

Too much excitement for Sean - who could not figure out why the adults kept on calling "rain" snow

Cookie Exchange

On 12/7/08 many of our friends came over for a Christmas cookie exchange. The cookie count was staggering!

Heather reads to Elissa, Sean and Ike while Carol looks on

Sean and Elissa square off on the sheepskin

Happy anniversary to Barb and Dave - 5 years of marriage, 6+ years in love - now blessed with Sean

November Update

Late November has been very busy. We finally closed on our old house on 11/18/08. We went right out and bought a real dining room table to fit our new dining room.

Old dining table

New Mango Wood Dining Table that seats up to 12

Sean is very serious while coloring

Sean shows off his elephant slippers

Sean with Abagails sun glasses

Sean finds something fun to do at the bounce play place. He still hates blow-up bounce toys.

Sean and Daddy try to warm Sean up to bounce toys

Earlham Visit

Abagail, Mackenzie, Morgan, Todd, Jewels, Angela, Madeline, Nick, Elissa and Sean enjoy Clear Creek

A couple of weeks ago our old Bible Study friends came to visit with the bonus addition of Nick, Heather and Elissa. What continuously amazes me is the shear number of kids. Of the 4 Bible Study couples present we have gone from 2 kids originally to 8 kids with 1 on the way.

We must have looked like an invading army as we walked the two blocks from our house to Clear Creek. The kids had a great time throwing sticks in.

Daddy "tortures" Sean

Sean and Daddy on the front doorstep

Sul Ross Pics

Our tradition is to take one picture a year in front of the Sul Ross statue, former Governor of Texas and Chancellor of Texas A&M University.

Sean at 4 months in the womb

Sean at 6-months old (A&M beat ULM)

Sean at 22 months old

A&M v. OU

Courtesy of KT we had tickets for the A&M OU game today.

It was a longer trip from Friendswood to College Station than from Willowbend. Sean took advantage of the drive for a nap.

Unfortunately, we did not have seats near KT or the Cooks. Sean became a popcorn fanatic during the game.

After 1.5 quarters Sean had had enough. Sean and Dad went to the endzone to watch the game on the Jumbotron and play on deconstructed stairways.

Then, on the other end of the stadium, we found a golf cart to play on.

Sean and Mom imbibe at the Dixie Chicken after the game

Friendswood Halloween

Sean the Lion plays with his Halloween countdown calendar

Friendswood's Chamber of Commerce held its 8th annual Halloween party Thursday at Stevenson Park in downtown Friendswood. Grandma, Dziadziu and Joanne came with us, as well as Rhonda and her 3 kids. I drove through the crowds on the way home and so new it was better to walk (downtown is 2 blocks away :-) )

We expected 3 or 4 booths with a couple of hundred kids. Instead, it was HUGE. There were probably 35-40 booths with at least 1,000 kids. The booths were run by area organizations and businesses that handed out candy and flashy trinkets. The kids loved it.

Sean walks towards the festivities

Sean and the parrot (?) size each other up

Sean and the Parrot (?) decide to be friends. Sean was awestruck by the giant bird.

Rhonda with her brood

Abby's 5th Birthday

Princess Abagail Turns 5!

Abby tries to help Sean smile

It took a lot of work but Abby got all the candles to go out

Sean and Morgan investigate

Wrapping Up Our CO/WY Vacation

Friday we headed out from Lander back to Denver. We took a scenic detour through the Snowy Mountains in southwest Wyoming.

Partly frozen lake in Snowy Mountains

Anida, Daniel and Rachel in the cold

Rachel and Sean in the double stroller

Daniel, Sean and Rachel contemplate all the leaves

Sean and Rachel help clean up leaves