Welcome to Blogland!

I just want to welcome my 'better late than never' Bestie to Blogland! With enough badgering and begging, I knew I could get you to join:-) I look forward to seeing all the pictures of your adorable boys and family! xoxo

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I have so many things to be thankful for, I could never list them all. I thank God for blessing me with more than I could dare to dream. Here are the blessings at the top of my list...

Love my Honey so much...his optimistic outlook and nutty sense of humor balance my "sourness". I would not be complete without him.







Love my first little rascal...Brandon has such a kind heart. He is mild and sweet; a pure delight.







Love my second little rascal...Gavin is our adventurer. He is such a joy; full of energy and keeps me laughing. He is made up of everything boy.







Thankful for my Mom and Dad. Love you very much!





We thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near. People everywhere tell of your mighty miracles. Psalm 75:1 NLT






I'm so thankful for our family and friends. We love and miss everyone so much. Have a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving.

More Christmas Cheer

Our second visit with Santa so far this year. The boys REALLY want to make sure their requests have been heard loud and clear. This was at a "Tree Lighting Ceremony" to start off the Christmas Season. My season started about 2 weeks ago:-) It was nice and COLD too. Actually starting to feel like Autumn. Maybe by January, it will feel like Christmas:-)

Happy Birthday Mikaela

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIA!!!
Wishing you lots of fun and happiness.
You are such a joy to know!
We miss you and love you so much.

My Priceless Treasures

We took Brandon and Gavin to get vintage photos taken. They had a lot of fun with them. Gavin especially loved trying to drive that firetruck off the set:-) Hopefully, I will get these sent out with Christmas cards. If not, at least they're posted:-)

Rat Boys

Stinkin' kids!!! After I spent 3 grueling hours at the hair salon today, I came home to these comments..."Mom, what happened to your hair?" "What is that on your head?" "I like it better curly". Now, anyone that knows me, knows I have very curly hair. It took lots of shiny gloss and two beauticians to blow dry and straighten my birds nest. I also had to have color to cover all the gray. Hmmm, never had gray hair before kids. Can't believe I birthed those two little rats!

Favorite Photo Friday

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Sorry, there are a million pictures here. If you want to view them faster, use the arrow key to move them along. Hewitt Hoodies - I know you have seen a lot of these before, but they are still some of my favorite photos of your cuties.

This should be enough "Favorite Photo Friday" pictures to last the entire lifetime of my blog!

Christmas in November

We have skipped right over Thanksgiving and gone straight to Christmas this year:-) We went to a huge Christmas bazaar at the El Paso Convention Center. They had over 200 vendors, food, samples of treats and coffee! Oh, it was magical! Much to Mark's dismay, it put me in the mood for much shopping!

While having milk and cookies, the boys got to hear Santa read, "The Night Before Christmas". We even got their picture taken with Santa already. I remember last year we didn't get that done until Christmas Eve; the mall was already closing. Since I don't have much to do right now, I'm actually ahead of schedule this year:-)
We'll see how long that lasts.

Brandon and Gavin were both quick to give Santa their biggest wishes for Christmas. Why does that guy always get the credit?!?

I'm sure I will have lots of holiday pictures to post later on, but here are a few bits of Christmas joy for now...

The Men in My Life...

Love my Guys:-)

Wordless Wednesday

Ms. Palin???

Doesn't my Buddy, Robin, look a lot like Sarah Palin? Quite a resemblance. Robin, you'll have to learn "the wink".

Sweet Julianna's Awesome Pumpkin

'Fly Guy' never looked so good!

Our First Halloween in El Paso

Howdy Pardner!

Brandon started off his day with a play at school. The theme was American Tall Tales. He was Pecos Bill. He had a little part and did a great job!

Our little Star Wars rascals had a fun time trick-or-treating. I think Clone Commander Cody and Jango Fett are supposed to be on the same side, but they decided to write their own story. They laser blasted each other all night long. When the batteries ran out, they just used the lasers to wack each other. A fun time was had by all :-)