Funny kidisms

A while back I kept telling Jacob and Jordan to stop saying, "Ginormous" (combining gigantic and enormous). I told them it wasn't a real word and that was silly. Well, so many people starting using it that now I have to eat my words because Webster is adding that word to the dictionary.

So now they are using other "not real" words that I hear my students at school constantly using as well such as: chillaxing,be-awesome, redonculous, etc.

Rachel is starting to pick up on these words. I asked her the other day what she was doing and she said, "Just chillaxing."

She has also started calling Joshua, "Joshy". It's really cute. This morning I heard her say, "I love you Joshy, but you always hurt me." It was in her high-pitched Rachel voice, though.

Poignant Moments & Memories of 2008

Our little Joshua was born on 11/15/07. We started training him to be an Aggie pretty early.

1/9/08

Joshua's 1st bath with his papa on 1/25/08

Big brother Jordan thinks Joshua is so cute!

My kids get their 1st cousin on 2/22/08.

My sister Meredith had her 1st baby: a boy named Cole.

Cole and Aunt Misti :)

My dad, Scot, Jacob, Jordan, & Rachel get ready to go to an Aggie baseball game on 3/11/08.

Our 1st professional portrait session with Joshua

Joshua in a super-happy mood!

So cute in his Bumbo Baby Seat!

Joshua's last day in his infant cradle on 3/22/08

Our attempt at getting a bluebonnet picture in our neighbor's yard across the street.

Joshua was really sick so it was the best we could do.

April 2008

Rachel loves her baby brother!

April 2008

Jordan on his 9th birthday: 5/6/08

The 1st day in our new house on 6/1/08: what a mess!
Scot pulled 2 all-nighters getting us all moved out of our old house and into our new one.

Scot and his 4 wonderful children on Father's Day, 6/15/08

Rachel had a nice carpet burn on her forehead that Jacob had accidentally given her.

Rachel has naturally curly hair, but she had to have curlers when she saw Mommy with some in her hair. We made silly faces in our curlers on 7/5/08.

Joshua playing in the rain on 7/24/08

Ruth and Rachel at the 1st Texas A&M home football game of the 2008 season

We had such high hopes for the 2008 football season at this Aggie football game on 8/30/08. Our hopes were dashed that very day when A&M lost to Arkansas State at home.

9/19/08: We had to pull out the extra table for meals while we had family living with us following Hurricane Ike. So many people lost power at their homes for a long time.

My 4 kids and their 1 cousin, Cole, in our backyard on 10/4/08

Jacob in a rare, photo-op moment

After church on 10/12/08

10/28/08: The last game of Jordan's flag football season

Jordan scored the last touchdown to win the game on the last game of the season.

Mommy & Rachel on 10/31/08 at a church trunk-or-treat
Rachel was Snow White.

Joshua riding on Papa on 10/31/08

At PawPaw & Nana's house

Joshua's 1st birthday on 11/15/08

Scot reading to his 3 oldest children on Thanksgiving 2008

Scot and his boys on Thanksgiving '08

Joshua in his favorite place to fall asleep: his papa's lap on 12/13/08

What sweet hands!

12/17/08: Sweet brothers!

Christmas 2008

Here are a few pics from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Rachel in her pretty Christmas dress before going to Christmas Eve service at church

Joshua and Cousin Cole at PawPaw & Nana's house

Jacob & Jordan at PawPaw & Nana's

Rachel at PawPaw & Nana's

Christmas Day at home! :)

Joshua in his PJ's

Kids with their Star Wars bobbleheads

Joshua is throwing his Jawa in this picture

Joshua playing with one of his new Christmas presents: "Musical Sit & Spin"

I don't think he grasps the "sit" part of it. He likes to stand on it. I guess we can call it "Stand & Spin" :)

Rachel riding her new Christmas present: Disney Princess Tricycle

Jordan on one of his new Christmas presents: an electric scooter

There's not a picture of Jacob playing with any of his new Christmas presents because they were all video games, controllers, gift cards, & money.

Snow Fun!

We had so much snow (the most we've ever seen in College Station) on Wednesday, 12/10/08. The kids were so excited and had so much fun playing in it. Unfortunately we still had to go to school, so they were only able to play in it before school and after and then the next day it was melted before we got home. We still enjoyed it so much! It made us crave more!

The very beginning of the snow early in the morning

Rachel bundled up to play in it before school

Jacob and Jordan playing in it on the trampoline before school. We figured it would be gone by the time we got home. Notice Jacob has his backpack on ready to go.

The most snow around the house

We were so late to school this morning!

It stopped snowing while we were at school and then it started again around 3:30 PM. Luckily I had left work sick at noon so I was at home when it started. I hurried to pick up Rachel and Joshua and Dad brought Jacob and Jordan home from school just as it was starting to snow hard. This is Rachel playing in it right after we got home.

Rachel was in awe of the snow!

Joshua went out in it for a short time. He was sick with a cold

so we didn't want to keep him out in it for too long.

Jordan on the trampoline as the snow is starting to really come down.

Jordan made this miniature snowman by himself.

Our house on a rare, snowy evening

The back of our house

Jacob's snow angel

Rachel's snow angel

Scot helped the kids make a bigger snowman after he got home from work.

Jacob and Jordan with the snowman

A blanket of snow in our backyard
Our backyard looked like woods!

Scot and the boys had snowball fights. This is Jacob running from a snowball!

Scot with a big snowball! He said it was the most snow that he had ever seen!

Our front yard - oops! We didn't protect our plants!

A picturesque scene of our yard and our neighbor's yard with Christmas decorations