Build A Bear

I took Cole to Build A Bear for his first time this past week. the week end before Kaycee had gone there for a birthday party and that's all it took. Cole wanted a bear as well. Then on Monday we got a Build A Bear catalog in the mail and Cole carried it around withh him everywere he went. He was so set on getting the monkey with the football uniform. Then he saw the dog and wanted that. Well we got to the store and Cole debated over the monkey and the dog. In the end the dog won.
Here he is picking out his new friend Cole wasn't to sure about putting the stuffing in. He didn't like the sound the big machine was making

Now its time to pick out a heart for his new friend.

In this picture I thing he is rubbing the heart so that it will have his sent on it so that the dog will always remember who he is.

Now its time to give his new friend a bath and fluff his fur.

These are the stylish clothes Cole picked out for his new friend. Pretty cool duds don't ya think

Time to get his new friend dressed. Cole was hard to keep his interest. He really like the sound box. The box were you can pick a sound to put inside your bear. Any way I was lucky enough to get this one shot of him "watching" me dress his friend

Cole would like everyone to meet his new friend "Fred"

Cole really likes Fred. He says he is fun to cuddle with .

O ya, Cole and Fred are rockin' it. :)

Maddy's Blessing

This past Sunday we blessed Maddy in our church. It was great. I wish I would have gotten a picture of the men that stood in the circle but I didn't. Any way those who helped bless her thank you very much. All those men and their families are more like family to us then friends.

Here are some great shots of the little dinner party we had afterwords. Thank you Joey and Dora for letting use your house.

Maddy with Mommy and Daddy. The whole family. James, Matthew, Maddy, Mom, Dad, Kaycee and Cole.Maddy with the Markwalters. Aka Aunt Wendy and Uncle Vince. :)Maddy with Tom and Sarah Black. Maddy with Perry Segura. I just love this picture. Look at both of their faces. I love it.Maddy with Dora Powell. Again Thank you Dora for the use of the house.So cute. Joey (Doras husband) took this picture

She is so cute. To sweet! Ok, so I'm bias. :)

I think she is looking up and smiling at Ben. Doras son.

Look of those eye. Beautiful.

Do you recognise the shoes Michelle? They were the ones your mom made Kaycee for her blessing day.

Its hard being the center of attention.

Promptings

Ok so I have had a few promptings in the past week and I am sure glad I listened. The fist one a lot of you know about. I have a great friend that fell into hard times right around Christmas time this last year. So I decided to do a little sub for Santa for her and her family. I am so glad I did. It helped her out and it really made Christmas special for me this year. With the money I collected from others helping out she was able to keep her electricity on. I was so glads to hear that. That is really all I needed to here from her. I was so glad I was able to help out. Thank you to all of you who helped me in this effort.

The second prompting was Yesterday. Jamie and I decided to take the kids to Incredible Pizza for the day. Incredible is like a grown up Chucky Cheese. Any way as I was getting Cole dressed I felt the impression to put him in something that was easy to describe or easy to spot him in. I hate when I get feelings like that. Any way I put him in jeans and his Astros jersey. (easy to describe to people.) Any way I am so glad I did. There is a little kids area to play in and then there is a big kid area to play in. We had spent a good portion of our time in the little kid area so we decided to go venture the big kid area. I had the double stroller with Maddy in the back in her car seat and Cole in the front as always. Any way we went out and James and Matthew were playing a game and I was paying attention to them. We went to move from that spot and I noticed the stroller was lighter then usual as I went to push it. Cole wasn't in it. I looked back over at the little kids area and he wasn't there. I started looking around the place and still couldn't find him. At this time Jamie wasn't with me as well because she was with her kids playing games. I told James to go find Jamie and to see if Cole was with her. He wasn't. By this time I was really starting to panic. Jamie went to the managers desk and told the manager up front and I told a worker back in the games were we were. I said he was a two year old boy in blue jeans and a white with black sleeve Astros shirt with green crocks. They called a code "Adam" and locked all the doors. Jamie said they even had workers standing at the front doors for extra protection. About 30 seconds later I saw Cole with a nice lady bringing him up to the front of the game area. When I saw him I just started to cry. The lady brought him to me and then left. Man what a scary feeling to lose one of your children. Any way after everything calmed down and I put Cole to bed I asked him if the nice lady talked to him. He said yes and that she asked him where his mommy was. He said he told her i was by the train. Well kinda. It was close to were I was. All In all I am very glad for the promptings of the Holy Ghost and I am even more glad I listened.

Incredible Pizza Company

Ok so the other day Jamie and I had the crazy idea to take the kids to Incredible Pizza for the day. For the Winter parties at the school (that Jamie and I happened to be in charge of) we ordered pizza from Incredible Pizza. Well for ordering all the pizzas from them they gave us 250 flier. The fliers said "Free $10 game card with a regular adult buffet and drink" We couldn't pass that up and took our chances. We each took a flier for our kids and they honored each and every one. So I spent $23 for the pizza buffet and got $50 in game cards. Cant beat that deal. Any way here is our day and what a day it was. (as mentioned in the first post)

This is Maddy before the adventure began. All comfy and asleep on the couch. I layed her down there after her morning bottle and went to take a shower so we could go. When I came down this is how I found her. Big sister Kaycee tool good care of her. To bad it Houston and the three blankets that were put on her mad her sweet like a crazy person. O well points for trying. Right??? Here is James after he won the jack pot on one of the games. 250 tickets!!! Way to go James

All the kiddos. James, Abby, Kaycee, Zach, Cole, Matthew and Maddy.

James and Zach playing a game and hoping for the jack pot. Didn't happen. Sorry

Cole on the train. He loved this darn ride and could have rode it all day.

Here is Kaycee, Cole and Matthew playing basketball. This game was a big hit for the day as well.

Now I must confess. All of these pictures are after the fact. I forgot to take pictures as the kids were playing so as we were leaving I posed the kids and took a few shots. :) O well at least I got the pictures to prove we were there. Right???

Christmas 2008

Beware there are A LOT of pictures. I hope my family enjoys!

First off the first 5 pictures are of what Santa brought the kids and family. My dad took pictures of all our Santa loot after he played Santa. I guess I am just caring on the tradition.

This pile is Kaycees. Her big stuff that she got was a new crib for her baby dolls, a sticker maker, and a Light Bright Coles big things were an Aqua mat, a bunch of trains and a fire truck.

This is Maddy's stash. She got a fun wheel car thing, good old fashion rings and a fun stuffed cow. Very soft and colorful.

Here is James and Matthews loot. There big thing this year were MP3 players. They also got a big box of Legos, and Mario cart race cars. All the kids also got new books.

Here is what Santa left the family. A new croquet set and the new "Yours, Mine and Ours" movie. Both have already been used a lot. :)

Here are the kids coming down the stairs Christmas morning.

Kaycee looking at her stuff. I think she approved.

James and Matthew looking at there loot.

Cole with his stuff. He really liked all the train things. I found a great deal on Geo tracks at Wal-mart way back in the end of Aug first of Sept. and had to get them for Cole. He is really into trains.

Here is James helping Maddy look at her stuff from Santa. Too cute,

Christmas day we went out to my cousins house out in Sealy Texas (about 1 hour from my place) Shanes dad looks like Santa don't ya think. Well Cole wasn't to sure of him. It was so funny. Cole would try his hardest to "sneak" around Santa but could never make the brake. Poor ColeyThis is Taylor. My cousin Glorias son. Ever since we moved here 5 years ago Taylor and Kaycee have had a strong bond between them. Taylor is so cute with her.

These are my Great Aunts Aunt Ernie and Aunt Millie. They are my dads moms sisters.

Back home again. We get up early and see what Santa brought before Ben goes off to work. Then the kids and I go to my relatives house (were ever that might be that year) and Ben meets us there after he gets done playing the masses. After my cousins house we come back home and open the gifts under the tree. Here Cole is opening his big gift from Grandma and Grandpa Woffinden. A new bike. Its a small two wheeler with training wheels

This is Kaycee with her big gift from Grandma and Grandpa. A littlest pet shop house.

While my mom was here after I had Maddy we went out to Katy Mills Mall and she found these cool electric guitars for the older boys. Lets just say we have had a few jam sessions lately.
Grandma couldn't leave Cole out of all the jam sessions so she bought Cole his very own guitar as well.

The rest of Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve morning Sarah, Jamie and I got all the lods together for Donuts from Shipleys and gifts from each other. It was a lot of fun. Look how cute David and Cole look here. I love this picture.

James, Abby, Matthew, Zach and Kaycee opening up their gifts from each other.

Matthew got a Wii game from Sarah and the kids

Kaycee got a littlest pet shop animal form Jamie and her kids
After dinner and lights we came home to do alittle Christmas eve things here. One thing we do as I am sure many do is decorate cookies for Santa. This year I thought Santa needed hi cookies on something a little more nice then a paper plate.

So I bought him a fun plate and cup from Kholes. I found some great deals there the week befor Christmas and couldnt pass them up.

Here the kids are decorating Santas cookie. Yummy

The final product.

I also let the kids open up one gift. They chose thier stocking gift from Grandma and Grandpa Woffinden. James, Matthew and Kaycee all got games and Cole got a Couriose George. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.
And last but not least we HAD to do the reindeer food. Oat meal and glitter.