Life around here has been, in a word, nuts! We've been busy with school and fun and family time with not room for much else. It's a good nuts, but if the 2 hour accidental nap I took today is any indication, I'm in need of a little rest.
The week before Thanksgiving was chocked full of fun including a field trip to hear Aesop's Fables at the George Bush Library. Turns out my cousins kids were watching via long distance learning and their school was selected to ask the presenter questions. I got to see their sweet faces and the kids were excited too!
We headed up to Dallas the Friday before Thanksgiving. We had the twins second birthday on Saturday and got to see The Star movie with my in-laws that evening. Francis had to head back Sunday evening but the kids and I stayed in Dallas to play with family. The boys loved climbing the trees at Sweetie and Papa's house (William even fell out and was rescued by his leg getting caught...which he thought was "amazing" and I thought was terrifying). All the kids loved driving around the pasture and playing in the playscape. Tuesday my entire family (minus Francis) went to Legoland for the twins actual birthday. The kids had a blast especially since we had more adults than kids to take them on rides and such. Wednesday was my birthday and my sisters, Kevin, Francis (who returned the night before) and the 5 cousins all went with me to the mall for shopping and lunch. I wasn't feeling great, so we had a quiet evening of Pizza and present opening at home (I got some good stuff!). My mother was was feeling even worse than me, and it turns out she had the flu and strep. So come Thursday (Thanksgiving) she was unable to join us. My sisters and I along with Mom Noble and Aunt Camille bravely forged ahead and made a delicious Thanksgiving meal. My dad cooked all the turkeys, so he really should get much of the credit for the meals success! Although my mother's absence was felt it was still a nice day and the weather was perfect.
Friday we made our pilgrimage to San Antonio to be with the Phillips clan. We got to the hotel shortly after my in-laws and settled in quickly. We all ended up happily eating and watching the parade from my in-laws room (Hannah was particularly fond of following Abby around, and Abby didn't mind). I was surprised by a cake and more gifts! So I ended up having 2 birthday parties. How many people get that?? Saturday we all went to Sea World. Cyndy and Chris were kind enough to take Abby and William on some of the bigger rides. Hannah and Nana rode the carousel and Robert loved the Shamu roller coaster. We saw a few shows and Grandad even took one for the team by getting soaked with Abby and William on a river raft ride. We had dinner with Santa to finish off the night. It was an excellent day.
We headed home Sunday where they kids (and Francis) were eager to put up Christmas decorations. As a result, they did most of the decorating this year. The boys have our old tree in their room and Hannah has my tree from College in her room. It looks very festive. I'm working on getting Christmas shopping done and then I will focus on getting it wrapped so I can sit back and soak in the wonder of our Savior's Birth. I'm hoping to be done buying this week and be done wrapping next, but we'll see!
Update on the kids: Hannah has developed her own fashion. She has been wearing her dress up clothing with, on top of or instead of her regular clothing when we leave the house. I just roll with it because she looks so happy and it's kinda cute too. Robert is ever the creative thinker and has developed a love of telling jokes. When he gets the hang of it, I know he's going to be hilarious. William is plugging away reading all the time. We had the 100th day of school yesterday and celebrated with ice cream. William said it was the best day of school ever. Maybe we should have ice cream every day? or not, haha.
That's it for now!
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
November 9, 2017
Time is going fast these days. And it's the Holiday season so time around here goes at light speed.
Friday before last The kdis and I drove up to Abilene for HSU Homecoming and my 10 year College Reunion. It was a dinner and I got to spend time with Rebecca (even though she wasn't an '07 graduate). It was a fun time and I'm glad I didn't miss it. Saturday continued Homecoming with a breakfast in Moody, pictures with Rachel, Rebecca and Jonas, and Kids' Posse outside (where Hannah loved riding the horses and the boys loved the bounce houses) all before lunch! We had lunch with my parents, Danielle, Kevin, Rebecca and Jonas. William had the crepe for which he has waited all year. It did not disappoint. They had a piano man and so my kids and Jonas happily danced after they ate. We watched the first half of the Homecoming football game before he had to head home. My kids are actually great at cheering at Football. Robert is particularly enthusiastic, and it adorable.
The next say (Sunday) was Fall Fest at church. The kids got to jump in more bounce houses, play games, eat, and collect candy. Hannah was great at this last skill as she fully believed "take two" meant two handfuls. And when I went to correct her, they would always say, "no she's fine. Isn't she cute." Okay kid, but next year, they won't let you get away with it! Tuesday we had the week off from CC so we went to the Children's Museum in the morning. They happened to have Trick or Treating there (I had no idea) so after the kids played they got to get some fun toys. It was particularly bad weather Tuesday evening, but we ventured out any to Wolfpen Creek Park where they were having an event. We got soaked from the rain and after about 30 minutes lightning struck nearby and they had to cancel the rest of the event. But the kids got a ton of candy and we were even on the news! How do I know we were on the news? The Jehovah's Witness ladies we see every Wednesday at the Library told us so, lol. They said, "I saw two Iron men and an Ariel on the news last night!" FYI they were Charizard, a Transformer and Elsa at Fall Fest two days before. I love that they just pick whatever they want from our dress up clothing!
Friday was another crazy busy day. We had play group in the morning, a short break that included school, then Jude's birthday party in the afternoon and parent's night out that evening. Francis and I got to see Thor on opening night! If that wasn't enough action, when we got home, the Burgess family came in town to spend the night. All the kids were up past 10 and the adults up well past midnight. Such a fun day!
Saturday was a reunion of Francis's college friends: the Burgess Family, us and the Browers (most of them). We had breakfast and played at Dave and Tracy's. The Burgesses, Audrey Brower and we had lunch at Blue Baker. Then we let all 7 Burgess-Phillips kids play in the afternoon before seeing off our friends over Bahama Bucks. You can bet our kids slept well that night!
This week has been moving along too! Yesterday the kids and I went to the Texas Renaissance Festival. It was so fun! We got to see Jousting (and learn about the 100 years war as the characters included King Henry the VIII and Joan of Arc). We learned about blacksmithing. We learned about falconry. We also learned about whips and how they break the sound barrier. We saw shows, played game and ate yummy food. We also walked through a beautiful garden that looked like jungle. I carried Hannah all day but the boys walked and I was super proud of them. We made it back to the car just in time for it to start raining so it was a win all around! I'm so glad we had the opportunity to go.
Well, that's all I've got time for just now. Until next time!
Friday before last The kdis and I drove up to Abilene for HSU Homecoming and my 10 year College Reunion. It was a dinner and I got to spend time with Rebecca (even though she wasn't an '07 graduate). It was a fun time and I'm glad I didn't miss it. Saturday continued Homecoming with a breakfast in Moody, pictures with Rachel, Rebecca and Jonas, and Kids' Posse outside (where Hannah loved riding the horses and the boys loved the bounce houses) all before lunch! We had lunch with my parents, Danielle, Kevin, Rebecca and Jonas. William had the crepe for which he has waited all year. It did not disappoint. They had a piano man and so my kids and Jonas happily danced after they ate. We watched the first half of the Homecoming football game before he had to head home. My kids are actually great at cheering at Football. Robert is particularly enthusiastic, and it adorable.
The next say (Sunday) was Fall Fest at church. The kids got to jump in more bounce houses, play games, eat, and collect candy. Hannah was great at this last skill as she fully believed "take two" meant two handfuls. And when I went to correct her, they would always say, "no she's fine. Isn't she cute." Okay kid, but next year, they won't let you get away with it! Tuesday we had the week off from CC so we went to the Children's Museum in the morning. They happened to have Trick or Treating there (I had no idea) so after the kids played they got to get some fun toys. It was particularly bad weather Tuesday evening, but we ventured out any to Wolfpen Creek Park where they were having an event. We got soaked from the rain and after about 30 minutes lightning struck nearby and they had to cancel the rest of the event. But the kids got a ton of candy and we were even on the news! How do I know we were on the news? The Jehovah's Witness ladies we see every Wednesday at the Library told us so, lol. They said, "I saw two Iron men and an Ariel on the news last night!" FYI they were Charizard, a Transformer and Elsa at Fall Fest two days before. I love that they just pick whatever they want from our dress up clothing!
Friday was another crazy busy day. We had play group in the morning, a short break that included school, then Jude's birthday party in the afternoon and parent's night out that evening. Francis and I got to see Thor on opening night! If that wasn't enough action, when we got home, the Burgess family came in town to spend the night. All the kids were up past 10 and the adults up well past midnight. Such a fun day!
Saturday was a reunion of Francis's college friends: the Burgess Family, us and the Browers (most of them). We had breakfast and played at Dave and Tracy's. The Burgesses, Audrey Brower and we had lunch at Blue Baker. Then we let all 7 Burgess-Phillips kids play in the afternoon before seeing off our friends over Bahama Bucks. You can bet our kids slept well that night!
This week has been moving along too! Yesterday the kids and I went to the Texas Renaissance Festival. It was so fun! We got to see Jousting (and learn about the 100 years war as the characters included King Henry the VIII and Joan of Arc). We learned about blacksmithing. We learned about falconry. We also learned about whips and how they break the sound barrier. We saw shows, played game and ate yummy food. We also walked through a beautiful garden that looked like jungle. I carried Hannah all day but the boys walked and I was super proud of them. We made it back to the car just in time for it to start raining so it was a win all around! I'm so glad we had the opportunity to go.
Well, that's all I've got time for just now. Until next time!
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