Star Wars

We all saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a family last night. It was awesome!  So cool to share these memories with them. Colin and Kaden saw it with Jason the night before, but wouldn't share any plot information with me!  So cool to share Star Wars with them. There's nothing like sitting in the theatre in the dark, and hearing that theme song. :-)

Colin's dry sense of humor

I took Victoria on a play date a few minutes away. I left Colin, Kaden, and Katharine at home, which I rarely do. I went over the don't open the door, etc..  I texted to check on them, and Colin stated, "we're fine. No robbers. No guns, or knives, or bombs, so we're fine. ". Lol!i love his wicked sense of humor!

Daddy's white fur

Katharine was sitting in Jason's lap post swimming when she noticed some of his gray chest hair.  She immediately sat up and said, "Oh no!  Daddy!  You have white fur!  I'm worried you're turning into a Granpa!"  She then noticed some gray hair on his head and said he needed to get some color spray and spray it brown!  Said she didn't want him to turn into a Grandpa and die because she loves and wants her Daddy and Mommy!  I asked her if she thought spraying hair would make you live longer, and she said yes, and wants us to live as long as possible!  Funny and sweet!

Katharine's 7th Birthday!

  Katharine decided not to have a big party this year.  We got a zoo magazine in the mail that mentioned a backstage zoo tour at the Dallas zoo. Katharine loves animals, especially penguins!  She said that she would rather do the zoo tour when they begin in the summer, as her present. So instead we had Madison over and they had a mini party with a Disney Princess theme, and watched Frozen. :-). She blew out her seven candles and had a great time!  We love her so much!

Kaden and Colin's 9th Birthday

Kaden and Colin are 9!  They wanted to have a space themed birthday party at SciTech Discovery Center again, so we had a Rocket party and actually gave out rockets to our guests!  They got to make paper rockets and shot those off inside. Then they did an experiment to see what would cause the biggest Geiser with Coke. It turned out to be Mentos. :-). We were outside for this one!  The leaders allowed Colin and Kaden to both put the Mentos in the diet coke. They were told to RUN after plopping them in!  The Geiser was instant and several feet high!  Colin got a little on him. :-) They had a blast with their friends!  Apollo 11 cake and playing at SciTech finished out the party!
  Can't believe they are 9!  Such blessings!  So different!  Love to be their parents!

Our first flight!  Our first flight was on December 23rd!  We went to celebrate Aidan's 9th birthday.  We drove out to the airport, but did not tell them where we were going.  When we got there, we told them Daddy had to drop some stuff off.  When we got situated, we told them that they were going to have their first flight!  They were thrilled and so excited!  It was decided that Jason would take Colin, Kaden, and Aidan up first.  Each flight was about 20 minutes.  They all enjoyed it, especially when Jason banked some, so they could get a good view out of their window.  Katharine, Mindy, and Ainsley were next.  Katharine sat in the cockpit with Daddy.  Lastly, it was me, Victoria, and Aidan again for his birthday.  It was so fun!  The gift of flight is amazing!  Victoria did great!  She sat quietly and looked outside.  She stated later that she didn't speak because she was scared!  During the flight, she even made a seat for sock monkey in the cup holder.  So cute!
  We all had a great time, and everyone was very surprised!  They each got a "remove before flight" key chain to put on their backpacks.  Special thanks to our awesome pilot!  Really excited about the flight ooportunities in the future!

Shoeboxes for Needy kids.

  We went as a family to target to choose items to place in our shoeboxes to send to children in need. Everyone chose a boy or girl and an age to gift. We made the boxes at home at got ready to ship them. That night, we prayed for each box and each child, that they would feel our love and God's love. Colin then stated that each box was like a box of hope to these kids. Yes Colin!  Exactly right!  :-)