Parting Shots

These are some of my favorite pictures from the last 6 months or so.


Here Tess is putting her dolls and stuffed animals down for a nap.

Getting ready for bedtime with her cousin.


The three littlest cousins. Aren't they so sweet?


Trying on Momma's hat.


Story time (and snacks for Zach) in the "boats".


Look what I got for my birthday!!!


A foretaste of the teenage drama that's coming?


Isn't he cute?!?


I took this in our backyard a week or two ago. It was pretty windy.

An Icy Day

This actually occured in January. It was pretty cold, yet beautiful.

Another Year Older

Mommy awoke to these wonderful decorations on her birthday. It was a happy day, although probably very long for Tess who wanted cake at breakfast, but had to wait until after supper. She was probably more excited than mommy!

Happy Valentines Day!

Ft Worth Stock Show

Two of my cousins showed in the stock show, so we went to watch...and checked out the chickens. :)

Zach turns one!

Fort Worth Zoo

Christmas!

Here's pictures of our Christmasing (including our kitty).

November

November was a busy month for us. Russell landed a great job and so we moved up the highway to a temporary apartment. Here's me and the kids watching Daddy pack the POD with non-staging stuff.



Apartment Life...Zach watching an animal show modeling his new boots.

"Helping" with the laundry.

Goofing around.

Putting away the washcloths...kidding, he loves to open cabinets and see what's inside.

We bought a season pass to the zoo and visited several times. Tess loved it (even if it was a little cool!)

Checking the mail when daddy gets home.

And on a more memorable note...a trip to the ER. She swallowed a penny on the way to church so we turned around made a couple phone calls (since neither of us knew the protocol for kids doing that) and then daddy took her for some xrays. The penny had passed through the esophagus so verything was fine. Here she is displaying her "bracelet".

October

October was a nice month. We grilled out in the lovely evenings and went trick-or-treating. Tess was Pebbles (pronounced "Petals" according to Tess) and Zach was Bam-Bam. I figure that I won't be able to put him in just anything when he gets bigger, so now's my chance! :)