Santa's workshop in Richardson, TX

Aunt Kelly and Mimi took the boys and cousin Colin to the Santa's workshop on Friday night. they had a blast, visiting with Santa and seeing him come in on a Fire Truck! They went through some of the houses and got reindeer food and balloon sword. They (Hayden and Colin) got their noses painted red to be like Rudolph. The weather was great, which is a good thing since it is freezing now. Nate once again wouldn't have his picture taken!

Thanks Aunt Kelly and Mimi!!!

SpiderMonkeys in the Allen X-mas Parade

Jesse and Hayden's Adventure guides tribe was in the Allen X-mas parade today. They are having a great time being apart of this organization! They worked on their float on Friday night with their tribe and another tribe the Tomahawks (which were 1st graders). Both tribes did a great job on the float and all had a wonderful time in the parade. Jesse and Hayden had a great turnout of fans.

Thank you, Mimi, Papa Squee, Aunt Kelly, Suzanne, Kerry, Paul, Ani and Thomas! Hayden loved have all of you there to support him.

Santa with Mimi and Aunt Kelly

Mimi took Hayden, Nate, Grace and Colin to see Santa on Saturday. Everyone had a great time as you can see, but Nate wasn't at all going to get his picture taken. He is not fond of the camera. They were able to have cookies and goodies and do a gingerbread craft. Thanks Mimi, for a great time!

Thanksgiving in Haslet

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Kniffen. Uncle Joey and Uncle Will were great with the kids. They played football, legos, bionicles and watched movies. The boys love it and boy do they love their Uncle Will and Uncle Joey.
Jesse took on the After Thanksgiving shopping at Walmart (5am) and Target (6am) and we were able to get a few gifts! He said it was absolutely crazy out there.

Get your guns up! Go Tech!!!

Well, we had a great weekend! Texas Tech beat Oklahoma State!!! The boys got to stay up and watch the game for a bit. Mimi, Papa Squee and Uncle Trey (in his #2 Jersey) came over and we had hamburgers and watched the game. Hayden had to read us Captain Underpants during the game and I think Mimi and I were the only ones really listening. He kept asking raise your hand if you want to see this funny picture. Mimi and I would raise our hands while, Jesse, Nate, Papa Squee and Uncle Trey just watched the game. He finally said "Okay all the girls raise your hand if you want to see". Unfortunately, Roxy and Maddie didn't raise their paws.
This morning Hayden wanted to wear his Texas Tech tattoo to school to show his teacher. Mrs. Barr, his Kindergarten teacher, is a huge OSU fan. I didn't have time to get the tattoo on and didn't want to rub it in to bad. Hopefully, Hayden won't rub it in too bad, either.

Lost Creek Streaker

Well, we have a streaker in the family. Hayden, Nate and I went to a Moms Club event at Lost Creek Park. We were all having a great afternoon. Hayden was playing football with some older kids and Nate was chasing them around with no shirt or shoes. This attire is very typical of Nate. So, I am visiting with the other Moms and we decide it is time to leave. I look over to tell Hayden and Nate 5 minutes and Nate is taking his pants off. I head that way and yell back to the other Moms, we might have a streaker or he is going to go potty. I look back to Nate and yes he is streaking around the park. So I apologize to my friends and other residents of Lost Creek Subdivision. I so wish I had a camera or video camera. I had to laugh inside and of course be stern and tell Nate that we cannot so this.

Halloween 2008

Okay, here it goes my first blog. Hayden, Nate and I started off the afternoon joining our neighbors, Ginger, Carson and Jonah outside. Ginger was putting spider webs in her bushes. The boys were running around excited about trick or treating. Mimi and Aunt Kelly came over and they made mummy hot dogs. Boy, they were yummy! Everyone had there mummy hot dogs and Ginger and I decided we should all go inside and rest before Daddys got home to take them trick or treating. Well, Hayden went over to get a toy inside Ginger's house and slip in the door way and hit his head on the door frame. Ginger brought him over and I decided to take him in. So, Mimi, Hayden and I got in the car and called Jesse to meet us at Acute Care. It was a quick visit (less than 20 minutes). Hayden ended up with 3 staples in the back of his head and we were back in time to get our Darth Vader bucket and walked out to meet everyone to trick or treat.

Mimi, Aunt Kelly, Ginger, Creed and I sat out front and handed out candy. Hayden had a great time and came home with lots of candy. Nate evidently stood on the sidewalk with Daddy, but did enjoy himself. After trick or treating we all hung out outside and visited and the kids played. It was wonderful evening!