Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve. The boys opened PJ's from Grandma and Grandpa Bright, read the Christmas story and sang Christmas songs. To our surprise it didn't take the boys long to get to bed. They even slept in until 7:00 AM.

Visit from Grandpa, Grandma and Auntie Shanna

At the beginning of December we had the wonderful opportunity to have Trevor's Dad, Mom and sister Shanna come to visit. We had a great time with them. While they were here we were able to visit Tulsa, OK while Trevor was at an interview. The kids couldn't have had a better time with their Grandma and Grandpa. They loved every minute of it. It was also very nice to have his sister here. She is such a sweetheart. We are so blessed to have such amazing people in our family. We loved playing games, making gingerbread houses and just talking. It was nice to have family around for a few days.

My new haircut

After several months of debating and trying to convince myself I finally took the plunge and cut my hair. I had it cut on Wednesday and am still trying to get the hang of styling it but I really like it and so does Trevor. Caden calls it, "My crazy hair." You'll have to decide what you think.

Happy Birthday Caden

This year we celebrated Caden's birthday on November 1 so that Daddy could be here to celebrate with us. We had so much fun. We started out by letting him open his gifts then we had breakfast. He loves breakfast. For him it is the best meal of the day. Then we had cake and ice cream for snack time. What kid wouldn't love to have cake and ice cream as their snack? He also received a special gift from his girlfriend/future wife Shayla. She is definitely the one if she brings him a huge box of fruit snacks for his birthday. She already knows the way to his heart. Happy Birthday buddy. We love you!!

Happy Halloween

We had a lot of fun on Halloween. It is one of our favorite holidays because we get to celebrate Ryan's birthday right before and Caden's right after. It is seven days of fun for the whole family.

Ryan turns six

It seems like yesterday we were anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first little boy and now he is six. He has been a miracle and blessing since the day he was born. He keeps us on our toes and is always sharing his latest ideas of what he wants to build and create. He loves to learn and has a huge love for life. He enjoyed having a few friends over to celebrate. They had a donut eating contest, played "Boo-go", did the cake walk and got to see how fast they could create a Mommy-I mean Mummy. He also had a lot of fun opening all of the gifts that he received from relatives. We love you Ryan. We hope you had a wonderful birthday.

Grandad and Grandma Dilks

My Mom and Dad came to Joplin to visit us and we had a blast. The kids couldn't get enough of Grandma and Grandad. We shared so many wonderful moments and had a lot of laughs.

It was nice to have them around and to be able to show them where we have spent the last 18 months of our lives. My dad even had the opportunity to go to Kansas City and see a Nascar Race. The boys can't wait until they can go with Grandad to see the race cars. Thanks for coming. We love you!!!!! You're the best.