Christmas was fun in Fort Worth, staying with Jeff and Jamie at their new house and spending Christmas Eve at Jim and Sheryl's. The boy's got a ton of new toys, books clothes and one iPod which is the apple of Austin's eye (pun intended). Santa brought Braden the excavator for which he was hoping, and so many toys that some found their way to the attic when we got home to be "discovered" in a few months when the excitement of his other toys wears off.
Jeff & Jamie came here for New Year's. Austin, Jeff and I went to the EV1.net Houston Bowl to watch TCU beat Iowa State, and enjoyed that with one of Austin's best friends (Trevor) and his father, who secured the luxury box tickets. The presence of two teenage girls gave Jeff and me opportunity to torture Austin ("go talk to her", etc.) when the game was slow.
New Year's Eve was quiet, with steaks and a movie. Austin set off fireworks with Trevor's family and enjoyed that. Since Jamie is pregnant (due this summer) it was a peaceful and calm evening for all.
Our anniversary weekend we went downtown to the Hilton Americas and enjoyed a vacation in town while Sandie came down from Tyler to stay with the boys overnight. The pictures are of the boys at the pond that weekend, which you can tell was absolutely beautiful - more like spring than winter.
My birthday weekend was very nice, with a special breakfast, grilled meat for dinner, presents and a family viewing of "Waking Ned Devine". Sheila suggested that watching that movie on my birthday should become an annual tradition, and admitted (I believe for the first time) that WND is one of her favorite movies, too. Now that's a good woman!
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