Trip to Ranch Memorial Day Weekend 2009

Snow Day in March

Fun in the Snow

Halloween 2008

Landry had decided two months ago that she wanted to be Dorothy. I really don't know why she got that in her head. She has only seen about 10 minutes of the Wizard of Oz. But anyway by the time it was all done she had assigned out various parts that the family would be. We had a great time. The look on the folks faces when our whole family hit the door was classic.

From 2008-10 (Halloween)

Trip to Dallas - Neil Diamond

We hooked up with our friends Nellson and Melissa Burns and went to the Neil Diamond concert. We had a great time and got to see one of the all time greats at American Airlines Center.

From 2008-10 (Oct) Dallas Trip

Our whole family then got to head to the Dallas Zoo. The kids had a great time. They have a great kids area that they had fun in.

From 2008-10 (Oct) Dallas Trip

From 2008-10 (Oct) Dallas Trip

Then we got to see my grandparents. It was their first time to meet Ian and it was great to see them!

From 2008-10 (Oct) Dallas Trip

Finally we got to catch up with the Slaughters and the Denisons. The kids had a big time in the bounce house. Landry was so excited that the big girls played with her. She got to wear one of Cleo's High School Musical outfits.

From 2008-10 (Oct) Dallas Trip

Trip to Kauai, Hawaii

We just got back last weekend from Hawaii. We went with our good friends Chris and Rebecca Gleason and had a great time. The weather was great while we were there as was all of the food.

A couple of highlights:
We stayed at the Grand Hyatt on the island which was absolutely gorgeous. They have some unbelievable manicured grounds with lagoons, pools, and some of the best restaurants on the island.

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We went to a official laui at the hotel which was actually really good. I thought it would be cheesey, and it started out that way. But the food was great and they did a lot of traditional dances from the area - so we had a great time.

Next day we went on a snorkel, sunset dinner catamaran up the Na Pali coast. We got to see some great coastline - with some of the most dramatic coastline you will ever see. Downside - it was really choppy! So much so that we couldn't stop to snorkel - also there were some tiger sharks in the water, as evidenced by the sea turtles beaching. Jason was the only one that took full advantage of the all you can eat and drink option on the boat, as everyone else stayed near the back and close to the rail.

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We spent at least of couple of days exploring the islands. We had a great hike to some waterfalls in Wiamea Canyon, drove around to the north side of the island and hit some beaches, and viewed the numerous waterfalls on the island.

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The girls took a whole day and hit the spa toward the end of the week and Chris and I played golf on a great course at Poipu.

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Of course, we spent alot of time hanging at the pools, sleeping on the hammocks, reading and relaxing. The hotel even had a great waterslide that we probably collectively hit about 78 times.

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Here is a slide show of some of my favorite pictures:

PPROA Inaguration

In May I was selected as the new Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owner Association (PPROA) president. They just issued a nice newsletter that highlights it all. Also, a nice picture of the family on the first page.

Cow Creek Adventure 2008

Our entire family went up to Cow Creek this past weekend and spent time fly fishing, horseback riding, shooting skeet, and telling stories around the campfire. It was a great time - and a great chance to spend time together. Cow Creek is in New Mexico just north of Santa Fe near the Pecos Wilderness.

Instead of posting pictures, I will post this videa that my brother David put together. He did a great job editing on this one . . . you can check out the link to his blog here .

Landry's New Swingset

Landry's birthday present came a little early. I somehow conned my Dad into helping put together the Trailblazer Adventure Playset that we bought at Walmart for $299. Overall, I am very happy with it. The wood is good quality and the instructions were very detailed. Overall, it took us about 8 hours to put it all together with a couple of breaks for lunch, etc. The holes were all in place and the parts seemed to all be there. The overall swingset is very sturdy once you put the anchors in the ground.

And, as you can see, Landry is thrilled with the swingset. She keeps telling us how much she "Loves" her playground. She will literally swing for a hour straight if you let her.

Shannon locked out of house

I don't have any pictures but it is too funny of a story to pass up. Landry has recently taken to acting like a "doggy", which basically involves, crawling around on her hands and knees, barking, rolling over, etc. Pretty much acting a fool. As part of acting like a "doggy" you of course have to use the doggy door at every opportunity. So she thinks it is hilarious to go in and out the the doggy door. So, Landry and Shannon are outside on the the patio this morning. Landry decides to go back into the house via the doggy door. She comes back around to the back door, pulls it closed and locks it - leaving Shannon locked out of the house, with no keys, or way back in the house. Apparently, it took some serious coaxing to get Landry to unlock the door and let her back in the house!

I will also add this video from a few nights ago with Landry blowing a horn and making Ian belly laugh. Ian thinks that his sister is the funniest thing ever, and just beams when she is around. Landry continues to pay little to no attention to him, but seems to be getting better - especially when she gets a reaction like this one!

Afternoon Bike Ride

We loaded the kids up last week in the trailer that Shannon got me for Christmas. This was an adventure in itself. I had to go get my moutain bike worked on since it was in some amount of disrepair and put the trailer together. But the kids loved it. May try and make it a weekend ritual. It was good exercise too!


Somebody always has fun reading her books!


A shot of Ian on the close up!

Updated Easter Pics

These are from our trip to San Antonio, plus some favorites from the easter egg hunt, plus a funny video right after Ian and Landry got their Easter baskets. Landry was trying to be sweet and show Ian his new book, but I can't help but laugh when she yanks the book out of his hands.

Greenways Easter Egg Hunt

Easter is almost here and the kids got to enjoy a fun neighborhood Easter Egg hunt on Saturday.

Santa Fe

We took a great family trip to Santa Fe last weekend. Shannon parents flew in from San Antonio and my parents went with us a s well. We rented a house Just north of the main square area that was absolutely gorgeous. Big bay windows and great views of the city.



We had great weather for the weekend. We were able to mess around in town, do some shopping, and of course the art galleries. Jason skied on Saturday on a gorgeous day with now clouds in the ski.


We were surprised by a little bit of snow before we left so we got to play in the snow at the house as well.


A slideshow of the rest of the weekend!

Chick Band

Ok - I know we have been really bad about updating the blog. So New Year's Resolution to get back into it!

To start it off with a bang - check out these pictures from our party over at the Barrick's House where we played games. The debut of "Rock Band" on Playstation 3. Here are some pics of the chick band.

Christmas pics

These are some pics from Christmas day (and around) . I am putting htem in a slideshow but had to pull out my favorite pic from Christmas morning.

Sunday at the Park

Shannon and I took the kids to the park this morning to run around and play in the newly fallen leaves.

Halloween

We went over to the Gleason's house and joined a troop of kiddos to trick or treat through the neighborhood. Unfortunatlye about 3 houses into it all Ian was screaming and Lnadry was ready to go home. So we called it early and headed over to Gigi and Pop's house to say hi.

Trick or treat


Bonus video - The Fairy (Landry) chasing the Tiger(Caroline) and Spiderman (Walsh)

Picking out pumpkins

We strolled through the pumpkin patch to pick out everyon'e pumpkin. Landry pulled the wagon through the maze and picked out pumpkins for "Mommy, Daddy, Landry, Ian, Grandma, Papa, Gigi, Pop and Murphy" !!
Pumpkin Patch

Bathtime for Mermaid

This is kinda long and probably only funny to me but . . . Landry wanted to give her Little Mermaid doll a full bath today. So she took Mermaid's clothes off and took her to go potty, wiped, flushed. Then got her bath ready, washed hair, body parts. Dried her, put a diaper and jammies on her. Basically went through the exact same routine that I do with her every night. I got most of it on tape until I ran out of memory for the diaper/jammies part.

Laissle's go home

Shannon's Mom and Dad are going home today so that is the end of our free playmate for Landry. We will see how she does now. So far she has been pretty good, but it helps having Grandma and PaPa here to entertain her. They have been a big help, but I am sure Rudy is ready to go since he has been sleeping on the couch all week. Thankfully, our Sunday school class is bringing food over for the next few nights that will be very welcome!

Shannon is feeling pretty bad these last couple of days. Very achy and sore. She is actually going to go to the doctor today and see if there is anything going on.

Landry's bottom tooth looks like it is going to be ok. It is out of place but not too bad. The top touch is loose to the touch so we are going to have to watch that one.