DF goes to the Sugar Bowl

DF had a great opportunity over New Years, to go to New Orleans for the first time. Baylor played in the Sugar Bowl and DF is a new fan of the Bears. Especially after the Razorbacks tough time.  

He got to go to the WWII museum, ride a cable car, see bourbon street 😳, go to the sugar bowl and had a great time with lots of firsts. He got to be with his great aunts, ate lobster, oysters, and more. He had great cousin bonding time with Robbie and special time with his grandparents that he will always remember.  What a treat, as Mommie Boo would say! 

Duck hunting

The boys have enjoyed a lot of outdoor guy time. Ikeys first year to duck hunt and he likes it- maybe? He wants to keep the dead ducks?? DF loves it and loves being with his buddies outside. 

Christmas 2019

Decade challenge

 Christmas sweater party edition. 

These Santa sweatshirts (that my mom made for me to wear as a dress in the last 80s- early 90s) have stood the test of time. The picture on the left is us at a party when we were 29, the one on the right we are 39. Franklin only for one more month!!  

Christmas party day

Parents aren’t invited to school parties any more which is sad to me, but they seemed to have a lot of fun. Nora had a winter wonderland theme and made ornaments and crafts and loved every minute of it. 

We got together with our supper club and Nora had third grade girls over to make Christmas crafts and then go down and carol at the nursing home down our street. We did that last year (the caroling part a surprise) and Nora wants to make it a tradition. I like visiting that particular nursing home because not only is it just down the road from us, it’s where Aunt Lois spent some time and I’d go visit her there. I always think of her when I’m there. 

A lot of the girls get shy and nervous but I could also see a change in that this year and they seemed more comfortable. They got very into their singing too and wanted to add motions and special lead parts. I hope they remember it when they are older. 

Moms take kids to Branson

Whoop whoop- ha! 

The men went to south Texas to hunt so we loaded up the kids and got a big VRBO house and made our own fun. Alecia got sick and couldn’t join us but the McBride boys came with us and we had lots of fun. We did the Dixie stampede, an indoor park / zip line place, but our most fun was Marci’s idea. We went to a (cool) flea market and each spent up to $5 on a gift and then had a dirty Santa gift exchange. We laughed so hard. The kids loved picking out weird and creepy gifts but didn’t seem to remember that is what they’d also be getting in the game. Some shed tears over it but we had to remind them it was just for fun. Hilarious. Then we made a group tick tock dance video and did the see saw challenge unsuccessfully. We had more fun than we expected!