Loss in the Family

We lost our beloved pet rabbit, Taba, yesterday. Hannah cried her eyes out, but woke up this morning and asked when we were getting a new pet.

She will tell you that Taba is in Heaven with God and God told her that Taba is okay.

Taba the Rabbit

April 2009 to November 2009

We are off to see the Wizard!

Hannah wanted to be Dorothy for Halloween and so we thought Seth would make a pretty cute scarecrow - and we were right!!!! They looked adorable in their costumes. We took them to trick-or-treat at a couple of houses and to see the Babler's at the carnival that they were at. Hannah loved her costume!!!

Dorothy and her puppy Toto with the ruby red slippers!!

A very cute scarecrow!!

Hannah was so excited about her shoes!!!

Pictured above with Katie - who was too cute in her ears!!!


Above - with Becca and Hannah Babler!!

Our festive table decorations. We had all been sick the week before and Hannah had to miss her party at school, so we decorated our table and she had a fall party at home. We made homemade jack-o-lantern pizzas and she had a BLAST!!!

Our pizza that was suppose to look like a jack-o-lantern!!!

Recent Pics

Little Flash

Hannah is on the Little Flash soccer team for the Upward Soccer League at our church! Today was the first game and Hannah had a BLAST!!! She is the only girl on her team, but really did well and had fun! She played all positions and blocked a goal while she was playing goalie!!

Chris is the assistant coach for her team and is on the field with the team the whole time.

Before the game- all geared up!!!

Lining up for the run through of the tunnel!!!

Hannah coming through the tunnel after her team was introduced!!

Playing soccer!!

Her turn as goalie (the older girl standing behind her is Amy Babler (our babysitters younger sister) - she was helping keep Hannah at the goal)

Shaking hands after the game!! The Little Flash beat the Cookie Monsters 5 to 3!!!

Team huddle after the game and then snack time!!!

Playing at the Park

We are so lucky to live in walking distance of 3 public parks. Now that it is a little cooler, we are spending a lot of time playing at the park.

1st day of Pre-K

Hannah started her last year of preschool this year! She is in the Pre-K class that are the Busy Bees. I cannot believe she is growing so fast and will be in "big school" - as she calls it - next year!!

Here is the picture from her first day of Pre-K:Above:
August of 09 - our little BUSY BEE

Here she was a year ago - look at the difference a year makes!!!!

Above :

August of 08 - our little FROG

SHARKS!!!!

We went to the Dallas World Aquarium recently and the kids loved the shark tank!!!

Seth was fascinated by the sharks!!

Water park fun!

Chris and Curtis took Hannah, Cameron and Austin to the water park at the Y by our house. I stayed home with Seth who is a little under the weather right now (sinus infection)!!

When they got home from swimming, I asked Hannah - "How was the water park?" Her response was --- "NOT good" ... Apparently she got into trouble with the lifeguard for climbing up the slide and not using the ladder - lesson learned and I do not think she will do it again!! The hour and a half before the incident with the lifeguard looked like a blast from these pictures!!!

Hannah practicing swimming without floaties!!!
Chris tackling Cameron from behind!

Hannah loved when the buckets dumped on her head!!!

Cameron being silly!

Beautiful Hannah!!

Austin and Cameron having fun!

Austin trying to get away from Cameron!

My favorite picture!!!

Fossil Rim

We took the kids to Fossil Rim Wildlife in Glen Rose and had a GREAT time!! It is a drive through safari place that takes about 3 hours to drive through. There were cheetahs, ostrich, deer, buffalo, wildebeast, giraffe, and so many other animals...... We fed them from the car and the zebra were so much fun to feed by hand!!! Hannah had a blast looking for animals and really took it all in, Seth was excited to be in the car and NOT in his car seat!!! He really did not pay much attention to the animals other than the giraffe - he really liked them!!!

Thank you Uncle Curtis for driving us and taking GREAT pictures!

They have a petting zoo and cafe halfway through and we had a picnic there with our sandwiches that I packed and them it was off to the petting area!! The goats were HUGE and Seth was not at all scared!!!

Seth's face sums up how much fun we all had that day - we will definitely go back soon!!!