Sweet Sixteen!!!

Happy Birthday Sophia!!! 16 and ready to drive! It was an extra fun day because she got out of school early for a hair appointment. Then we went way downtown for the driver's test....which she passed! Thank you Coach Savage. Then we took a chance and stopped by the DPS to see if she could get a walk-in appointment and not have to wait until the morning. Thanks to a nice lady...we were in and out in about 15 minutes!!! Plus she has an awesome driver's license pic thanks to the earlier hair appointment! It couldn't have worked out any better! 

She got her present a couple weeks early. We looked and looked and looked...and finally found this needle in a haystack. A 2005 Lexus at the right price with low miles and immaculate interior. She was so excited! 

We did a big family dinner at Papadeaux and then back to our house for cake and presents. 

 This was such a happy birthday...and having two extra drivers in the house is so nice!! We are so proud of you and know this year will bring lots of happiness! 

New Years Eve at the Ranch!

4 of us headed to the ranch for New Years. Sophia needed to stay home to be at some basketball practices, ets. She stayed with Shirley. 

It was nice to get away for 3 nights. Super warm weather!!! 

The boys hunted some...but no luck. I think it was too warm for the deer to be out. 

Saw some beautiful sunsets. 

Lucy and Joshua blowing up "burritos" for the game that he got from the Herridges. Throw Throw Burrito. It was an outside card game that involved trying to hit people with the burrito. The card part didn't last long, but there were many rounds of burrito challenges! 

Ranger gets very tired at the ranch! 

 Trying to make it to 2022!!! 

Quick power nap....but I DID make it to midnight. We all toasted with sparkling juice...and then headed to bed! 

Ranger on the way home.....super crashed out!!! 

That's a wrap on 2021!!! It's been an interesting year!!! From snowstorms, sports, quick trips, remodeling...and much much more...it's been a good one. I know 2022 has lots in store for us!! 

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve at church...I was able to get the cousins together for a quick pic. Vivi and Sully were with Noel for the holidays. 

Sophia and I played handbells at both services. Check out our lovely shirts. :)

Jake woke us all up about 7:30 on Christmas morning. I thought big kids slept in??? 

Then we headed to Mom's. We took about 25 pics trying to get one that was pretty good! 

And Ruby needed to be in a picture too! 

It was a low key Christmas this year. We just finished all the house renovations and the kids didn't have a ton on their lists. So they all got a few things plus some money to spend. It was super warm...at least 80 degrees! A little cooler weather would have been nice. But Christmas 2021 was a good one! 

 

All the love for Ranger....

He is such a sweet (and very handsome) dog. And totally spoiled rotten!!

Christmas pic from Kara's. 

 

Mac Basketball....

Basketball has been a lot of ups and downs for Sophia this year. But she has done really well on JV and gotten a ton of play time. Now if we can just make it through the season without any more major meltdowns!!! 

 

Northwood Tradition....

It's a Northwood tradition to have a group pic of all the seniors and 8th graders who went to Northwood to go in the Mac and Garner yearbooks. 

It was so much fun for this group of seniors to be together!!! Such a good group of kids! And I can remember almost all of them as Kindergartners at Northwood! 

Joshua's group is not quite as big....and very low on boys. There were 2 or 3 other boys that didn't come. Happy that they had 4 cute boys to represent this class! 

 

Remodel!!!

After 3 strike-outs with contractors, a customer gave me the name of someone they had used and really liked. She was SO right. They came in and worked nonstop until the laundry room, both bathrooms and hallway built ins where finished. K.C. and his guys were so easy to work with. All the work was finished in less than 6 weeks. We couldn't be happier with their work!!! Everything looks so updated and fresh. Hard to believe we waited almost 15 years to do it!