Liam Charles Roush has Arrived!

He was born November 4, 2010 at 9:38pm. He was 10 lbs even and 21.5 inches long. We are in love! I will post more later!

Christmas 2009

Okay, so here is Christmas finally! We spent Christmas Eve with my husbands family at his sisters house where I took this pics of Sabrina and her cousin Evvy....

They adore eachother. I then tried to take a picture of all the cousins together but one little guy, my nephew Landon, wanted no part in it as you can see below.

Abby was trying to hold him in the shot and........now he's gone

At least we got a pic of the rest of them, John, Meagan, Evaline and Abby, and in the front, Jack, Sabrina and Aidan.

The next day was spent at our house and the kids were of course excited to get downstairs, here they are running torward the tree.

with their new jeep...

opening presents and stockings and playing a game Santa brought with daddy..

Sabrina and her new fairy wings from my mom...

After a nice, small dinner with just our family and Kevin and mines mom we took the traditioanl pictures we do every year, and every year it;s fight to get the kids to cooperate. Here is the best of what we took....

My mom, Gramma, with the kids

Kevins mom, or grammy, with the kids

And of course us.

Next I tried to get a few of the kids in front of the tree and my flash acting up and the kids acting up this is what I got....

While taking these I got frustrated but now I laugh and will for many years to come I am sure. I'm not so sure the kids will be laughing though someday when I submit some of these pics to their highschool yearbooks and also play them at milestone birthdays in a slide show. Payback! ;)

Lets not forget that this year we actually had a WHITE Christmas! First time in 89 years Dallas has seen a white Christmas. House on Christmas with the snow..

This was later in the day after a bunch of it had melted, should have thought to get pics that morning.

I hope your family had as  wonderful a Christmas, with many memories made, as we did!

Thanksgiving 2009

Not much to write about, we had the normal dinner at our place and the family came over. Kevins birthday actually fell on Thanksgiving this year, so we had a chocolate cake along side the pumpkin and apple pies. Instead of writing out what we are thankful for this year, I will just leave you with these pictures, which I think illustrate perfectly what we are most thankful for....

Family Pictures

We had some family pictures made a few weeks ago by our friend, the talented Erin Brown. Here is a sneak peek :)

Trying to get both kids to look at the camera and smile was quite a challege but in the end we captured some good moments. Can't wait to see the rest and order our Christmas cards!

Halloween 2009

Sabrina and Aidan in their costumes. Sabrina chose Snow White and Aidan wanted to be Batman, not just any Batman mind you , but a BLUE batman. Had to scour the internet looking for this costume but I found it and he was THRILLED!

Look at my big muscles!

Sabrina likes to pose. She doesn't like to be the center of attention at ALL! lol!

Mothers Day!

We celebrated Mothers Day by going to lunch with my mother to Ali Baba for some really good Mediterranean. After that we came home and the kids took a nap while Kevin went to pick up his mom so she could visit for a while. We planted a tree in the yard, did a little gardening and that was about it. Just a simple day. We took the above pic of me and the kids right before they took a nap. I actually like it and the kids are both smiling! a Mothers Day miracle!!!! This one will definitely be going in the digital picture frame that Kevin got me today. Hope all my wonderful mommy friends had just as good a day!

A couple of firsts...

I was going through pics today and realized I did not blog about a couple of firsts the kids had this month. One was their first trip to the Circus! We had gotten some free tickets so we loaded up the kids and both grandmas and went to see the show. Sabrina wanted to ride the elephant really badly but unfortunately once we got up there, I'm sure you can guess......yep, she started screaming and crying bloody murder. She also was holding on to Aidan for dear life. Aidan was however cool as a cucumber and seemed to enjoy the view. Notice said screaming toddler in pic below. Wish we could have gotten a close-up of that one.After riding the elephant, she actually told her daddy it was fun and she wanted to stand and watch the elephants go around and around. Toddlers!We made our way to our seats after doing our parental duty of scarring our child for life. This was the arena. The show was pretty good and Sabrina seemed to really like the gymnasts. Aidan liked it all, but then again as long as he was stuffing his face with popcorn he was happy.Now the next first was the first movie. On the 19th we took them to see Aliens vs. Monsters. Sabrina was so excited! Aidan had no clue but was happy to get some snacks and a sugary drink. Here they are checking out the candy display.....

Enjoying their snacks.......And after the movie with mommy, notice the crazed look in Sabrinas eyes, can we say too much sugar? and of course Aidan is still chowing down on a cookie, that boy loves to eat.

Easter!

The kids woke up to find that the Easter Bunny had brought them a basket full of surprises as well as a note telling them to check the front porch for another surprise! They went to the door where they found that EB had left them some baby chicks!

Sabrina proclaimed that the "chicks are very cute! I love them!" Aidan just stared and kept pointing and saying "baby chicken!"

After that excitement, we got dressed to have dinner with the family. We were supposed to go to Granmas house (my mom) but it rained a lot the night before and since granma lives on a dirt road we thought it best to meet up instead at the Wilson house. There we took some pics of the kids in there Easter finery. Getting 5 kids to all look at the camera at once and stay still is no small task, but still we managed a few good shots. The one below is one of the best, Sabrina and Aidan with their cousins Abby, Evaline and Jack Wilson.

After this pic the kids all changed into playclothes and we ate and hunted eggs. Very simple Easter with the family!

Aidan is 2 !!!!

My little boy turned 2 years old today! Doesn't seem like it was 2 years ago we brought him home from the hospital but is is! We clebrated his birthday yesterday with a party at Pump It Up Junior with friends and family. He had a gret time as you can see from the big smile on his face above!

He did not however want to cooperate when daddy and I tried to get a pic with our big boy! Oh well. Tonight we will celebrate by having daddy bring home a meal of his choice, probably a happy meal with a cheeseburger, and an ice cream cake.

Just two years ago this was my baby.........

And now he's our little boy!

Mommy and Daddy and sister love you so much ! Happy Birthday!