Merideth cracks us up!

Samuel, Merideth, and I went down to Plano to visit Robert and Danica for the weekend. It was a fun trip, thanks Robert and Danica!

While we were there we saw a coyote in Plano crossing a very busy street. Both of the kids missed it, but Merideth said that we needed to go pick it up and take it back to Danica's house. I explained to her that coyotes are not the typical house guest and that I am sure he was on his way home for dinner. The next day we were driving to church and Merideth said we should keep our eyes open for the coyote and I said we sure should and she said, "and maybe we will see all the other mascots too"...the Coyote is the Spurs mascot. She really thought in all the coyote talk that we were talking about the character, she cracks us up!

Silly Kids

Kids clothes are so much fun to buy, but it is amazing how often they prefer to wear costumes or wear someonelse's clothes:

Samuel wanted to try on Merideth's jacket in the midst of me trying to get it on Merideth as we were heading out the door to gymnastics, a bit small.

We traveled to Disney world while Isabella was over one day.

Bingo Night

Samuel very much enjoys playing Bingo at home so I thought it would be fun to go to their school's Bingo Night...it was a fun time, but my nerves were shot by the end of the night due to managing an over stimulated Samuel and a tired Merideth. We never got Bingo, but there was not a lack of effort as I was trying to run 5 cards while helping Samuel with his 1. We will certainly try again next year but I think I will bring backup!

Very Focused!
Merideth enjoyed the stickers, drawing on the table cloth and the candy.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Taylor!

We hope you have a great day doing whatever it is that YOU want to do to celebrate the gift of YOU!

Here is a classic view of the sibling love that goes on in our house along with some good ol' compromise for your birthday blessing:

Happy Birthday Grandma Paula!

Today is mom/Paula/Grandma Paula's birthday! Happy Birthday mom! We hope you have a day spent specifically on YOU. We are thankful for the mom/mother-in-law/grandma we have in you. We can't wait to see you again VERY soon!

Here is your birthday blessing performed by Merideth with videography by Samuel:

Brrrrrr!

Not much to report going on in our world! Just getting back to our routine after the holidays. That seems to take longer the older we get or maybe it is the older the kids get, who knows. Today was SUPER cold. Samuel was looking out the living room window this morning and said, "Mom, what's that?!" I looked out thinking it was something new that made its way into our backyard, nope, it was snow! When I took the kids to school the car said it was 17 degrees outside, brrrrrrr! The snow didn't stick but it was fun to see. We hope you are staying warm in your part of the world!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

From our blog world Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hopefully we were able to greet all of you in some way before today and that you know we hope you had a great holiday! Obviously we have been on a bit of a blog hiatus, sorry, no grand excuses, just didn't take the time to catch up...here is our picture catch up. We had a great Christmas with Robert and Danica, it was a very relaxing day, the kids had a great time and were not too crazy but really enjoyed everything. The Covarrubias flew in Christmas afternoon and were able to stay and experience OKC. We had a great visit, both Samuel and Merideth LOVED having pretty much constant attention for 10 days straight!

We really do feel that 2008 was filled with many blessings and we are excited about 2009 and our new adventures here in OK.
Off to deliver cookies to neighbors.

Braving the cold in the Jeep with Robert and Danica.

Christmas Eve PJs!!!

Check out the puppet theater/store front that Robert and Danica made for the kids!!! The princess in the window is pretty cute as well.

A few favorites; crocs, Batman shirt, bean bag, Veggie Tales story book bible.

One of the new princesses in the house and her pet bear.

Uncle Rick counting toes.

New wallet!

New fuzzy pink socks!

One of the many bison around OKC.

Swinging at the Science Museum with Danica.

Gotcha! Robert and Merideth stopping for a snack at the museum.

Samuel taking Danica "somewhere" on the airplanes at the museum.

Some silly time outside.

Waiting for the "yellow boats" to take us for a tour on the canal.

Merideth's favorite things; ballerina outfit, princess shoes, funky tails, and books.

One of the many windy days in OK!

Merideth waiting for her turn to ice skate with daddy.

Merideth is scared of nothing as long as she is with daddy.

Samuel getting some help from daddy and Cory.

Fun times with Uncle and Cory and Auntie and Becca!

Celebrating Nanny's 82 birthday in Sherman, TX.

Thanks for coming to visit us! We miss our time with you and can't wait to see you again!