love my girls

she wouldn't stand still for a pic because she was upset that I couldn't find the baseball mitt!

 

Guess we were a little too loud for Allie tonight between cheering on the Boilers and yelling at the refs. So many pathetic calls!

I Want To Be Like My Big Sister

Avery adores her big sister. Allie is SO good with her too. I love that they are best friends. Avery gets so excited when it's time to pick sissy up from school. She likes taking her to school as well. I think because she knows it's almost nap time and she is definitely very tired by the time 11 o'clock rolls around. As soon as we head home she is usually out.......and most of the time she sleeps until it's time to leave to pick Allie up! This is how I find her when I get out of the car each day.

I LIKE it!

We got a new vehicle! Well, at least "new" to us. In fact, it's the same year as our van was ('05) and the same color but only 29k miles. Definitely not quite as much room in the Explorer (even with the 3rd row) as there was in the Freestar but our van was only getting 12 miles per gallon for some reason. Anyway, I think the girls are more excited about the new car more than we are. The other day Avery was sitting in there and I went to get her out and she said, "I liikkeee it!" I was like, "Like what?" Her eyes got all big and she said "CAR". And Monday when Allie went back to school the teachers asked everyone what they got for Christmas and the first thing Allie told them was a new car! Too funny!

Pictures

Trying out her new princess scooter

She loves this crown! Her nusery leader said she didn't even know Avery talked until her crown broke and she said, "fix it!"



progess of our new church that is being built.....taken from our backyard.





This is what Derek and I do in our spare time! lol



Fiesta Texas

On Thursday, December 30th we took the kids to Six Flags. Derek's sister, Natalie, had given us some tickets back in July and they expired the 31st........I really wanted to use them this summer so we could take advantage of the waterpark but Derek insisted on us saving them for while TAKK was here so we could all go. Well, we never went and we figured we'd pretty much have the place to ourselves so I wasn't as bummed about not using them earlier. To our surprise the place was PACKED. Only one roller coaster (besides the kiddie one) was running and so everyone was going to the kiddie/family rides. We were there 4 hours and rode 7 rides. I guess that's not too bad for a theme park. Maybe the Kiddie Park has just spoiled us!



Avery and I got kicked off of this one. They said she was too small. It was so sad. She didn't understand why she couldn't ride.



Allie looks so tall and grown up in this one.





Allie is the only happy camper on this ride. I felt so bad for Avery! She looked like she was going to get sick the whole time. She did throw up on the way home and I really think it was because of this ride.



Allie's first rollercoaster ride and she LOVED it!

Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011

Or maybe I should say.......I'll miss you 2010, bring on 2011. This is going to be a hard year to top in my books! We've done a lot of fun things. If I had to name ONE most memorable moment of the year I wouldn't be able to do it because there are so many.
{HiGhLiGhTs}

• Moving to Tejas (not gonna lie, I'm loving this weather.......especially right now)
• Showing my parents around our new diggs
• Allie's FOURTH Birthday
• Avery's SECOND Birthday
• Huber Family Reunion in Fairview, Utah
• Summer travels (Arches National Park, Zion National Park, Grand Canyon)
• Bryan and Kim's wedding
• Having TAKK stay with us for almost 3 months
• Allie starting preK (and me being a Room Mom)
• SIX year anniversary for Derek and I

{lOwLiGhTs}

• Moving to Tejas (the distance from family and leaving some amazing friends is hard)
• the bike accident
• my ticket and pending trial :(  (more to come on that once it's all done and over with)

Not too shabby of a year! I can honestly say I'm excited for 2011. Eleven has always been one of my favorite numbers. Derek and I both wore the #11 on our soccer uniforms. Derek is the 11th child in his family. I said earlier 2010 would be hard to top, but I think it could be possible!

{2010 FAVORITE Things}
Brooke

• Favorite Color: Red
• Favorite Movie: Toy Story 3
• Favorite Food: Fajitas
• Favorite Song: Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• Best Holiday: Easter (it was the only one with family)

Derek

• Favorite Color: Blue
• Favorite Movie: Toy Story 3
• Favorite Food: Ice Cream
• Favorite Song: Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Best Holiday: Thanksgiving

Allie

• Favorite Color: Pink
• Favorite Movie: Tangled
• Favorite Food: French Fries
• Favorite Song: Dynamite - Taio Cruz
• Best Holiday: Christmas
• Best Friend: Adeline & Abby

Avery

• Favorite Color: Pook  aka Pink
• Favorite Movie: Barbie
• Favorite Food: Goldfish
• Favorite Song: Follow The Prophet
• Best Holiday: Christmas
• Best Friend: Kaiya

{Resolutions}
For me, it's to lose weight - I know so cliche - and I've been saying all year but it's a priority. Also less time on the computer and more quality time with my children.
For Derek, lose 15 pounds, run a marathon (Ohio in September!), and less t.v.

Cousins and Tangled

Allie and Avery sure miss their cousins! One of our last outings with them was to Brackenridge Park.

Allie and I went to see Tangled today. We both enjoyed it, for the most part. About 1/2 way through Allie started asking if it was almost over. I think it was because she thought something scary with the "witch" was going to happen. It was then that she decided to sit on my lap for the remainder of the movie! Going to this was a lot of fun, just Allie and me. Now I'm looking forward to a playdate for just Avery and I. Derek stayed at home with Avery and they watched Purdue basketball. He trained her to answer yes to the questions, "Do you like basketball?" and "Do you love Purdue?" Oh, back to the movie.....I was reminded why we don't go to the movie theater. We had a $25 gift card and for just Allie and I we used all but $1.25.......that was $5 for each of our tickets and the rest was for a medium popcorn and a large icee for us to split!


She held on to her Rapunzel doll during the entire movie!



Much Anticipated

Talent show video! I'm sure most of you don't remember me saying I was going to post this video from the Huber Family reunion this summer. That was 5 months ago........and we finally got the file converted to be able to post. We were/are so proud of our Allie Kat. Love her!

Merry Christmas

We had such a wonderful Christmas. Not quite the same without family, but with today's technology they were still able to be "here". We got on Skype and my parents, brother, and sister in law all got to watch the girls open presents! Of course I got all emotional as we were opening up the last of our gifts and saying our goodbyes. My Mom made us this super cute Christmas scrapbook! The only thing is, I didn't take a single picture!!! Derek got me a new video camera so I just videotaped the whole time. They will send me pictures from their Christmas and I'll just take some of the girls playing with all of their new toys. And they have ALOT of new toys. They are so spoiled! After they played with most of their toys we went up to the toy room and started sorting through things they would be willing to part with. They just have way too much! They picked out four things........now I just need to convince them to get rid of a couple of their bigger toys (spring horse and easel maybe?)

Anyway, we're grateful for all of our family and friends. We love and miss all of you. Hope you all had a blessed Christmas and we wish you all the best for the upcoming year.

Christmas Eve dinner @ Cheesecake Factory (yum!) located at the North Star Mall --famous for world's largest boots

Avery and her FurReal Frenzies. The rabbit's laugh sounds just like hers!

Allie and her very own laptop

Baking

This year I went a little overboard on the baking.We had a lot of people to make goodies for though!
Sugar cookies, Oatmeal cookies with red and green m&ms, coconut cookies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate peanut butter fudge, peppermint fudge, and chocolate pretzels.

I also made these yummy chocolate covered pretzels for my class! They must have been a hit because I ran into one of the Mom's the next day and she said her daughter talked nonstop about them.

Now, this doesn't have anything to do with Christmas baking.........but I've come to realize that the girls really love helping out in the kitchen. Honestly, at their age most of the time it's a pain to have them "help".......but when you have the extra time and/or gear something towards their help then it's fun for everyone. The girls and I made pizza bites the other night........

I didn't get a picture of the finished product, but they looked good. They must have tasted good too because we made 20 pizza bites and every one was eaten!