2014

2014......How can it be?  It seems like the older I get the faster the time goes!  2013 was a great year minus our medical mishaps however, I'm so thankful that we are healthy and happy & we had insurance!  Looking forward to this new year and praying that God continues to draw our family closer to him and that we honor him in everything we say and do!   We rang in the New Year with our neighbors & the FW firestation!
Some highlights of 2013~ C~Promotion to Lieutenant, A~New Office Building, B~Kindergarten Graduation, Apryle's HS Graduation, Disney World, C~20 year HS reunion, M~Broken Arm, Alaska, Dance, Gulf Shores, B~Football, 1st Grade & Pre-K, Grandma Snowden's 80th,  Beckett Harper Wills, A~Gall Bladder Removal, C~Hurt foot, Basketball, Hunting, A~ Awesome Year in Real Estate 

p.s. This picture is from Cleve's cousin Blaine, who is currently living in NY.  

Cowboys

 Bryson had a dream come true this last week.  He and Cleve were invited to go to the Cowboys game with our friends & neighbors.  For this football obsessed boy there couldn't have been anything better!  He was so excited!

 Their seats were awesome and Bryson enjoyed his first NFL experience.  Although the Cowboys didn't get the W it was an great game.  The Eagles won 24-22

Besties

 So excited to see one of my college besties, Angela!  She and her family were in town from Georgia and both of our families were able to hang out and have dinner. That hasn't happened in a while, usually we are missing our husbands or kids!  Anyway it was a great time.  I'm so thankful for our friendship and our common love of our Savior.  It is an amazing bond that we share!  

Snowden Christmas 2013

 Christmas Day we headed to Mimi & Papas to celebrate Christmas.  Papa and his girls watched a little Elf

 The kids were eager to open presents, Mimi said they couldn't open any until they had their Santa hats on 

 This year Amber and I decided that we would each give the girls a trip to the American Girl store for lunch and shopping.  So we typed up a note to tell them complete with American Girl logo and pictures of their dolls.......they were.......BEYOND excited (see below)

 I mean screams and all!

 Mom & Apryle checking out the calendar 

 I got to snuggle with this cutie

 The girls love, "What does the fox say?"  Amber found these shirts for them...so fitting that they give us show.

 Priceless

All the grandkids and their Mimi & Papa.  Bryson says when Beckett is 4 or 5 he is going to play with him.  So sweet

Christmas Morning

Santa came!!!  This was the first year in a long time that we had to wake the kids up.  I think they were so exhausted from getting up so early every other day!  

The bitty twins, a cradle & high chair.  All is right with this little girl.  Their names:  Hudson & Charley

Bryson got an electric scooter & a lego table

Dede & Pops came up to celebrate with us, we sang Jesus Happy Birthday

What a wonderful Christmas morning!

Christmas Eve

A little bit of picture overload, but I couldn't help post all of these.  We got ready for Christmas Eve service at church

My two cuties!

My handsome hubby

Home from church, time to make Santa Cookies and Jesus' Birthday Cake.  Christmas Eve tradition

The traditional open one present on Christmas Eve

Macie got a set of Mini-Lalaloopsys.....

she loved them and thanked Daddy for getting them for her.

Bryson got his very own Bible, his first entire bible that he can read.   You should have seen his face beaming, he was so very excited and it was the neatest thing.

Both gifts were a hit!

Great Wolf Lodge

The Ron Brunson crew met for their Christmas at Great Wolf Lodge this year.  We were so excited that they would all be within a one hour drive of us!  We had a great time hanging out with them and swimming at the indoor waterpark in December!

Bryson LOVES it, it is boys boys boys and all Brunsons!

The dads got in the action, I got Blaine in the background on the phone, lol!

How blessed we are!  What a great memory with the cousins.  Wish they all lived closer, no doubt those Brunson boys would have a ball.....and play some ball!