A Texas Thanksgiving

We made our LONG way down to Texas this year for Thanksgiving. 1300 miles of FUN!!! Landry and Jett had so much fun together. The older they get the more they really appreciate getting together for the holidays.

We made a detour through west Texas to see our cousins in Ballinger. All the girls, Jenna, Landry, Jessa, Shelby, Harper and Jolee had a great time! What a group of cute little girls! Below is Landry holding Jolee. Very sweet!!!

Harper turned 1 on November 15! We had a big party for her at the house with lots of family and friends! She had lots of fun digging into her cupcake. I can't believe she is already 1!!!

Nov pics

Nov. 6, 2008

Playing in the leaves

Pacha Family Update

Harper is nearing her 1st birthday! This year has gone by so fast, but we've loved every minute of it.
We recently took the girls to see Disney on Ice. Landry has been wanting to ice skate lately so she LOVED watching all the Disney characters ice skate! She can't wait for Winter to go ice skating and for the snow! After last Winter, Nick and I can wait!

Canada Bear Hunt

Here's my Black bear I got with my bow in Northern Sasketchewan

Here he is before I shot him

This bear wanted to come check out the view from my tree stand

Ahhhh the two of us... what a pretty picture (excpet for the ugly guy in the camo!)

We didn't see any northern lights but we did see some nice sunsets.

The Three Amigos

We even had a chance to do a little fishing. My 44-inch Northern Pike

Lake trout with fall its fall colors.

Our Little Drama Queen

What a personality! Landry loves dancing, riding her Gator, playing with her kittys (Sprinkles & Tinkerbelle, she named them herself) and bossing Harper around. She is always making us laugh and smile! Landry is so sweet and is loved so much! She is very excited about our upcoming trip to Texas to see my family. We can't believe Landry is 3 1/2. Time is flying by. We look forward to all the fun and excitement that's to come.

Harper - 9 1/2 months old

Harper is now 9 1/2 months old! She is crawling and pulling herself up. She is a big girl and so very sweet. She loves chasing Landry around and getting into her stuff. We love her very much!

Fish & Goats

Landry and Nick went fishing down in our front pond. Landry used her Barbie pole and caught 3 blue gill. She was so excited, but what she really wanted to catch was a FROG! On a fishing pole, that may be kind of hard, but we didn't tell her that.

We finally got Nick's Mountain goat hung on the wall! What a task! It took 5 of us to lift and secure it on the wall. Our great room is filling up!

1st Day of Preschool

Landry's 1st day of preschool was August 26. She had a wonderful day and is looking forward to the school year. There are 7 kids in her class. They color, paint, sing songs, play outside, take fieldtrips and have snack (her favorite). We can't believe Landry is already in PRESCHOOL! Watch out kids!

Landry and Harper Update

Landry and Harper are growing up so fast! Landry is talking up a storm these days. She loves to ask questions and lots of them! She has enjoyed swimming and playing outside this summer. Next week she will be going to Vacation Bible School. I'm sure she will love that! Her favorite song right now is "Jesus Loves the Little Children." It is so cute to hear her sing it! Landry is always keeping us on our toes.
Harper is so close to crawling! She can go backwards and about 2 crawls forward! It won't be long and she will be right behind Landry! Watch out! She has her 2 bottom teeth now and they are so cute. Nick and I thought Harper was going to be our calm little girl, BUT by the looks of it, I think we were wrong! She loves to be the center of attention and if you take something away she was playing with, you better watch out!
They are both precious little girls and very blessed to have them. We look forward to the years ahead!

Just a couple more...

We had such a wonderful time in San Juan! Here are just a couple more pictures from the trip.

Girls Getaway

While the guys went on their annual fishing trip to Canada, the girls got to go to SAN JUAN! We had a wonderful time in the sun. Landry loved swimming and Harper just loved being in the water. What a splasher! We were very lucky to have Honey, Grandma and Nana there to help and enjoy a wonderful trip! We can't wait for the next girls trip :) !

Celebration in Cabo

What a weekend in Cabo!! I had a wonderful vacation to Cabo San Lucas. My whole family was there for my cousin, Allison's wedding. The wedding was beautiful! We all had so much fun catching up and partying!

Girls Will Be Girls

We had such a great visit with Jason, Jill, Jenna & Jessa. Landry and Jenna became quite a pair. They never stopped running and playing! As you can see from the picture of the girls, it was very hard to get them all to look at the camera at the same time. They were so much fun!

Mother's Day

We celebrated Mother's Day with brunch at the Athletic Club. It was a great time with family and friends, a little chilly for May, but that's OK!