Keaton gets a Haircut

Our little boy had his first haircut the morning of Christmas Eve! According to the certificate he received, Keaton has graduated from babyhood. Tear. :( We took him to the one and only Duane (D-wain) at Westwood Barber Shop. Kris wouldn't have it any other way and it turned out to be a fun family outing! I can see why Kris enjoys getting his hair cut at this place. Very old school with country music playing on a small radio in the background. Duane is about as down to earth as they come. Keaton did great as long as he had a peanut butter cracker to munch on!

Waiting for his turn


Goldie Locks


"You do know what you're doing, right?"


One handsome little boy! And trys his first lollipop!

"You look good little brother!"

Proud Daddy Kris

Little Picassos??

The good thing about it being 80 degrees in December....beautiful weather to enjoy painting outside! Sydney added some more art work to her abstract collection! And Keaton was more interested in body art. And yes....this is what we look like when we don't have to leave the house. I didn't look much different. Haha! Don't judge.

Black Bucky

Over the Thanksgiving Holidays, while we were in Llano, you couldn't wipe the smiles off my Popo or my husband's faces. The smiles were stuck. Major things happened. A&M defeated the t-sips. Whoop! And Kris killed the mysteriously elusive Black Buck on our ranch. Fables had been told over the years about black buck roaming through the area. Only my Popo had ever seen one. We were starting to question his eye sight. Ha! This was the man who once told me he walked through a rainbow and had to go home and take a shower to wash the colors off. :) Anyways, Kris had put corn out on several occasions leading up to Thanksgiving weekend. His persistance paid off. Black Buck or as Sydney would say, "Black Bucky" was caught!

Sydney and her Goats

I think the pictures speak for themselves. Sydney LOVES goats. We have a few goats on our ranch in Llano and all Sydney wants to do when we visit is to see the goats. She is not afraid one little bit and I love it! Keaton, on the other hand, is more of a cattleman. He wasn't too impressed with the old goats.

Sydney Turns Three

Sydney Leigh turned 3 on November 14. This is SO hard to believe but I am so proud of the young lady she is becoming! We definitely have our "moments" when I just stare in disbelief at some of our actions, but I know this is typical and something I am defintely not alone in experiencing!

In public, she is typically quiet and a bit timid, but don't let this shy and reserved little toot fool you. She is soaking it all up and will fill us in on the way home! Ever since she was a baby she has been so observant and would study everything so intently! Kris and I are somewhat amazed sometimes at what she can remember. We seriously think she has a photographic memory! She knows exactly what each of her friends gave at her birthday party and is like a human GPS system when driving in the car....even at night!

Sydney definitely fits the roll of Big Sister, although not in size. She likes to tell Keaton what to do and "plays" school with her being the teacher of course. She loves to wrestle with him and I love to hear the two of them giggle together. She gets very concerned if Keaton falls or gets a boo boo. She has a wonderful imagination and I just love to hear her conversations with stuffed animals and dolls. Sydney LOVES Play Doh and we have so much fun with our creations! Recently, we heard a Marie Osmond song on the radio, "No Stoppin Your Heart." I, of course, was singing along. How could you not??? A couple days later, I saw Sydney holding her flashlight and singing, "No stoppin, No stoppin, No stoppin, No stoppin!" She had moves and everything. It was HILARIOUS and made me so proud. She knows good tunes!

I am loving the fact she understands Christmas this year. Kids truly have a way of putting things in perspective. I explained to her that we celebrate Christmas because it is the day that Jesus was born. She then asked if Jesus was going to have a birthday party and if he could have a moonbounce. Well, I don't know about the moonbounce, but she has requested birthday cake on Jesus' birthday! Soooooo, we will be making a birthday cake for Christmas Day and singing Happy Birthday to Jesus. He is the reason for the season!!!

We feel so blessed to be her parents and God definitely created a "one of a kind" Sydney.

On her actual birthday we were in San Antonio. We ate lunch at a mexican restaurant in the downtown Market Square. Mexican food is her favorite and she is a pro at filling up a tortilla with whatever is on her plate and rolling it up. This definitely makes her Daddy proud. Of course we requested the mariachi band for a song and they sang Feliz Cumpleanos while she got to wear a pink sombrero. So cute! Ice Cream for dessert and we had one happy 3 year old!