Just Us!

We are doing good and getting ready to start building our house in January. We are so excited! The kids are doing great, and getting ready for the baby to be here in March. Angela and the kids are flying home for Christmas and will be in Arizona for 3 weeks, David and Gabe will be driving out for the week of Christmas and then driving back home to Arkansas. We can't wait to see everyone and celebrate with everyone soon. We love you and miss you all!

Decorating our Gingerbread House!

We decorated our gingerbread house Friday night. The kids had so much fun...all of them! Faith's theory was...one piece of candy for me, one for the house, one for me, one for the house...! Ryan had too much candy too, but he was much more sneaky about getting it!

Brushing our teeth

Our little monkey!

Decorating the Christmas Tree

We got the tree out and some of our Christmas decorations to get into the Christmas spirit, even though we'll be in Arizona for Christmas! The kids had lots of fun decorating the tree...and Mommy broke the ornament!

Grandma & Papa Came to Visit!

Grandma and Papa Fraser came to visit in October. The boys took a tour of the USS Razorback, a sub that was in WWII that's now parked in the Arkansas River in Little Rock. Ryan sure had a great time. We had a great visit with them and can't wait to see them again at Christmas!

A Day with Dad!!

Don't let that smile fool you, her first reaction when she saw what was on the end of that line was to toss the pole in the lake. This was taken after much debate about the fish wanting to bite her.

Playing around at the park. Ryan coundn't find any real bugs, so he talked Faith into being a stand in.
You know that feeling of a job well done? That was this...for about 60 minutes. Then she woke up asking if it was time to wrestle yet.

Ryan's First Day of Kindergarten!!!

Ryan was so excited to start his first day of school, that he didn't get much sleep last night. So when we went to wake him up this morning, he asked for 5 more minutes before he wakes up. His teacher's name is Ms. Cearley. I asked if she was nice, and he said she wasn't nice, she was REALLY nice. He had fun on the play ground, but he scratched his knee and got a band-aid. He got to eat his lunch from his new Transformers Bumble Bee lunch box in the cafeteria. He said he got to play with toys, puzzles, and legos. He got to be a helper by moving tables, and he sang twinkle twinkle little star. Mom got to pick him up from schoolat 3:20!

More T-ball

Ryan is enjoying being a "Mudcat" so much. He is really learning and growing this year. The first game of the season, he got the "game ball" for having the best hits. We have 5 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie. They are a pretty good team, and we really like the coach. I never knew that T-ball was more exciting and intense than the major league games, we leave every game with a sore throat, raw hands (from clapping), and lots of adrenaline!

Check out the "Beatty Bunch" blog, they have some really cute pictures of Faith all dressed up in new clothes from Aunt Jen.

Ryan lost his first tooth today!!!

Ryan lost his first tooth today! It's been loose for about a week, and he's been playing with it everyday. He was playing with it today, and got really excited, he could tell it was time to come out! He pulled and pulled, and finally...had to ask Daddy for help! He got it almost all the way out, it was flopped all the way forward, barely hanging on, and David just tugged a bit and it came out. He's very excited. We put it in an envelope to put under his pillow so he can get a surprise from Mommy and Daddy while he's sleeping!

Photo Booth

Faith and Daddy were playing photo booth at the game, they're so funny!!!

T-ball Scrimmage

Ryan is playing T-ball this year for the Mudcats!

They've been practicing a couple nights a week for the past 4 weeks, and they had a scrimmage with one of the other 5 year old teams yesterday. Ryan is a head taller than all the other boys on the team, except for one, who's only an inch shorter than Ryan. The first time at bat, Ryan ran toward 3rd base instead of 1st, so the coach had to grab him and point him in the right direction. He's very cute, and starting to get the hang of things. He has a tournament the first week of April, and then has games all the way into early June, so if any of you come out to visit, you can come watch a game or two!!