Baby Benjamin is cruising through his first week of life like a CHAMP!

Benjamin has learned a lot this week--how to drink milk, how to do other body functions, how to chill around Jackson, and much much more! Jackson is learning what "be easy with baby Benjamin" means I hope as he has a Thomas the train in one hand and a Lightnin' McQueen in the other!

BABY BENJAMIN BORN on January 25, 2009

The wait for baby Benjamin is finally over. He is such a cool little guy already! Jackson has seen him once and who knows what he thinks really or what he actually comprehends about the situation yet....that is yet to be seen. See pics of the evening he was born and the day after. 

New Year's Greeting

Look closely at the flowers growing out of Ben and Jackson's heads!!! Yikes-is there a zoo around to house such as this?
I don't know if there is room in that zoo for the craziness.....

Checking out Rob's new office space at Watermark. Cool view of 635!
Jackson throwing his clothes out of the big sack...He got styling clothes from Uncle Ben and Aunt Ashley. 
Jackson's first robe! He likes it. 
Leslie, Rob and Karla just hanging out. 
Karla trying to get Jackson to eat Brisket. It worked! He ate it up!

Pics of Christmas 2008

Ashley got the girls pjs from J. Crew...what a dance line!
Karla about to leave with Bud.
Our trip to Frisco Square to see the syncronized light show.

Jason and Missy enjoying the merriment.
Christmas Eve after the service.

More Rocking around the Christmas Tree!

As Christmas Day approached, more of the kids came to McKinney. Ben and Ashley flew in from NYC and Karla came from Austin and Leslie and Rob and Jackson were already here because they live here(in Richardson that is). We met at Watermark and went to Christmas Eve church service there and it was a fabulous service and presentation of the Christmas message...from the manger, over the rocky road of Jesus's life to the cross.....HE came to set us free. WOW....it was such an incredible and great service. I loved it. 

After the Christmas Eve Service, we started home via North Park mall to do a little last minute Christmas Shopping for Rodney. Got it...then got home about 5 minutes before all the rest of the kids came for supper! PHEW! Soup night....taco and Mulligatawney! YUM!

See the pics for all the fun with Jason, Missy, Chad, Hunter and Chrissy, and the rest of us!

Christmas ROCKA-MY-SOUL!

We made a fast and furious trip to Lubbock to be with Alan and the "girls" and I forgot my camera so I will have to figure out how to pull those pics off of Shutterfly to post, but it was a great time. Emmerson had a Fancy Nancy Christmas and little Evynn got a new vacuum, play purse, and a new dollie. It was so much fun. Deonne cooked her good food and made her great salad....and we ate, played with the kids, visited, and I even got Alan to go shopping for some new jeans for his Christmas!. Yeah for the GAP!.