It's freezing!

It is so cold! Aaron and Bryson haven't been feeling well and it is so cold outside so Bry and I are hibernating. We are going nuts in the house and so ready to walk the zoo or anything! We escaped tonight to watch Cori's basketball game, the highlight of our week.
Last weekend we took a trip to OKC for a couple of days to tour the area. We found some neighborhoods that we really liked. They were filled with historic homes, my favorite! Cori had to take a test to apply to a new school. Imagine how exciting it would be to drive hours to another state to take a tough test on a Saturday! It was actually snowing here in Texas the afternoon we drove to Oklahoma; we missed seeing our happy dogs playing in the snow. Cori spotted a Zio's in the city from miles away so that was an immediate plus for her. Crazy kid.

The 'do

Finally, I can post pictures of Cori's new look. Her cousin Chad gave her a new hairdo. He even colored it all over. We were nervous before we saw the end result because we had only let her have some highlights before. But he made her a "sandy" blonde and we love it. I like how brave she is and the fact that she is the ONLY girl in her school to have her hair short. She likes to do her own thing which is great. We just got back from watching one of her basketball games, she scored 1/3 of the points; she really played well. We applied her to a new high school this week and we eagerly await results. We are all looking forward to many new adventures in a few months.

Bryson still enjoys watching his sister play basketball. If anyone claps, he claps and cheers too for either team. Cori says she can hear him from the court. His favorite thing is to run on the court after the game and go straight to his sister and hug her legs. He practices dribbling his basketball on the kitchen floor, he's getting good. Bryson is getting so big and soaking up information like crazy. He can point to many things that you ask for specifically and he also makes many animal sounds. Sometimes he wakes up from his nap and I hear him roaring because he sees one of the stuffed tigers in his room; sometimes it's a monkey. We recently taught him to say and sign "Please". Now he knows to say it whenever he wants something and he is really hard to turn down, especially because he says please like Roger Rabbit, it's so cute!

Happy New Year!

So far this year I am on a roll. I have kept my New Year's resolution, to write in the blog once a week! We had a wonderful closing to 2007. We spent Christmas with family and are soon to spend an extended Christmas with additional family. We have been very blessed. New Year's eve was celebrated in our home with friends and our traditional fondue night. Today Cori and I went out to a movie to relax while Aaron made a pot of black eyed peas. Aren't they supposed to bring luck to the year? Bryson wanted to leave a picture wishing everyone happy new year. I have some of Cori but they cannot be posted right now due to a bet, check back next week.

Happy New Year everyone!