Happy 14th Lydia!

 

Getting a permanent bracelet and pistachio gelato in Tomball :)

3-2-1...

running into another year with bubbles and balloons!

If you know Lydia, you know she loves pasta and sharing her passion with her friends. 

So pasta bar and then a pasta name matching challenge.

They had a lot of fun with it!

Megan, Lydia, Natalie, Charlotte

A fun game of balloon charades and then they figured out sleeping arrangements.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY my precious girl!!!

Happy 40th Ben!

Big 4-0 for Ben! 

We had family time on Friday with dinner, games, a slideshow and gifts.

Saturday morning F3 workout with breakfast tacos and donuts

and a progressive dinner with F3 friends and 'happy birthday' sung in the evening!

On his 40th, may he know he means so much to so many people.

Go Addie Go!

Grandpa & Addie came down to Houston!

Addie ran the half marathon

and with our support, got a PR! ;)

It was a chilly day for walking, but perfect for running, I guess.

Ben showing support too

the next day we got snow!

and our poor plants got hit with a deep freeze again...

 

Merry Christmas!

Cookie Decrating

Caroling at senior living

Holiday skit for theater with Valentina & Grace

Naps, naps, naps

 

We still have fun with Magic

Celebrating at home

Abby found the pickle!

Sheboygan-waiting for our trolley ride through the Making Spirits Bright!

 

Bolgert Christmas Eve

 

Games & White Elephant

 

Playing hair and nice enough to fly planes outside.

Christmas Morning & Day

Quincy, Naomi, Violet, Abby, Levi, Grandma, Lydia, Aaliyah

Walking Le Claire in the snow!

Gift exchange and party

 

Vance, Kailyn, Rob, Emily, Hailey, Nathan, Sarah, Kristin, Konrad, Abby, Aubrey, Ben, Kayla, Lydia, Julie, Karla, Jacob, Kinsey, Kaitlyn, Will, Dan, Jan, Bruce

Bingo & not too old for a tea party!

and Happy New Year 2024!

Thanksgiving

Our friend, Cecelia came over, so we had a good excuse to break out the china!

We made the typical foods.

Behind the scenes, the girls had fun dissecting the turkey parts!

On to the Tomball holiday parade

and festival of trees.

We put 5 raffle tickets here as the girls are obsessed with all the cute cow things.

Mr & Mrs Claus were there!

Ring the bells!

McKinney Falls State Park

The kids had a 4 day weekend, so we took a quick 2 nights camping near Austin. It was great to have family friends join us in the same loop!

Emily & Seth created this amazing video from our time:

This “swinging tree” had a vine growing with it, perfect for playing.

Lydia led us hiking from our campsite to the upper and lower falls.