Mizzou and the Zoo

On Monday Stephen accepted admission to go the the University of Missouri in Columbia. He will be pursuing his PhD in Marketing. We are very excited! We will only be 10 hours from Tyler now. Compared to the 24 hours it takes to get to Tyler now it sounds like a breeze. I have wanted to get closer to my family because both of my parents are not in good health. Before we accepted an offer from Missouri we took a road trip there as a family. I wanted to see what the town was like first before we said we were coming. The town is about 100,000 people, and you don't have to commute which is a huge plus. Anywhere we live in the city, Stephen will be able to get to school in about 15 minutes. Right now we live close to an hour away from Stephen's work. On our way down to Missouri we got to see Stephen's Uncle Bill and Aunt Ivonne. It was great to see them. They were so nice to let us stay there a night with 2 toddlers. We will be about 2 hours from them when we move.

We also went to the zoo a few weeks ago. It was a lot of fun. I love that the kids can tell me all the animals this year. When we ask them what a giraffe has, they say a long neck. When we ask what does an elephant have, they say a long nose. We didn't even use the stroller. They held our hands the whole time. Of course, we had to threaten them that we would have to leave if they didn't hold our hands. They are getting so big. Andrew is going to be 3 on the 13th, and I can't believe it.

I will post pictures later.

What a Beautiful Day!

The temperature was almost 60 degrees today and the sun was shining. We took the kids to a nature park to see the ducks and go on a walk after church. They had so much fun. Last year we pushed them in a stroller at this park, and this year they don't even want to hold our hands. We were at the park for about an hour, and the kids ran the whole time. They went to bed without any problems tonight.

Sunday Mornings

Since Ali's hair is getting longer I decided it was time to purchase a curling iron. I know I am probably crazy for using a curling iron on a 2 year old, but she does stay fairly still.

Andrew eating a snack before church. We go at 11 now.

Look! My pretty curls.

Ali posing for Vogue. I thought this was the cutest picture.

Everyone is ready for church. It is hard to take a picture with both of them in it and smiling.

I Love Sunday Naps........

They slept so long that I had to wake them up. That doesn't happen very often. I thought it was great because Stephen and I got to take a long nap, too. The only problem was that Andrew didn't want to go to bed tonight.

Look! They're Sharing.

Snow, Snow, and More Snow

Last week was a long week. It snowed so much that we had to shovel our driveway 4 times. I feel trapped in the house when it snows like that. My sister makes it better by telling me that it is 70 degrees in Texas. Anyway, here are some pictures of us shoveling the driveway for Valentine's Day.

Treehouse Museum

Saturday we went to the Treehouse Musem in Ogden. It was a lot of fun. There are all kinds of little exhibits for kids. Andrew loved the table train set. They liked the Nemo fish, planting garden, dinosuars, reading books, the big fire truck, playing music, the "Kung Fu Panda Bear"(every panda bear they see is Kung Fu Panda), and just running around. It was nice to get out of the house. Andrew, Ali, and I pretty much stay at home all the time. It took us a month to use our last tank of gas. So it was a real treat to get out. I forgot to bring the camera so here are some pictures from my phone. They are really blurry because the kids were moving so fast.