DAYTONA 500

Brian LOVES to watch Nascar.....not football, not basketball, not golf, not baseball.....just NASCAR. Because he loves this, naturally Ashton and Branson love it too. Daytona 500 starts off the Nascar season, this was a pretty exciting day around our house. The boys decided they needed to make some cheering signs:

Branson cheers on #29 Kevin Harvick every year.

Ash goes for Kasey Kahne every year. He has changed his number throughout the years, but this year he drives the Red Bull #4 car.

Brian's driver: Kasey Kahne

Wobby's driver: Carl Edwards

Let the Nascar Season begin!

*SIDE NOTE: Carl Edwards took 2nd...haha

Kasey Kahne.....well we won't mention what place he took, it was pretty far back!

YAY!

Valentine's Day

Ash and Brans opening up their Valentine's gifts from Dad & Wobby:

Branson had the flu on Valentine's Day, so this is how he spent the day, poor little guy:

Ash trying out his new video game:

Branson going through his class valentines, I told him I would stop into his preschool class and pick up his valentine's, I could tell he really was sick, otherwise he would have all of the candy eaten up within 10 minutes. He just kind of looked at it, and then layed down:

Brian got his favorite pie for Valentine's Day.....Lemon Meringue:

WOW, Brian did good this year! He even surprised me and sent flowers to the school, when I was there helping out with Ashton's Valentine's party. Everyone was pretty impressed!

THANK YOU BRIAN for being MY Valentine! I LOVE YOU!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Winter Project #1

With Idaho snow, winters can become a little depressing. So I like to plan a few projects to work on throughout the cold winterty season. Here is my first project:

Thanks to Jedd and Kylie for the free mirror, this job cost me about $50....can't beat that! We ended up moving around the furniture to make the mirror work in our room. I told Brian, that if I put the calf roping image on the mirror then he better give it his all this year with calf roping.....he plans on doing just that!
Now on to my next project......drapes!

Countdown to HAWAII

Ash and Brans decided we needed to have a chain countdown for Wobby and Dad to go to Hawaii.

Just last night we were talking about how close we are to going. Ashton's reaction....'But, but.....how long are you going to be gone?....(pretty worried)' and Branson's reaction...'YAY!' We have got one boy who is excited to get us gone so his Grandma can come stay with him for a long long time, and another boy who is getty pretty sad that we are going.

Funny how different they are!

HAWAII here we come!

Visit to Vernal

On our Saturday we took the day and headed to Vernal to visit Grandma and Grandpa Parker.

I have wanted to get some pictures for our Cowboy wall, Grandpa was such a good sport!

Hanging out in the JOHN WAYNE ROOM.

We love listening to Grandpa's stories and having him show us all of his treasures:

Grandpa in his favorite room:

Grandma isn't a fan of pictures, but we made her stay and snap a few, she was a good sport too:

Isn't this a beautiful couple!

Thank you for letting us spend the day with you two! We love you lots!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN!

Brian turns the BIG 33 this year! We were headed to Vernal the next morning, so we decided to head down and spend the night at my parents house for Brian's birthday.

Birthday decor:
Brian, Ashton and Branson have this thing about pink undies. It is a big teasing thing around our house. So.....Ashton and Branson have been planning to give these to their dad for his birthday for a while now. Brian had a good laugh:

Opening cards and other presents:

Black mail pictures!

We took Brian out to dinner to El Matador, opened presents, and finished the night off with a slice of cheesecake. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN! We love you so much and are so greatful to have you as our hubby and dad! LOVE YOU!

Tubing

Brian bought some tubes last year, but he was a little late in the season, and wasn't able to use them last year. Ash has been waiting for the perfect day to pull them out and use them.

Getting whipped around:

Branson having fun riding with dad:

Look how much snow we have:

Now, time to head in for some hot cocoa!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

6:30 am, Christmas morning. Ash and Brans both said, 'Please Wobby take our picture now, and not down the hallway!' I always make them stop and snap a picture when they first see their Christmas, so this year I promised I would only take this one, and let them run mach 10 to their Christmas presents.

Branson digging into his Christmas stocking first:
Ash headed straight for his basketball and hoop:

Opening presents:

Dad's turn for a present, this is from Ashton:

And this is Branson's present to Dad:

Ashton picked out these roping gloves just for his Dad. He knew the exact kind to get:

Wobby's turn:

Wobby got exactly what I wanted! Ash and Brans teased me all month long that this present was a BIG box of pink undies.....they had fun teasing me!

Opening and playing with toys:

Branson's most wanted gift, The Dancin Mickey:

Nerf Guns:

Christmas Mess:

Ashton's Christmas:

Branson's Christmas:

Brian trying out his new Christmas present.....a gun. Grandpa and Ash were taking cover.

Ash trying it out:

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE! We hope the holidays were as enjoyable as ours!