Lance's 7th Birthday

 It is hard to believe that our Lancer is 7-years old!  What a blessing he is to our family - he is such a sweet, kind hearted boy that is growing up before our eyes. 

 

We started his special day with a special breakfast of pancakes and bacon before he headed off to school. 

 Grayson and I took him lunch at school and got to enjoy lunch with Lance and his buds.

After school, he patiently waited for Daddy to get home from work and then he got to open his presents from Mommy, Daddy and Grayson.

Magic Tree House books from Mom and Dad

New clothes from Mom and Dad

Lego dump truck from Mom and Dad

A Thirty-One duffle bag from Mom :-)
He loves his Thirty-One bags!

Lego set from his sweet Grayson

After we opened gifts at home, he wanted to go to Abuelos for his birthday dinner (he is his Momma's boy - he loves his Mexican food!) We had a great time and a great meal just the four of us - both boys loved the salsa and cheese dip.  They offered a special birthday dessert for Lance, but he was too full to eat it! 

 

Saturday was his Birthday Party with friends at Fast Lanes.  We had a Lego themed party and Lance and his buddies got to play 2 rounds of laser tag, enjoy pizza and cake and then got to play 30 minutes of arcade games.  They had a blast!

Getting ready for some Laser tag!

Kyla and Grayson getting geared up!

Grayson is ready!

Group shot before laser tag

Camden on the move

Daddy had as much fun as the kids :-)

Lance in action

Matt in action

Pizza and cake time!

Chatting with his buds

Happy Birthday to Lance

Love this sweet boy!  Happy 7th Birthday Lance!

After the party at Fast Lanes - we went to Texas Land and Cattle to have a meal with our family and to open gifts.  Although, the meal was a diaster - we enjoyed our time with our family and got to enjoy Nana's yummy Lego cake.  I'm sad I didn't get any pictures of the family dinner/party - my SD card was full :-(



Viva Las Vegas!

This year for New Years Eve and my 30th Birthday, we went to Vegas! Every year we ring in the new year with my brother and bestie Allison and her boyfriend Chad - so it was only appropriate that they join us in Vegas. We had a great time checking the city out but wow! there were a lot of people!

The first night that we were there, we ate at an AMAZING restaurant, Capital City Grille, there food was great, our table was next to a window that over looked the strip and their service was top notch. It was by far my favorite meal of the trip. It was just perfect!

They brought out this amazing dessert for my birthday - the cheese cake was homemade and oh so good and creme brulee, the best that I have EVER had! The chocolate cake was good too :-)

The next day, the first thing on our agenda was lunch! Since they are two hours behind us on time, by the time we got to eat it was 12:00 their time (2:00 our time) and we were starving! We wanted something quick and cheap since we would be eating at a nice place for New Years Eve dinner that evening. So what did we pick? In and Out Burger - it hit the spot! We had some good entertainment too - Matt met this guy from California and immediately he started singing country music songs when he found out that we were from Arkansas and Matt started singing rap songs - it was hilarious! People starting gathering around watching them - it was too funny!

Matt and his buddy

Some pictures of the strip.....

New Years Eve night we ate dinner at a restaurant at our hotel - The Nine Steakhouse. The food was good - but the service wasn't anything to get excited aboout. One of Matt's buddy's from college who lives in Idaho was in Vegas for the weekend and met up with us for dinner. It was great to see him - it had been six years since he had moved and we hadn't seen him.

After dinner, we headed out to New York, New York to hang out and ring in the New Year!

The battery on my camera died Saturday night - I will have to get some pictures from Allison and post them.

We had a great trip and so thankful that we got to celebrate New Years Eve and my Birthday with some special people that are near and dear to my heart!

I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

Christmas Day - Part 2

The second part of Christmas Day, we were at my parents house. This year we had a Christmas dinner and opened gifts in the evening - which was new for us, but worked out good. We had the whole crew; my parents, brother, Debbie, Mama and Papa Bussey and Papa Henry and Linda. It was a fun evening and had some great food and snacks. I didn't get too many pictures from this evening - mainly just pictures of the boys opening their gifts.

Christmas Day - Part 1

This year we started Christmas day off with Matt's family. We went to Church with his parents to the Church that he grew up in and the Church that we went to when we were dating and living in Neosho. It was nice to visit and see some familiar faces - it had been a long time since we had been to Church there.





After Church, we headed back to Nana and Grandpa's house for lunch and gifts. The kids were so excited to see each other since they don't get to hang out as much since they are in school. Here is our attempt of a group picture - trying to get four kids to all smile and look at the camera at the same time can be a challenge.





Nana and Grandpa got the older boys, Lance and Kaleb, new bikes to keep at their house. The boys are a little rough on their bikes and new bikes were just what they needed!

Grayson helped me unwrap my gifts too - such a little helper!

Grayson got a fireman jacket made by Nana - he LOVES it!

Lance loaded up on Wii games, LeapPad games and a helmet to go with his new bike.

A great start to a great day! Loved spending time with family!

Christmas Eve

For as long as I can remember, we have spent Christmas Eve at my grandparents house. We enjoy snacky foods and hanging out visiting and watching the kids entertain us. And each year, Santa makes a visit. This year, the boys were just giddy waiting for Santa to get there. Lance just knew that he was going to come anytime - he kept a close eye on the front door all evening until he arrived.

Here the boys are visitng with Santa as he just arrived - he was telling them that he had to park his sled and reindeer at the Neosho airport and borrow a truck to get out the farm. (The boys couldn't figure out why Santa drove up in truck).
When it was Grayson's turn to set on Santa's lap, he made himself comfortable and talked and talked. I think he was planning on sitting there for a while and just visiting.

Still talking.......

Lancer's turn - he was trying to get in a few last minute request of things

he didn't receive at our house :-)

Santa brought the boys a special gift

Bike helemts! He forgot to leave them at our house with the bikes ;-)

GG and Papa with Santa

Mimi with SantaUncle Blake and his favorie nephews

Finally - it was time to unwrap presents!

We were blessed with another wonderful Christmas - it was nice to have some family time and enjoy each other for a few hours, it doesn't happen often enough!