oh that new dog

well the kids are back at school and its just me and our new baby at the house, pepper pots. im learning new things with this dog, things i never realized being a kid growing up with a dog. things like: its not fun to walk a dog on trash day. oh well, she will learn to heel and walk better on the leash.

perot museum of nature and science

we were able to score some free tickets to the perot museum of nature and science on new years eve. it was a fun museum but sometimes alittle over our children's heads. and i have to say, i hate all the computer games they have with the displays. my daughter just wants to play those and doesnt even look at the cool exhibits (i hate them at the zoo too, just look at the cool animals). heres some pictures.

 miles loved pushing those buttons.

 miles and a dinosaur footprint. these kind of museums (except for the kid area) are horrible if you have an active toddler, can you see the death grip i have on his hand. im sure miles would have shimmied right up that dinosaur skeleton if i would have let go of his hand.

 audrey and i getting ready to race a cheetah. it was lots of fun even though the cheetah had pretty much finished by the time we started.

 audrey running in front of a screen that showed her image.

audrey playing the xylophone at the front of the museum.

ninja turtles

i made some hats for my husband, his brother and my little dude.
i was inspired by pinterest.

yummmm peppermint oreo truffles

i found this recipe on pinterest and made them for my small group's christmas party. they are awesome and relatively easy to make, you just have to have time to chill them in between steps.

siblings

i think i already have that as a title, but oh well.
here are our two cuties, being adorable again.

 

 

 

introducing our puppy, pepper pots

well we did it.
my husband and daughter were just supposed to be going to petsmart for cat food. but they came home and my daughter was spouting off how if we gave a blanket to the pet shelter they would give us a big discount on the adoption and that she would give all her allowance to get this one calm, wonderful dog. i was just looking at my husband thinking, what?!
so we talked about it, prayed about it and decided to take the whole family to see if this could be our dog. (alittle back story- we told my daughter that she could get a dog when she turned 8, she turned 7 this year so we knew the deadline was approaching. we told her to be praying that God would find just the right dog for us, so she has been.)
she was still there when we got to petsmart and she seemed to do well with our son. so we decided yes, she was our dog.
so i am proud to introduce you to our new addition, pepper pots. she is a 10 month old lab/basset mix. and she seems to have a great temperment for our family.

 audrey is over the moon about getting a dog for christmas. she even told us that we could send back her presents because getting a dog was good enough.

miles and pepper bonding.

santa cow breakfast

chick fil a had santa cow breakfast. they had a trackless train (the same train the kids and i rode at the rush creek church halloween thing), prize wheel, picture with santa cow, a balloon artist and a make and take ornament. they also had an elf cow. it was so cute.
audrey had a great time and im so glad that chick fil a has fun activities for kids. thanks chick fil a.

 audrey got a rudolph balloon. it was awesome, that guy was talented.

audrey with santa cow. miles was not too sure of santa cow, he only gave him high fives.