Friday iPhone Dump #194

Last Friday, the kids went to spend one night with Memaw and Pawpaw which allowed Momma to finish the wrapping that she needed to do for Christmas.  The only picture I got was this one that said Hannah really wanted to go on this boat...

Rocky, sleeping again!

Ready to open presents...

On Christmas Eve, Randy heard something in our living room and went to investigate.  Look what he saw...

Santa left a lot of toys but also left a Storm Trooper costume (or whatever it's called).

I haven't taken my tree down yet, but I know I will soon.  I was looking at it the other night thinking about how much I love looking at it, especially at night.  So, I took this picture to remember how pretty it is!

Randy, Hannah and Rocky went to get donuts one morning.  Rocky sat on Hannah's lap the whole time and she LOVED it.

This week we met Jill, Luke, Jake and Zack at Altitude Trampoline park.  These crazy kids jumped, non stop, for almost 2 hours.

And, of course, SILLY PICTURE!!

~Nancy

Friday Iphone Dump #193 - from 12/23/16

Last Friday, when the big kids finally got out of school for Christmas break, we headed over to our friends' house to decorate (and eat) Christmas cookies.

On Saturday, we went to Hannah's best friend's birthday party at Katy Inflatables.  Her parents were nice enough to let Jacob come too!

Jacob and Randy went to see Rogue One in the theaters.  Hannah and I skipped this one!  Jacob loves to do these scene pictures that they email to you.

Rocky sleeps in some strange positions.  Especially if he falls asleep while you are rubbing his belly.

One day this week we had lunch at the Rainforest Café since Jacob brought home some kids meals coupons.  Nobody was scared of any of the (fake) animals this time.  That's a big win for us!

Annual Groom family Christmas picture.

Last night, we went on a hayride to see the Christmas lights in one of the very decorated neighborhoods.  This was the only picture I got but it was fun!

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #192 - from 12/16/16

My lovely blogging app stopped working and I've been waiting on it to get fixed. Unfortunately, I don't think that is going to happen so I'm trying this through the web. It's much harder so I apologize if there are grammatical errors!

Last weekend, Randy needed some continuing education hours and found a class he wanted to take in San Antonio. So, we made a weekend of it and Jacob skipped school on Friday. While Randy was in class, the kids and I went to the Children's Museum.

I'm thinking this pilot costume is for smaller children.

That night, after Randy was finished, we all went to the River Walk.

Silly picture, of course.

The Alamo!

We went to the wax museum and this was Jacob's favorite part...Avengers!

He thinks Iron Man was blasting him.

Hannah liked the minions!

Jacob and I did the Believe it or Not museum which he loved.

While Randy and Hannah took a horse drawn princess carriage ride around. Of course, she loved it!!

The next day, we ate at one of Aunt Laura's favorite restaurants.

And then went to Fiesta Texas!

The kids scored some pucker powder.

Hannah rode her first "real" roller coaster and absolutely loved it! It's all she wanted to do! And between all of us riding it and also switching off riding with her, she rode it 14 times! This guy was at the exit and she called him her pet chicken.

She even met Tweety Bird!

Our silly elves made a toilet paper snowman again.

Wednesday was Hannah's Christmas program at school and she rocked it!

Memaw even came to watch.

Hannah and two of her best friends, Bradley and Claire.

Claire, Hannah and Adam.

Jacob's class had a holiday book exchange. Mrs. Dockal sent this picture. Clearly, he was excited!

~Nancy

Friday iPhone Dump #191

Last weekend, we adopted a new dog. He's tiny, and cute, and the kids both really like him. Well, Jacob likes him...Hannah adores him! His name is Rocky.





He's pretty chill as you can see here.


We also bought toys to donate to Toys for Tots again and brought them to the fire station.








Rocky had to be snipped so we didn't actually pick him up until Sunday night.





M and Pa were there at the time so Jacob took advantage of having someone new to battle with.





Our silly elves. The picture doesn't do it justice but it was a "shoe-shoe" train with a lot of their toys along for the ride. Both kids loved this one.


Rocky, in his cone of shame, being carried by Hannah.


We also got to keep M and Pa's new dog for a couple of days. Hannah was really busy with two dogs to tote around.


Rocky likes to wake Hannah up from her naps!


The elves strike again! They also wanted me to tell you that wrapping a toilet is not as easy as it looks!!


On Wednesday night, we went to WinterFest at Typhoon Texas and met Frosty!


And, of course, Santa. They had JUST written letters to Santa about what they wanted for Christmas and put them into the special North Pole mailbox. So, when Santa asked what they wanted for Christmas, Jacob said "You'll just have to wait and see!!"


The crazies in jail.


My big snowman.


My little snow girl.


Frosty, again!


And pony rides.


Jacob didn't really want to do it but he really liked it!


~Nancy