tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193744752024-03-13T06:43:47.038-07:00Team HoustonTeam Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.comBlogger1613125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-13383696927212090652011-02-23T14:40:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:53:14.284-08:002nd Place<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUkFjgakBGk/TWbea2w_O3I/AAAAAAAAPUk/tXkbhJeaiRY/s1600/Snow%2BDay%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B005-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUkFjgakBGk/TWbea2w_O3I/AAAAAAAAPUk/tXkbhJeaiRY/s400/Snow%2BDay%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B005-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Simone found out today that she was a Staff's Choice 2nd Place winner in the PTA Reflections Contest.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aDz4jMB5bq0/TWbebR4WPtI/AAAAAAAAPUs/kXD09JhIO8E/s1600/Snow%2BDay%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B006-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aDz4jMB5bq0/TWbebR4WPtI/AAAAAAAAPUs/kXD09JhIO8E/s400/Snow%2BDay%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B006-1.JPG" /></a> </div>She was so excited when she found out!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n1R6TNCPYpg/TWbebn9CJSI/AAAAAAAAPU0/bmHy6SfDzkA/s1600/Snow%2BDay%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B007-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n1R6TNCPYpg/TWbebn9CJSI/AAAAAAAAPU0/bmHy6SfDzkA/s400/Snow%2BDay%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B007-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Here is little Sister Sophie cheering her on!! Note she is still in her little blue bikini! <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-40368266131940319732011-02-17T14:24:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:52:54.301-08:00100th Day of School<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qkva5s_d3yE/TWbaqJCyxpI/AAAAAAAAPUc/r5L0u4JOwnQ/s1600/CHinese%2BNew%2BYear%2Band%2BSautters%2B148-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qkva5s_d3yE/TWbaqJCyxpI/AAAAAAAAPUc/r5L0u4JOwnQ/s400/CHinese%2BNew%2BYear%2Band%2BSautters%2B148-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br />Simone in her 100th Day Hat that she made at school!<br /><br />She also made a book Tittled Hip , hip horray! It's the 100th Day!! Written and Illustrated by Simone<br /><br />I wish I had 100 Cat's!<br /><br />I can eat 100 coklit chips! (chocolate chips)<br /><br />I could never eat 100 Scwosh!<br /><br />I wouldn't want 100 finggers.<br /><br />I can made 100 kits!<br /><br />I can lift 100 crayons! That are red.<br /><br />She is having a fun time in 1st grade!!!!!<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-77457527330981645482011-01-22T15:06:00.000-08:002011-02-24T15:07:08.167-08:00Ricks Marathon and Happy Birthday<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y2mc4zo573w/TWbkacskvFI/AAAAAAAAPVc/dOKyMJ_E7H4/s1600/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B087-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y2mc4zo573w/TWbkacskvFI/AAAAAAAAPVc/dOKyMJ_E7H4/s400/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B087-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Happy Birthday Daddy!!<br /><br />I hurt my back a few days ago so Rick had to purchase his own birthday cake this year but we still celebrated a couple of days later........<br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RPxhfZ7iQa0/TWbkam_MsII/AAAAAAAAPVk/fvQpB6JsrTc/s1600/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B088-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RPxhfZ7iQa0/TWbkam_MsII/AAAAAAAAPVk/fvQpB6JsrTc/s400/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B088-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Scott and Rick ran a half marathon so we decided to celebrate that and his birthday at the same time since I was "down and out".<br /><br />Here is Scott resting after his first impressive Half Marathon!!!<br /><br />Way to go boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdeSxdc3X0I/TWbkanxOMjI/AAAAAAAAPVs/9ITvYNtFcdg/s1600/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B089-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdeSxdc3X0I/TWbkanxOMjI/AAAAAAAAPVs/9ITvYNtFcdg/s400/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B089-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-13558917012248661522011-01-22T15:02:00.000-08:002011-02-24T15:07:40.023-08:00Happy Birthday Dadd!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VoE5fqPWFLI/TWbjiopERtI/AAAAAAAAPU8/Eqx8KxSk2Ck/s1600/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B093-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VoE5fqPWFLI/TWbjiopERtI/AAAAAAAAPU8/Eqx8KxSk2Ck/s400/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B093-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3XbR1toA5Oo/TWbji_GOTlI/AAAAAAAAPVE/hKe1Ylvbqbc/s1600/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B090-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3XbR1toA5Oo/TWbji_GOTlI/AAAAAAAAPVE/hKe1Ylvbqbc/s400/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B090-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jTWImOZK_zw/TWbjiwRCslI/AAAAAAAAPVM/sISnO46ZAAg/s1600/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B091-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jTWImOZK_zw/TWbjiwRCslI/AAAAAAAAPVM/sISnO46ZAAg/s400/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B091-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1BG2D-IHYHA/TWbjjCecN-I/AAAAAAAAPVU/01ZuvWpYoic/s1600/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B092-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1BG2D-IHYHA/TWbjjCecN-I/AAAAAAAAPVU/01ZuvWpYoic/s400/Christmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B092-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-42324151432617394342010-12-28T19:55:00.001-08:002011-02-24T14:49:50.482-08:00ChurchI am so excited that we found a Church to attend which is located right by our house. I love it, the Girls love their classes and I am learning so much! The Church is so close that we can walk there or ride our bikes this summer. The Girls and I enjoy it so much. To top it off I have a special friend that attends there along with her family!Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-8420710174716352602010-12-10T22:56:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:48:09.032-08:00Jake Found IT!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQWHdr7_WI/AAAAAAAAPT4/k1IqYhmc1Mw/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B061-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQWHdr7_WI/AAAAAAAAPT4/k1IqYhmc1Mw/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B061-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Jake had heard that there might be a Nativity make out of Lego's....He finally found it just before we left in a room that we almost missed!!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQWHkax-9I/AAAAAAAAPUA/viplzG0kgRg/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B062-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQWHkax-9I/AAAAAAAAPUA/viplzG0kgRg/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B062-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Simone found a new favorite above.<br /><br />"MOM you GOT to see this!" Simone loved this night!!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQWHqbogAI/AAAAAAAAPUI/o47ud7PlHOw/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B063-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQWHqbogAI/AAAAAAAAPUI/o47ud7PlHOw/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B063-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQWH22VqZI/AAAAAAAAPUQ/6a6UvMZSh3M/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B064-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQWH22VqZI/AAAAAAAAPUQ/6a6UvMZSh3M/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B064-1.JPG" /></a> </div>I think this is one of my favorites above. It was so tiny and this photo does not do it any good.<br /><br />What a memorable evening!!! <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-37460123078005900732010-12-10T22:53:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:49:17.129-08:00Kids Craft Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVYBzJ0mI/AAAAAAAAPTo/yMg8teuLYCQ/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B058-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVYBzJ0mI/AAAAAAAAPTo/yMg8teuLYCQ/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B058-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Sophie's Baby Jesus above.<br /><br />Simone's Baby Jesus below.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVYB2yyuI/AAAAAAAAPTw/xHkaqql4YX4/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B059-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVYB2yyuI/AAAAAAAAPTw/xHkaqql4YX4/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B059-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-87370092208545255162010-12-10T22:52:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:46:07.625-08:00Kids Craft Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVJmUlC7I/AAAAAAAAPTQ/sry6D1ztNa8/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B056-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVJmUlC7I/AAAAAAAAPTQ/sry6D1ztNa8/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B056-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVJ5lVM4I/AAAAAAAAPTY/81Lb6EjT5ws/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B055-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVJ5lVM4I/AAAAAAAAPTY/81Lb6EjT5ws/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B055-1.JPG" /></a> </div>I loved this craft that they were able to make....Baby Jesus....<br /><br />They even had more in the room for them to do but the kids were starting to get hungry.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVKD5Z5yI/AAAAAAAAPTg/KX85Bw0Mju8/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B057-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQVKD5Z5yI/AAAAAAAAPTg/KX85Bw0Mju8/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B057-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-1619404452967072332010-12-10T22:48:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:46:47.632-08:00Kids Craft Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQUSOmvYWI/AAAAAAAAPS4/vDjN4V4IuK0/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B054-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQUSOmvYWI/AAAAAAAAPS4/vDjN4V4IuK0/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B054-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Simone was trying to get Colton to fallow her.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQUSFaoZqI/AAAAAAAAPTA/XoPA3ozadJw/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B051-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQUSFaoZqI/AAAAAAAAPTA/XoPA3ozadJw/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B051-1.JPG" /></a> </div>I love the way Simone talks to babies!!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQUSRoNplI/AAAAAAAAPTI/pU9EyjpiqYc/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B052-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQUSRoNplI/AAAAAAAAPTI/pU9EyjpiqYc/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B052-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-44924813364209858952010-12-10T22:46:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:44:50.703-08:00Kids Craft Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQT5dX5VLI/AAAAAAAAPSo/pmbrmicMTqk/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B050-2.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQT5dX5VLI/AAAAAAAAPSo/pmbrmicMTqk/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B050-2.JPG" /></a> </div>Baby Colton is so sweet!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Jake is being a big helper.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQT5gHwC-I/AAAAAAAAPSw/oTsJ3RXA6CU/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B049-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQT5gHwC-I/AAAAAAAAPSw/oTsJ3RXA6CU/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B049-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-14213330711550237772010-12-10T22:44:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:47:24.664-08:00Kids Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQTdEywxQI/AAAAAAAAPSI/_ezxdNu--wo/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B044-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQTdEywxQI/AAAAAAAAPSI/_ezxdNu--wo/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B044-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Sophie enjoying dressing up like an Angel.....<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQTdbTRfXI/AAAAAAAAPSQ/2eCgixn40DE/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B044-2.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQTdbTRfXI/AAAAAAAAPSQ/2eCgixn40DE/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B044-2.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQTdnWueKI/AAAAAAAAPSY/991Lnl3mQMk/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B045-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQTdnWueKI/AAAAAAAAPSY/991Lnl3mQMk/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B045-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQTd3Fgp8I/AAAAAAAAPSg/LN4IgXxUfo8/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B047-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQTd3Fgp8I/AAAAAAAAPSg/LN4IgXxUfo8/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B047-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-77730555685943671552010-12-10T22:42:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:48:31.690-08:00Kids Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQS3_UrbCI/AAAAAAAAPRg/ZZ-O1J91-9g/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B039-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQS3_UrbCI/AAAAAAAAPRg/ZZ-O1J91-9g/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B039-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Lauren wanted to dress up like Mary.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQS4DyW-MI/AAAAAAAAPRo/n9neac0Rolc/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B040-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQS4DyW-MI/AAAAAAAAPRo/n9neac0Rolc/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B040-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQS4O9yvrI/AAAAAAAAPRw/qOGVRkGbrpU/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B041-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQS4O9yvrI/AAAAAAAAPRw/qOGVRkGbrpU/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B041-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-52788470687400843222010-12-10T22:40:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:48:55.127-08:00Kids Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSfk8Aa3I/AAAAAAAAPRI/0Y2pBe7bM94/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B036-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSfk8Aa3I/AAAAAAAAPRI/0Y2pBe7bM94/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B036-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Rachel and I are going to make these some day.....<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSf0zFhoI/AAAAAAAAPRQ/T2v1o3D6W10/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B037-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSf0zFhoI/AAAAAAAAPRQ/T2v1o3D6W10/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B037-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSf3IXimI/AAAAAAAAPRY/O-OiINxs5ZA/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B038-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSf3IXimI/AAAAAAAAPRY/O-OiINxs5ZA/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B038-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-20888498618404625532010-12-10T22:39:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:49:36.914-08:00Kids Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSKB4W7HI/AAAAAAAAPQw/SOJ3v6NE-l8/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B035-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSKB4W7HI/AAAAAAAAPQw/SOJ3v6NE-l8/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B035-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSKWq-MFI/AAAAAAAAPQ4/ZhfENBraCn8/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B034-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSKWq-MFI/AAAAAAAAPQ4/ZhfENBraCn8/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B034-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSKlSgIdI/AAAAAAAAPRA/xMH7nMMhn1Y/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B033-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQSKlSgIdI/AAAAAAAAPRA/xMH7nMMhn1Y/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B033-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-49400096336877414502010-12-10T22:38:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:44:27.409-08:00Kids Room<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQR62yBCtI/AAAAAAAAPQQ/HS_Ey804AxU/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B032-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQR62yBCtI/AAAAAAAAPQQ/HS_Ey804AxU/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B032-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Sophie, Simone and Lauren.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQR7B5tfaI/AAAAAAAAPQY/SzIkeL9Tv_4/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B031-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQR7B5tfaI/AAAAAAAAPQY/SzIkeL9Tv_4/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B031-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQR7Ee3GqI/AAAAAAAAPQg/HECqwYaUXbc/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B032-2.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQR7Ee3GqI/AAAAAAAAPQg/HECqwYaUXbc/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B032-2.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQR7YnU_WI/AAAAAAAAPQo/hAZVs9Y1rp0/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B030-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQR7YnU_WI/AAAAAAAAPQo/hAZVs9Y1rp0/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B030-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-51199478157765780762010-12-10T22:36:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:50:32.207-08:00Nativity<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRkt3UlyI/AAAAAAAAPP4/QPivJiSL_RI/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B026-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRkt3UlyI/AAAAAAAAPP4/QPivJiSL_RI/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B026-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRksOzyHI/AAAAAAAAPQA/nQiddMw1xik/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B027-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRksOzyHI/AAAAAAAAPQA/nQiddMw1xik/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B027-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Really I like this one even better!!!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRk2uGgQI/AAAAAAAAPQI/R3Ts1Xa-mdE/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B029-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRk2uGgQI/AAAAAAAAPQI/R3Ts1Xa-mdE/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B029-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Sophie directing Daddy to go over there. <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-9177983635684813022010-12-10T22:34:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:50:53.537-08:00Nativity<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRHLf10WI/AAAAAAAAPPY/QPxpd-8Qi8c/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B021-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRHLf10WI/AAAAAAAAPPY/QPxpd-8Qi8c/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B021-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRHd0Y1WI/AAAAAAAAPPg/dgEG2DstMkI/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B022-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRHd0Y1WI/AAAAAAAAPPg/dgEG2DstMkI/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B022-1.JPG" /></a> </div>One that Lauren liked.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRHVMEsmI/AAAAAAAAPPo/ssxNYATmtJ4/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B023-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRHVMEsmI/AAAAAAAAPPo/ssxNYATmtJ4/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B023-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRHmWm4QI/AAAAAAAAPPw/bQAPI0OpGPc/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B025-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQRHmWm4QI/AAAAAAAAPPw/bQAPI0OpGPc/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B025-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-48315952222141477462010-12-10T22:33:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:51:13.033-08:00Nativity<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQx-6PIaI/AAAAAAAAPO4/If7nVyYMIkE/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B018-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQx-6PIaI/AAAAAAAAPO4/If7nVyYMIkE/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B018-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Simone changed her mind. This is her favorite now.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQyM0uRbI/AAAAAAAAPPA/CvfprVuHyfo/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B014-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQyM0uRbI/AAAAAAAAPPA/CvfprVuHyfo/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B014-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQyYOPi7I/AAAAAAAAPPI/6WjM6SqWHfY/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B019-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQyYOPi7I/AAAAAAAAPPI/6WjM6SqWHfY/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B019-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQyYCU0mI/AAAAAAAAPPQ/eTans8ZyinU/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B020-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQyYCU0mI/AAAAAAAAPPQ/eTans8ZyinU/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B020-1.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-90931671969744196212010-12-10T22:32:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:45:17.188-08:00Nativity<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQcmEgSnI/AAAAAAAAPOY/s4AIjV78SjQ/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B015-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQcmEgSnI/AAAAAAAAPOY/s4AIjV78SjQ/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B015-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Sophie above and Jake below.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQc5rWOHI/AAAAAAAAPOg/-B87boB3f10/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B013-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQc5rWOHI/AAAAAAAAPOg/-B87boB3f10/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B013-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQdHb3UaI/AAAAAAAAPOo/N2n61XnzQSQ/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B007-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQdHb3UaI/AAAAAAAAPOo/N2n61XnzQSQ/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B007-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQdQR7f8I/AAAAAAAAPOw/XdXo9XpdGCU/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B008-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQdQR7f8I/AAAAAAAAPOw/XdXo9XpdGCU/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B008-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-89778910562694353462010-12-10T22:30:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:45:39.725-08:00Nativity<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQHSbflFI/AAAAAAAAPN4/4F7nArboC7I/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B011-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQHSbflFI/AAAAAAAAPN4/4F7nArboC7I/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B011-1.JPG" /></a> </div>We were invited by our buds the Sautters to check out Nativity Scenes at a Church near our old stomping grounds and we loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so good that I would like to go back next year. I am also searching for a new special one this year to remember this event. I went looking for one over the weekend but could not find a special one any where....You know they are hard to find. There were even two harpists playing on the stage in one of the big rooms we were in. The time and effort that was taken to set this event up was amazing. Here are a few photos from our special evening.<br /><br />The above Nativity belongs to Rachel, it is from Mexico.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQHvnj0AI/AAAAAAAAPOA/P8-szkNSU44/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B065-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQHvnj0AI/AAAAAAAAPOA/P8-szkNSU44/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B065-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQH-AnL2I/AAAAAAAAPOI/FGHrWr7jtQ8/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B006-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQH-AnL2I/AAAAAAAAPOI/FGHrWr7jtQ8/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B006-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Simone was so into having me take her picture by her favorite "one"!!!!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQIHjFSII/AAAAAAAAPOQ/ZhC6Txh0IQ8/s1600/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B010-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TSQQIHjFSII/AAAAAAAAPOQ/ZhC6Txh0IQ8/s400/Winter%252C%2BChristmas%2BSimone%2BSophie%2B010-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Lauren and Simone<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-47188577881672155132010-11-30T23:17:00.000-08:002010-11-30T23:20:23.975-08:0012 Days of Gifts and Fun<center> <a href="http://www.andbabiesmakefour.com/"> <img src="http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z104/danielle982/2010%20Blogs/babies.png"/> </a></center>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-71774633603375118772010-11-28T23:02:00.000-08:002010-11-28T23:48:43.623-08:00First Week of Advent<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TPNQCiSDdaI/AAAAAAAAPIE/PW5yZ6nS_UE/s1600/Advent%2BFirst%2BWeek%2B159.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TPNQCiSDdaI/AAAAAAAAPIE/PW5yZ6nS_UE/s400/Advent%2BFirst%2BWeek%2B159.JPG" /></a> </div><p>Sophie Wei and Simone above.</p><p>Tonight we started our first Advent - Christmas tradition. My friend Andrea suggested the idea to me and I love it!! My goal is to keep it <strong>simple,</strong> fun and educational for everyone in our family. So far so good.</p><p>I found the candles above at our local craft store and the "circle wreath" holder at the local Catholic Store. I am going to add evergreens as soon as they arrive....I am going to clip some off of the wreath that I ordered for our front door.</p><p>The girls were excited to light the candles so we added a candle lighter job and a candle extinguisher job, yes we did it twice because it was so excited.</p><p>Sophie below.</p><p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TPNQC_CLrsI/AAAAAAAAPIM/WGyAztGRCkk/s1600/Advent%2BFirst%2BWeek%2B158.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TPNQC_CLrsI/AAAAAAAAPIM/WGyAztGRCkk/s400/Advent%2BFirst%2BWeek%2B158.JPG" /></a> </p><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TPNQDNcameI/AAAAAAAAPIU/pAlh9Gi_cEQ/s1600/Advent%2BFirst%2BWeek%2B160.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TPNQDNcameI/AAAAAAAAPIU/pAlh9Gi_cEQ/s400/Advent%2BFirst%2BWeek%2B160.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">During dinner I talked about the meaning of Anticipation along with the anticipation of Christmas. I also talked about the following meanings:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Our circle (wreath holder) = God is eternal, no beginning - no end.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Purple Candles = a time to prepare.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Pink Candle = the joy of Christmas is near.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">White Candle = Christ Candle.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Evergreens = everlasting life, new life.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Why Candles?: Jesus is the light of the world. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Advent - Prepare our hearts with Hope, Joy, Love and Peace as we eagerly look forward to Christmas.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Opening Prayer = "Dearest Lord, thank you for the beauty and joy of this first Family Night in Advent. Bless us as we gather together in your name, O Lord, to share, to grow and to love. Help us to make this Advent a time to prepare more than we ever have before for the coming of "Emmanuel." Amen." (from the book<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Nights-Advent-Christmas-Reilly/dp/0870292722/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1291016553&sr=8-7"> <em>Family Nights for Advent and Christmas by Terry and Mimi Reilly.</em> </a> If you click <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Nights-Advent-Christmas-Reilly/dp/0870292722/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1291016553&sr=8-7">on this link, I found a link for it on Amazon. </a> I found this at our local Catholic Store.) Since the girls were so sleepy by the end of dinner I skipped this opening prayer and went right to the closing prayer but we will do it next time.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Scriptures = The book I purchased gives examples of good scriptures to read together which we might add later.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Entertainment = Play a game of charades with family members acting out special Christmas Characters. (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Nights-Advent-Christmas-Reilly/dp/0870292722/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1291016553&sr=8-7">from this book</a>.)</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Sharing = (from the <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Nights-Advent-Christmas-Reilly/dp/0870292722/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1291016553&sr=8-7">same book</a></em>) We did not do tonight.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">1. When did you feel especially joyful during the past week.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">2. When someone felt close to God.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">3. When someone felt loved by another family member.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Closing Prayer:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Gentle Lord, thank you for this evening together and for your presence in our midst. Bless each of us this coming week, Lord, and help us to reach out in kindness to all we meet. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Nights-Advent-Christmas-Reilly/dp/0870292722/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1291016553&sr=8-7">(from this book.)</a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Depending on how things go in the next week I will go into more details about the candles. For now they get the white Christ candle I think because it is the biggest and that makes sense to them.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Candle of Hope - It symbolizes faith in God keeping his promises to humanity.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Candle of Preparation - Love - reminding Christians to get ready to receive God.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Candle of Joy - it recalls the angels joyfully singing about the birth of Christ.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Candle of Love - reminds Christians that God loves them enough to sen his only Son to Earth.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Christ Candle - stands for Jesus Christ.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">These are just some ideas I gathered from my new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Nights-Advent-Christmas-Reilly/dp/0870292722/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1291016553&sr=8-7"><em>Family Nights for Advent and Christmas by Terry and Mimi Reilly</em>,</a> some from the Internet and some of my own. Really you can add or change based on what parts of the story you would like to explore/learn about. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">If you are interested in reading more <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Nights-Advent-Christmas-Reilly/dp/0870292722/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1291016553&sr=8-7">about this book you can find it here. </a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">As you can see we did not do every thing in one night. We will see how the week goes and what nights we can add some of the other fun ideas. I might change things up or add more as I learn or change what works best for our family.</div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-13937711116100764192010-11-28T19:05:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:55:51.987-08:00Little Buds Arrive<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqlcKp56kI/AAAAAAAAPKQ/qFW1kK_U4wo/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B055-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqlcKp56kI/AAAAAAAAPKQ/qFW1kK_U4wo/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B055-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Introducing Sparkles with Sophie.<br /><br />Introducing Snowflake withe Simone.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqlcUiRfBI/AAAAAAAAPKY/4VtelYeXh4M/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B056-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqlcUiRfBI/AAAAAAAAPKY/4VtelYeXh4M/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B056-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqlcWrqsZI/AAAAAAAAPKg/PDQLpLESIh4/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B057-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqlcWrqsZI/AAAAAAAAPKg/PDQLpLESIh4/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B057-1.JPG" /></a> </div>The Girl's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">received</span> these special E<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">lfs</span> from their Aunt Andrea and Uncle Jason. Magical delivered them early one morning. They can touch these El<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">fs</span> and every night they sprinkle them with snowflakes! They are also very silly, they hide under <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">toilet</span> paper and bring fun little gifts in the red velvet gift bag. They even bring them to church with them.Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-384093527553468682010-11-28T18:58:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:56:11.399-08:00New Warm<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqj6b2rMII/AAAAAAAAPJw/d6oBWNxgFQs/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B058-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqj6b2rMII/AAAAAAAAPJw/d6oBWNxgFQs/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B058-1.JPG" /></a> </div>Grandma and Grandpa Jones came by for a visit and brought these warm hats and jackets for the girls. They LOVE THEM!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqj6py-1BI/AAAAAAAAPJ4/Cf-5LRI0xjY/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B059-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqj6py-1BI/AAAAAAAAPJ4/Cf-5LRI0xjY/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B059-1.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqj6qAA_kI/AAAAAAAAPKA/xuhOAHv9K2k/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B061-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqj6qAA_kI/AAAAAAAAPKA/xuhOAHv9K2k/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B061-1.JPG" /></a> </div><p>Simone and Mommy.</p><p>Sophie and Mommy. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqj7CI6CLI/AAAAAAAAPKI/07InscOMsh4/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B064-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqj7CI6CLI/AAAAAAAAPKI/07InscOMsh4/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B064-1.JPG" /></a> </p>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19374475.post-30506997240957979692010-11-28T18:55:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:56:47.259-08:00Magical Is Back<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqjOqqTeoI/AAAAAAAAPJg/hTuuPdoe4As/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B078-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqjOqqTeoI/AAAAAAAAPJg/hTuuPdoe4As/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B078-1.JPG" /></a> </div><p>Our very special Elf on the Shelf is back. </p><p>Her name is Magical. The girls are apparently very excited because there were around 20 of these photos that Ii found on my camera. They must of taken these photos when I was gone off at the store. So funny!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqjO87ZnxI/AAAAAAAAPJo/_2DCCQmshaI/s1600/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B065-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHQTiFwbXRY/TRqjO87ZnxI/AAAAAAAAPJo/_2DCCQmshaI/s400/Sue%2Band%2BMatthew%2B065-1.JPG" /></a> </p>Oh how much joy you bring us Magical!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Team Houstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09195933173289124312noreply@blogger.com1