Well it is really cold and yucky here so I thought I would take some of the time inside to post. John is back in Abilene and getting ready to go back overseas, so that is a bummer. We will go see him next week in OKC. Britton is working potty training and he has 3 dry days YAY!!! I hope this sticks, I am tired of buying diapers. We have just been hanging out with friends and playing trains of course, B was sick a couple of weeks ago he had pnemonia, but he is all better now. Hope all is good with everyone, here are some summer pics of B to warm you up.

Happy Holidays

Well Christmas has come and gone, but we had a great time. Britton made cookies for Santa on Christmas eve and loved every minute of eating them, and laying them out for him. We got up Christmas morning and the gifts were all there under the tree. Before we opened presents, we read the Christmas story of B's little Bible and he sang "Joy to the World" which is his favorite Christmas carol. Then it was time to open presents, he got tons of stuff and we actually just finished opening all the gifts on Tuesday, because he just wanted to play with everything. His favorite gift has got to be Thomas the Train stuff, wow is he obsessed. Our family came to Little Rock and we had fun getting to see them and all the cousins were together for the first time in a couple of years on the 26th. We loved all the holiday stuff, but mostly enjoyed being together and teaching Britton the meaning of Christmas.

Graduation

Well it is finally over, John graduated a couple of weeks ago from his WIC course . The graduation was in Las Vegas so that was lots of fun and we got to dress up which was fun for me. We shopped and ate great food. I was so proud of him, so many people came up to me to tell me how wonderful he is and what an awesome job he did in the class. It was alot of work and a huge accomplishment, I was am so happy to call myself, Mrs. John Poole.

Christmas Lane

This last weekend our church in Little Rock had an event called Christmas Lane. It is always so fun, but of course even better now that Britton is so excited about it all. We went on Friday night and Sunday night. He got to see Santa, ride on a real train that some men in the church built it is amazing. He kept renaming the train according to what color car we were ridding on. You know our world revolves around Thomas the train. He rode the ponies and loved the big blow up characters. It is all free family fun and an outreach to the city. We have a very giving church in LR and it is amazing to see all the new ways they come up with to reach the lost.

Circus Time

Well the circus was in town this weekend and my brother got Britton and I tickets for the show tonight. We had a great time, it was a little different then the other circus performances we have been to. Before the show, the kids got to go down on the floor and do all this cool stuff. Britton got to swing on the trapeze, walk on the tightrope, and play with hula hoops. There were other opportunities that he didn't think looked as much fun. He of course begged for cotton candy and when I bought the $10 bag he spit it out and said yuck! Oh well he got a cute hat out of the deal. The white tigers were my favorite, all the light up toys were Brittons, Ha.

Reyna

I must say a big thank you to my friend, Reyna. She made my blog cute, I couldn't do it and she did a great job. THANKS, it's great to have good friends.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving with lots to be thankful for, we spent the day at my Aunt Marian's house which is always special. Britton had fun playing with his cousins Madison and Robert, and of course uncle Dustin.I made homemade mac and cheese for the first time and it was pretty good, but Aunt Marians cranberry ice is always the best! Britton is loving getting ready for Christmas I will have to post some of his Christams pics later. We went to our friends house Thanksgiving night and he got to make his first patch of Christmas cookies this season. Black Friday was great at our house I got sooo many good deals. Well that's all for now, we are thankful for all our friends and family and mostly our Lord who gives us so many blessings everyday.